Electoral wardE05015012
Winstanley ward, Wigan
Winstanley is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,653 residents in 4,615 households — 1,879 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Makerfield constituency.
Residents, 202111,653council ward average 13,173
Households4,6152.53 residents per household
Density1,879/ km²about 6.20 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+20.3%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 18.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 571
5–96.3% · 737
10–157.2% · 844
16–194.3% · 500
20–244.7% · 553
25–3410.9% · 1,274
35–4920.3% · 2,365
50–6421.0% · 2,445
65–7412.3% · 1,438
75–846.6% · 768
85+1.3% · 157
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.8% · 362
1 car or van38.2% · 1,762
2 cars or vans40.4% · 1,862
3 or more13.6% · 626
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright45.6% · 2,105
With mortgage46.8% · 2,158
Shared ownership0.2% · 8
Social rented1.1% · 49
Private rented6.4% · 294
Type of home
Detached house34.6% · 1,597
Semi-detached house60.6% · 2,795
Terraced house4.4% · 203
Purpose-built flat0.3% · 15
Converted house0.0% · 2
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015012- Constituency
- Makerfield
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 15 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% owned13,581OOrrell23.0% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned12,764WWorsley 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.