Wigan the area.
Wigan is the most westerly district of the county of Greater Manchester although many local people (and Royal Mail) prefer to consider the area part of Lancashire. The borough is based around the two main towns of Wigan and Leigh, and several smaller towns and villages of the former Lancashire coalfield. Several railway lines cross the borough and the M6 motorway passes through it running through the west of the borough. The A580 (East Lancashire Road) Liverpool to Manchester link, passes through the south of the borough.
Wigan Metropolitan Borough was created in 1974 is an amalgamation of several former local government districts and parishes. The borough has three civil parishes and lies directly to the west of the City of Salford and southwest of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. The borough is divided into 25 electoral wards, each of which elect three councillors. The present wards were adopted in 2003.
Wigan Council has divided the borough into ten areas by the name of townships, with a Township Manager and a Township Forum each. The townships are: Ashton-in-Makerfield / Bryn, Atherton, Hindley / Abram, Leigh, Lowton / Golborne, Orrell / Higher End / Winstanley, Standish / Aspull / Shevington, Tyldesley / Astley, Wigan North, Wigan South.
Local Confidence Survey Data for Wigan (March 2010) Use the plus and minus icons on the top of this document to increase/decrease the font size
Demographics
| Population (based on data from the Office of National Statistics April 2001) | 301,415 |
| Population (based on mid 2008 estimates) | 306,800 |
| Male: | 49.1% |
| Female: | 50.9% |
| Race Profile (based on data from the Office of National Statistics April 2001) | |
| White: | 98.7% |
| Minority Ethnic: | 1.3% |
| Age: (based on data from the Office of National Statistics April 2001) | |
| 0 - 19 years | 76,533 |
| 20 - 30 years | 40,807 |
| 31 - 40 years | 47,815 |
| 41 - 50 years | 38,806 |
| 50 - 65 years | 56,885 |
| 65 + years | 40,569 |
To access crime statistics for Wigan, visit the national crime mapping service and enter Wigan in the search bar.
Useful Links
Political Information about Wigan
Wigan Neighbourhood Policing Team website
This page was last updated on 6 October 2010