24,187
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
Christian · 64%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
£176,909
Median property price
1,274
Postcodes
Sold prices in WN2
England & WalesProperty sales · WN2
HM Land Registry · WN2
Average price
£189,234
YoY: +0.2%
Median price: £184,951
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Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 10 sales · avg £187,650
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£247k£205k£164k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
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Overview of WN2
Coordinates53.5359, -2.5825
Postcodes
1,274
Population (Census)
56,471
Households (Census)
24,187
Demographics in WN2
Ethnicity
White Brit.92.4%
Other White2.8%
+ other · 4.8%
Religion
Christian63.8%
No religion29.4%
Not answered4.8%
Muslim1.1%
+ other · 0.9%
Age groups
50–6420.5%
35–4918.9%
25–3413.1%
65–7410.6%
10–157.1%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.7%
Households
Other17.4%
Any member 66+12.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children12.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.8%
All members 66+9.4%
+ 8 other households · 37.4%
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for WN2
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.94 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.94 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Wards in WN2
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
IMD 9.002 postcodes
Hindley Green
IMD 5.99211 postcodes
Aspull, New Springs & Whelley
IMD 5.69251 postcodes
Westhoughton South
IMD 5.001 postcodes
Hindley
IMD 3.51337 postcodes
Abram
IMD 2.88297 postcodes
Leigh West
IMD 2.638 postcodes
Ince
IMD 1.47165 postcodes
Wigan Central
IMD 1.002 postcodes
Postcodes in WN2
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