Property market
The five-year median is £167,000 from 2,033 recorded sales in M46. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Wigan is £195,557 in June 2026, up 6.6% year on year.
M46
UK postcode district
Part of Manchester
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 700
- Current units
- 577
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 3
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 123
Postcode sectors in M46
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
11,588 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 5, Rivington Street, Atherton, Manchester, M46 0PE | 17 July 2026 | £250,000 |
| Dreams 2 Reality, Robert Street, Atherton, Manchester, M46 9AS | 10 July 2026 | £320,000 |
| 41, Blacksmiths Fold, Atherton, Manchester, M46 9DB | 10 July 2026 | £273,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3
- Months covered
- 3
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- M46 usual residents
- 23,419
- Age-profile population
- 23,637
Age bands in M46
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- 4,217 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- 2,427 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.2%
- 6,428 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.9%
- 6,115 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.8%
- 4,450 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 570 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 554 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 484 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
in this district
BEE FOLD MEDICAL CENTRE
25 BEE FOLD LANE, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0BD
ODS code P92633
DR KK CHAN & PARTNERS
SEVEN BROOKS MEDICAL CENTRE, 21 CHURCH STREET, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 9DE
ODS code P92042
DR VASANTH
ATHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, NELSON STREET, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0LE
ODS code P92635
MEADOWVIEW SURGERY
ORMEROD HOUSE, ATHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, NELSON ST, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0LE
ODS code P92626
Evidence in context
Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3 published events cover 3 months, averaging 1 event per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.