Electoral wardE05015011
Wigan West ward, Wigan
Wigan West is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,131 residents in 6,264 households — 3,679 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wigan constituency.
Residents, 202114,131council ward average 13,173
Households6,2642.26 residents per household
Density3,679/ km²about 3.84 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+17.2%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 805
5–95.5% · 784
10–156.7% · 951
16–194.3% · 607
20–246.0% · 851
25–3415.0% · 2,113
35–4919.0% · 2,687
50–6420.5% · 2,900
65–749.4% · 1,325
75–845.8% · 820
85+2.0% · 288
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.7% · 1,674
1 car or van45.9% · 2,874
2 cars or vans21.5% · 1,346
3 or more6.0% · 374
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright31.8% · 1,994
With mortgage27.3% · 1,711
Shared ownership0.1% · 8
Social rented18.7% · 1,171
Private rented21.5% · 1,350
Lives rent free0.6% · 35
Type of home
Detached house9.5% · 594
Semi-detached house40.1% · 2,510
Terraced house41.9% · 2,623
Purpose-built flat5.7% · 359
Converted house1.4% · 89
Other conversion0.4% · 25
Above shop / office1.0% · 63
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015011- Constituency
- Wigan
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 2 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% owned12,451PPemberton16.4% 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 Central20.9% aged 65+ · 60.1% owned12,616
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.