Wigan
Typical price
£200,000
+21% on 5 years ago
Sales in the last year
4,509
September 2025 to August 2026 · prices +60% on 10 years ago
Sales take a few months to be recorded, so the latest months are still coming in and this figure will rise.
People
329,330
At the 2021 census
New-build homes sold
287
In 2025, 5% of the homes sold
Find a street in Wigan
Type a street and tap it to see its sales.
No street by that name has had a sale here in the last few years.
Prices over time
The typical sale each year in Wigan.
By type of home
The typical price of each, over the last year.
The towns in Wigan
Each town and neighbourhood with its typical price over the last two years, lowest typical price first.
No town or area by that name in Wigan.
Lowest price first
And 19 more. Type a name above to find one.
Rising fastest
How much the typical price has changed in five years.
Streets
Streets of houses across the whole of Wigan, from the last five years' sales.
The market
How many homes sold in Wigan each year, and how many were new-build homes sold.
Homes sold in 2025
5,672
7% more than 2024. Level with the ten-year average.
New-build homes sold in 2025
287
5% of the homes sold.
Whole years only: 2025 is the last full year, and nearly every sale in it has now been recorded. This year will show once it is over.
New-build homes sold counts only new homes sold to a buyer. Homes built for the council or a housing association, blocks built to rent out, and most shared ownership homes are not sold this way, so more homes are built each year than this shows.
All homes sold New-build homes sold
Living in Wigan
The best-known places, getting around and the council.
Things to do
Photo: Arne Müseler · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
StadiumBrick Community Stadium
Photo: Dave Green · CC BY-SA 2.0
StadiumLeigh Sports Village
Photo: Anthony Parkes · CC BY-SA 2.0
Historic houseHaigh Hall
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0
MuseumAstley Green Colliery Museum
Visit website ↗
Photo: Hindleyite · CC BY 3.0
Art galleryMuseum of Wigan Life
Visit website ↗
Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0
LakePennington Flash
Photo: Voello · CC BY 4.0
ParkAshfield Park
Photo: Dave Green · CC BY-SA 2.0
ParkHigher Folds Park
Getting around
Who lives here
The people and homes of Wigan, at the last census in 2021.
The people
329,330 people
Ages
Aged 16 and over
The homes
143,105 households
How they are held
2.3 people in a typical home. 31% live alone.
21% of households have no car.
Typical pay
£37,377 a year
Before tax, for someone living here working full time.
Full-fibre broadband
94% of homes
can get gigabit broadband.
Schools
Rated Outstanding or Good at their latest one-word Ofsted grade, given in the last five years. Ofsted stopped giving one-word grades in September 2024.
Primary
Secondary
Council tax
What each band costs in Wigan, 2026 to 2027.