💊Integrated Care BoardNHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
👨⚕️Primary Care OrgAshton, Leigh and Wigan
📍Sub ICB LocationNHS Greater Manchester ICB - 02H
🎗️Cancer AllianceGreater Manchester
Statistical Areas
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LSOA 2021
Super Output Area
Wigan 003B E01006312
E01006312
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MSOA 2021
Mid Super Output
Wigan 003 E02001289
E02001289
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LSOA 2011
Super Output Area
Wigan 003B E01006312
E01006312
🗂️
MSOA 2011
Mid Super Output
Wigan 003 E02001289
E02001289
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Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/Urban Classification 2021
📅2001 Classification(England/Wales) Town and Fringe – less sparse: OA falls within the Town and Fringe category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 6
📅2011 Classification(England/Wales) Urban city and town C1
📅2021 ClassificationUrban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD England — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, barriers to housing and services, and living environment.
29042
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 29042 out of 32,844 lower layer super output areas in England. N/A for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as this postcode is in England.
Demographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
Total residents: 1,368
White Brit.96.3%
White Irish1.1%
+ other · 2.6%
Religion
Total residents: 1,368
Christian72.4%
No religion23.2%
Not answered3.1%
+ other · 1.3%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,370
50–6422.6%
35–4915.6%
65–7415.6%
75–8411.9%
25–349.3%
+ 6 other age groups · 25.0%
Households
Total households: 625
All members 66+20.3%
Any member 66+16.5%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children13.0%
Other10.9%
+ 6 other households · 25.6%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
6:03 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:30 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)6:03 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:30 PM
⏱️Daylight duration10 hours 28 minutes
🕐Time zoneGMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
📅
June 1997
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~29 years
Active Duration
1997 → Present
June 1997 — Introduced
Postcode WN6 8AJ introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Town and Fringe – less sparse: OA falls within the Town and Fringe category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 6
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 29042
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01006312 and MSOA E02001289 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode WN6 8AJ is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJune 1997
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~29 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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