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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001295

Wigan East

Wigan East is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,232 residents in Wigan. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wigan
7,232

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,544

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,516

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

33.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

45.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

16.9%

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.

Worsbrough Common, Barnsley6,774 residents · 38.5% owned · 40.9% no carRadcliffe, Bury8,617 residents · 36.2% owned · 40.9% no carSeacroft North & Monkswood, Leeds5,973 residents · 33.8% owned · 46.8% no carLittle Layton & Little Carleton, Blackpool6,079 residents · 32.9% owned · 48.8% no carRawmarsh South, Rotherham6,317 residents · 43.7% owned · 35.8% no carByker East, Newcastle upon Tyne6,507 residents · 40.0% owned · 49.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wigan East

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

Tenure

Social rented47.2%
1,673 households
Owned33.2%
1,175 households
Private rented18.5%
654 households
Lives rent free0.9%
33 households
Shared ownership0.3%
9 households
Wigan East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced36.4%
1,291 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement31%
1,098 households
Semi-detached25.6%
906 households
Detached5.5%
196 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
31 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
16 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Wigan East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household45.6%
1,616 households
1 car or van in household37.6%
1,331 households
2 cars or vans in household13.5%
478 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.3%
116 households
Wigan East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.7%
1,336 households
2 bedrooms37.3%
1,321 households
1 bedroom20.9%
741 households
4 or more bedrooms4.1%
145 households
Wigan East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.8%
1,762 households
One-person household46.1%
1,632 households
Other household types4%
143 households
Wigan East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household46.1%
1,632 households
2 people in household27.2%
965 households
3 people in household13.4%
473 households
4 people in household8.6%
305 households
5 people in household3.2%
114 households
6 people in household1%
36 households
7 people in household0.3%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wigan East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.5%
1,192 residents
15–2917.5%
1,268 residents
30–4419.8%
1,431 residents
45–6429.6%
2,137 residents
65 and over16.6%
1,202 residents
Wigan East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.1%
6,663 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.6%
190 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.3%
168 residents
Other ethnic group1.8%
131 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
80 residents
Wigan East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications31.7%
1,884 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above16.9%
1,006 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
917 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14%
830 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12%
713 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.8%
404 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
186 residents aged 16 and over
Wigan East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52.6%
3,123 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive45.8%
2,721 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
96 residents aged 16 and over
Wigan East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations26.3%
1,560 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed15.4%
912 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.5%
860 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.4%
679 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.1%
543 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.9%
469 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.4%
382 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
305 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.8%
226 residents aged 16 and over
Wigan East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health38.5%
2,782 residents
Good health33.3%
2,407 residents
Fair health17.7%
1,283 residents
Bad health8.2%
593 residents
Very bad health2.3%
166 residents
Wigan East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act73.1%
5,287 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act26.9%
1,945 residents
Wigan East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
1,181 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension31.1%
1,101 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions25.3%
896 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.8%
347 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
18 households
Wigan East · 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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