Property market
The five-year median is £160,000 from 1,753 recorded sales in WN1. 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.
WN1
UK postcode district
Part of Wigan
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,296
- Current units
- 690
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 606
Postcode sectors in WN1
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
10,374 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 4, Kingsway, Wigan, WN1 2LX | 10 July 2026 | £185,000 |
| 255, Chorley Road, Standish, Wigan, WN1 2TX | 10 July 2026 | £275,000 |
| 108, Rectory Lane, Standish, Wigan, WN1 2TY | 3 July 2026 | £220,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 10
- Primary
- 5
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 15
- Months covered
- 8
- Latest month
- April 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 12
- Criminal damage and arson 2
- Other crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WN1 usual residents
- 20,041
- Age-profile population
- 19,968
Age bands in WN1
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.6%
- 3,114 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.5%
- 2,091 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.1%
- 5,219 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.8%
- 5,753 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 19%
- 3,791 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 603 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, 574 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 500 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
DR SEABROOK
1 WRIGHTINGTON STREET, WIGAN, WN1 2AZ
ODS code P92030
LONGSHOOT MEDICAL PRACTICE
LONGSHOOT HEALTH CENTRE, SCHOLES, WIGAN, WN1 3NH
ODS code P92026
MESNES VIEW SURGERY
93 MESNES STREET, WIGAN, WN1 1ST
ODS code P92634
SULLIVAN WAY SURGERY
SULLIVAN WAY, SCHOLES, WIGAN, WN1 3TB
ODS code P92011
Evidence in context
Schools
10 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
15 published events cover 8 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 12 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.