Local authority district
Wigan
E08000010
This page groups current postcode coverage with source-backed Census, recorded sale and school counts. It is an official area summary, not a boundary or service-eligibility check.
Area summary
- Active postcodes
- 7,961
- Postcode districts
- 12
- Five-year recorded sales
- 28,319
- Open schools at matching postcodes
- 144
- Census 2021 residents
- 329,430
- Census 2021 households
- 143,152
- Mean postcode coordinate
- 53.52366, -2.58797
Quality-approved postcode districts
Related official areas
- Electoral wardWigan CentralE05015010 · 478 postcodes
- Electoral wardLeigh Central & Higher FoldsE05015001 · 414 postcodes
- Electoral wardLowton EastE05015004 · 395 postcodes
- Electoral wardGolborne & Lowton WestE05014997 · 382 postcodes
- Electoral wardInceE05015000 · 381 postcodes
- Electoral wardLeigh WestE05015003 · 367 postcodes
- Electoral wardDouglasE05014996 · 354 postcodes
- Electoral wardAtherton NorthE05014993 · 351 postcodes
- Electoral wardTyldesley & Mosley CommonE05015009 · 348 postcodes
- Electoral wardAbramE05014989 · 347 postcodes
- Electoral wardHindleyE05014998 · 337 postcodes
- Electoral wardStandish with LangtreeE05015008 · 326 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 008CE01006369 · 197 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 015AE01006349 · 128 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 030BE01006333 · 86 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 039EE01006348 · 84 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 006AE01006370 · 76 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 013CE01006272 · 76 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 038EE01006346 · 74 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 029DE01006380 · 73 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 023CE01006244 · 71 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 039BE01006340 · 70 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 014DE01006358 · 69 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 033EE01006327 · 69 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWigan 008E02001294 · 321 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWigan 015E02001301 · 281 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWigan 039E02001325 · 279 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWigan 029E02001315 · 262 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWigan 013E02001299 · 254 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWigan 018E02001304 · 254 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWigan 038E02001324 · 247 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWigan 021E02001307 · 237 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWigan 024E02001310 · 233 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWigan 040E02001326 · 232 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWigan 012E02001298 · 226 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWigan 006E02001292 · 225 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyLeigh and AthertonE14001329 · 2,757 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyWiganE14001585 · 2,669 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyMakerfieldE14001350 · 2,206 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyWorsley and EcclesE14001598 · 329 postcodes
Source and limitations
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.. Coverage: United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope.
Names come from ONS Postcode Directory, release 2026-08, file Documents/LAD Local Authority District names and codes UK as at 04_25.csv, publisher date 1 Sept 2026.
OGL-3.0 with third-party rights. Counts reflect active postcodes in the current CheckNear.me publication and may differ from administrative service records.