Electoral wardE05015007
Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor ward, Wigan
Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,176 residents in 5,290 households — 1,383 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wigan constituency.
Residents, 202112,176council ward average 13,173
Households5,2902.3 residents per household
Density1,383/ km²about 8.80 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+24.6%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 615
5–95.0% · 614
10–156.7% · 820
16–193.8% · 467
20–243.9% · 476
25–3411.2% · 1,362
35–4918.2% · 2,215
50–6421.4% · 2,610
65–7413.4% · 1,635
75–848.6% · 1,047
85+2.6% · 317
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.9% · 578
1 car or van39.4% · 2,082
2 cars or vans38.5% · 2,037
3 or more11.2% · 592
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright48.3% · 2,552
With mortgage36.8% · 1,946
Shared ownership0.3% · 14
Social rented4.8% · 253
Private rented9.8% · 517
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house35.8% · 1,894
Semi-detached house49.2% · 2,602
Terraced house11.5% · 608
Purpose-built flat2.4% · 129
Converted house0.4% · 22
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.3% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015007- Constituency
- Wigan
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 25
Parishes in the ward
Shevington
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% owned12,451PPemberton16.4% aged 65+ · 49.0% owned13,908SStandish 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.