Electoral wardE05015006
Pemberton ward, Wigan
Pemberton is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,908 residents in 5,843 households — 2,088 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wigan constituency.
Residents, 202113,908council ward average 13,173
Households5,8432.38 residents per household
Density2,088/ km²about 6.66 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+16.4%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 21.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 861
5–97.3% · 1,017
10–158.3% · 1,159
16–194.6% · 643
20–245.1% · 712
25–3413.6% · 1,895
35–4919.6% · 2,721
50–6418.8% · 2,607
65–749.6% · 1,336
75–845.1% · 709
85+1.7% · 240
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van31.7% · 1,853
1 car or van41.4% · 2,419
2 cars or vans21.6% · 1,260
3 or more5.3% · 311
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright24.1% · 1,408
With mortgage24.9% · 1,456
Shared ownership0.2% · 11
Social rented35.6% · 2,079
Private rented14.6% · 856
Lives rent free0.6% · 36
Type of home
Detached house10.7% · 627
Semi-detached house45.4% · 2,652
Terraced house31.3% · 1,830
Purpose-built flat10.5% · 613
Converted house1.1% · 66
Other conversion0.2% · 12
Above shop / office0.7% · 43
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015006- Constituency
- Wigan
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 25
Other wards in the same constituency
AAspull, New Springs & Whelley23.1% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned10,397DDouglas16.7% aged 65+ · 51.3% owned13,706HHindley19.0% aged 65+ · 59.3% owned13,235IInce14.2% aged 65+ · 41.3% owned12,451SShevington with Lower Ground & Moor24.6% aged 65+ · 85.1% owned12,176SStandish with Langtree20.5% aged 65+ · 80.2% owned14,952WWigan Central20.9% aged 65+ · 60.1% owned12,616WWigan West17.2% aged 65+ · 59.1% owned14,131
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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.