9 important facts
Area insights about Wigan, local authority district
Income
View »Includes low-income areas and areas of average wealth 1/10 - 5/10
Deprivation
View »Composed of non-deprived areas by 51%
Professional occupations
View »Low % of managerial, administrative, and professional occupations 3/10
Residents with degrees
View »Low % of residents are degree-educated or similar 2/10
Demographics
View »- Main ethnic group
- White British 92%
- Main religion
- Christian 63%
- Main age band
- Aged 40 to 59 27%
- Main household type
- One-person household 31%
Wigan (LAD)
Average for North West
Noise
View »- 37.7% of the area is affected by Traffic noise
Transport
View »The area is served by the transport links:
- National Rail
- Avanti West Coast
- First TransPennine Express
- Northern Rail
Outside London, only National Rail stations are included
Schools
View »124 mainstream schools
- Outstanding: 20 schools or 16%
- Good: 95 schools or 77%
- Primary schools: 100 (16 Outstanding, 78 Good)
- Secondary schools: 21 (1 Outstanding, 17 Good)
- State-funded: 118 schools or 95%
- Private: 2 schools or 1.6%
Flood risk
View »Contains areas that are at risk of flood
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