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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001292

Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood

Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,030 residents in Wigan. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wigan
8,030

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,688

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,423.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Macclesfield Bollinbrook, Cheshire East7,325 residents · 78.1% owned · 14.1% no carWalkden South, Salford9,918 residents · 68.4% owned · 18.4% no carRastrick East, Calderdale5,737 residents · 73.8% owned · 19.0% no carLow Fell West, Gateshead6,236 residents · 83.6% owned · 19.1% no carKendal South, South Lakeland8,934 residents · 77.7% owned · 13.3% no carStamford Central, West and South, South Kesteven11,507 residents · 65.4% owned · 16.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned70.4%
2,596 households
Private rented20.9%
769 households
Social rented8.5%
313 households
Shared ownership0.2%
8 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached43.8%
1,617 households
Detached20.3%
747 households
Terraced16.6%
611 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement13.7%
507 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.7%
135 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.2%
46 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
24 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.3%
1,596 households
2 cars or vans in household28.2%
1,039 households
No cars or vans in household21%
774 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.5%
275 households
Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.5%
1,602 households
2 bedrooms25.2%
927 households
4 or more bedrooms20.6%
760 households
1 bedroom10.7%
396 households
Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.3%
2,298 households
One-person household34%
1,255 households
Other household types3.6%
134 households
Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.6%
1,310 households
1 person in household34.1%
1,255 households
3 people in household15.1%
556 households
4 people in household11.3%
416 households
5 people in household3.1%
114 households
6 people in household0.8%
29 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
7 people in household0%
0 households
Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515%
1,201 residents
15–2914.9%
1,195 residents
30–4419.5%
1,566 residents
45–6428.2%
2,267 residents
65 and over22.4%
1,801 residents
Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.4%
7,337 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.8%
386 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
113 residents
Other ethnic group1.2%
98 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.2%
97 residents
Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.2%
2,586 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16%
1,080 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.5%
1,050 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.8%
863 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.7%
588 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
432 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
162 residents aged 16 and over
Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58%
3,921 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.2%
2,720 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
118 residents aged 16 and over
Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.3%
1,643 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.3%
968 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.8%
868 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.2%
825 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.3%
696 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.1%
617 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.8%
463 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.2%
355 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
327 residents aged 16 and over
Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.6%
4,145 residents
Good health31.8%
2,554 residents
Fair health12.2%
979 residents
Bad health3.2%
255 residents
Very bad health1.2%
97 residents
Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.5%
6,706 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.5%
1,324 residents
Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.5%
2,046 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.1%
1,111 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.5%
422 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.9%
106 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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