Electoral wardE05015013
Worsley Mesnes ward, Wigan
Worsley Mesnes is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,107 residents in 5,222 households — 2,861 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Makerfield constituency.
Residents, 202112,107council ward average 13,173
Households5,2222.32 residents per household
Density2,861/ km²about 4.23 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+21.2%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 629
5–95.8% · 707
10–157.3% · 879
16–193.9% · 471
20–245.2% · 632
25–3412.4% · 1,495
35–4917.7% · 2,147
50–6421.3% · 2,582
65–7411.9% · 1,439
75–847.4% · 894
85+1.9% · 230
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.3% · 1,220
1 car or van45.2% · 2,361
2 cars or vans24.1% · 1,260
3 or more7.4% · 386
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright35.7% · 1,863
With mortgage30.5% · 1,589
Shared ownership0.3% · 17
Social rented21.1% · 1,102
Private rented12.2% · 634
Lives rent free0.2% · 13
Type of home
Detached house12.7% · 665
Semi-detached house53.8% · 2,809
Terraced house25.7% · 1,341
Purpose-built flat6.9% · 362
Converted house0.4% · 19
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.5% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015013- Constituency
- Makerfield
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 6 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% owned12,764WWinstanley20.3% aged 65+ · 92.4% owned11,653
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.