Property market
The five-year median is £160,000 from 4,459 recorded sales in WN2. 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.
WN2
UK postcode district
Part of Wigan
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,479
- Current units
- 1,274
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 9
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 205
Postcode sectors in WN2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
25,724 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 28, Nixon Phillips Drive, Hindley Green, Wigan, WN2 4UQ | 23 July 2026 | £235,000 |
| 2, Topcliffe Street, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 4DD | 13 July 2026 | £70,000 |
| 183, Sandy Lane, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 4EP | 10 July 2026 | £270,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 26
- Primary
- 20
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 19
- Months covered
- 8
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 13
- Other crime 3
- Other theft 1
- Public order 1
- Theft from the person 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WN2 usual residents
- 53,812
- Age-profile population
- 53,712
Age bands in WN2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.4%
- 9,321 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.1%
- 5,957 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.5%
- 13,687 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27%
- 14,486 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 19.1%
- 10,261 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 1,265 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, 1,217 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,099 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit 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
5
in this district
ASPULL SURGERY
ASPULL HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, HAIGH ROAD, ASPULL, WIGAN, WN2 1XH
ODS code P92015
DR AHMAD & PTNRS
PLATT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, RIVINGTON AVENUE, PLATT BRIDGE, WIGAN, WN2 5NG
ODS code P92006
DR TUN & PARTNERS
HINDLEY HEALTH CENTRE, 17 LIVERPOOL ROAD, HINDLEY, WIGAN, WN2 3HQ
ODS code P92004
PENNYGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
109 LADIES LANE, HINDLEY, WIGAN, WN2 2QG
ODS code P92016
PLATT HOUSE SURGERY
PLATT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, RIVINGTON AVENUE, PLATT BRIDGE, WIGAN, WN2 5NG
ODS code P92031
Evidence in context
Schools
26 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
19 published events cover 8 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 13 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.