Electoral wardE05015010
Wigan Central ward, Wigan
Wigan Central is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,616 residents in 5,934 households — 4,068 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wigan constituency.
Residents, 202112,616council ward average 13,173
Households5,9342.13 residents per household
Density4,068/ km²about 3.10 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+20.9%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 616
5–95.3% · 664
10–155.8% · 732
16–193.6% · 457
20–244.8% · 611
25–3413.2% · 1,667
35–4919.2% · 2,426
50–6422.3% · 2,808
65–7410.9% · 1,371
75–847.3% · 915
85+2.8% · 352
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.4% · 1,682
1 car or van41.8% · 2,482
2 cars or vans23.8% · 1,410
3 or more6.0% · 357
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright34.4% · 2,044
With mortgage25.7% · 1,524
Shared ownership0.3% · 15
Social rented18.5% · 1,096
Private rented20.8% · 1,234
Lives rent free0.4% · 22
Type of home
Detached house14.5% · 863
Semi-detached house38.1% · 2,260
Terraced house22.0% · 1,308
Purpose-built flat20.0% · 1,186
Converted house3.7% · 221
Other conversion1.0% · 58
Above shop / office0.6% · 36
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015010- Constituency
- Wigan
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 25
Council offices in this ward
TWigan Town HallTown hall · WN1 1DFCWigan CouncilCouncil office · WN1 1YNCWigan Register officeCouncil office · WN1 1NH
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% owned13,908SShevington with Lower Ground & Moor24.6% aged 65+ · 85.1% owned12,176SStandish with Langtree20.5% aged 65+ · 80.2% owned14,952WWigan 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.