Wigan postcode area Census 2021

95.5% people are white, 1.6% people are asian, 1.3% people are mixed.
63.0% are Christian, 30.1% have no religion, 4.8% provided no answer.
42.1% households have 1 car, 27.4% households have 2 cars, 22.4% households have no car.

Wigan population ethnic group

Ethnicity	Wigan postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	1.6%	9.3%
Black	1.0%	4.0%
Mixed	1.3%	2.9%
Other	0.7%	2.1%
White	95.5%	81.7%

Wigan population health

Health	Wigan postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
very good	46.0%	48.4%
good	33.5%	33.6%
average	14.1%	12.7%
poor	5.0%	4.0%
very poor	1.4%	1.2%

Wigan population religion

Religion	Wigan postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.2%	0.5%
Christian	63.0%	46.2%
Hindu	0.3%	1.7%
Jewish	0.0%	0.5%
Muslim	1.2%	6.5%
No answer	4.8%	6.0%
No religion	30.1%	37.2%
Other	0.0%	0.9%
Sikh	0.3%	0.6%

Wigan population economic activity

Economic activity	Wigan postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	48.0%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.2%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	6.1%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.4%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	4.2%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	8.7%	7.3%
Retired	23.5%	21.6%
Student, no work	4.2%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.7%	2.8%

Wigan car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.22 cars per household in Wigan postcode area. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of cars in a household	Wigan postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
No car	22.4%	23.3%
1 car	42.1%	41.3%
2 cars	27.4%	26.2%
3+ cars	8.2%	9.2%

Wigan household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).