Electoral wardE05015005
Orrell ward, Wigan
Orrell is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,764 residents in 5,610 households — 1,189 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Makerfield constituency.
Residents, 202112,764council ward average 13,173
Households5,6102.28 residents per household
Density1,189/ km²about 10.74 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+23.0%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 598
5–95.4% · 686
10–157.2% · 920
16–194.3% · 544
20–244.0% · 510
25–3410.7% · 1,361
35–4919.4% · 2,477
50–6421.4% · 2,730
65–7411.5% · 1,464
75–848.8% · 1,123
85+2.8% · 356
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.8% · 774
1 car or van40.8% · 2,288
2 cars or vans34.9% · 1,958
3 or more10.5% · 588
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright43.4% · 2,430
With mortgage37.7% · 2,115
Shared ownership0.3% · 15
Social rented8.2% · 461
Private rented10.3% · 579
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house25.4% · 1,427
Semi-detached house50.4% · 2,825
Terraced house19.4% · 1,087
Purpose-built flat4.0% · 225
Converted house0.2% · 11
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.4% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015005- Constituency
- Makerfield
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 22 of 25
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbram15.4% aged 65+ · 60.8% owned15,825AAshton-in-Makerfield South22.2% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned11,098BBryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North24.4% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned11,943GGolborne & Lowton West19.7% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned11,410HHindley19.0% aged 65+ · 59.3% owned13,235HHindley Green20.4% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned14,041IInce14.2% aged 65+ · 41.3% owned12,451LLeigh West16.6% aged 65+ · 53.7% owned13,581WWinstanley20.3% aged 65+ · 92.4% owned11,653WWorsley Mesnes21.2% aged 65+ · 66.2% owned12,107
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.