Property market
The five-year median is £165,000 from 3,211 recorded sales in WN5. 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.
WN5
UK postcode district
Part of Wigan
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,077
- Current units
- 934
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 9
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 143
Postcode sectors in WN5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
19,356 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 25, Wilsham Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8SF | 24 July 2026 | £406,000 |
| 7, Crantock Road, Wigan, WN5 8AR | 20 July 2026 | £174,000 |
| 27, Braeside Crescent, Billinge, Wigan, WN5 7PQ | 17 July 2026 | £247,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 12
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 229
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 101
- Public order 22
- Criminal damage and arson 21
- Anti social behaviour 19
- Other theft 16
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WN5 usual residents
- 44,740
- Age-profile population
- 44,520
Age bands in WN5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- 7,912 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.1%
- 4,513 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.9%
- 11,074 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.3%
- 11,711 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 20.9%
- 9,310 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 928 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, 865 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 776 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
BRADSHAW MEDICAL CENTRE
BRADSHAW STREET, ORRELL, WIGAN, WN5 0AB
ODS code P92008
MARSH GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
HARROW ROAD, MARSH GREEN, WIGAN, WN5 0QL
ODS code Y02885
NEWTOWN MEDICAL PRACTICE
PEMBERTON PC RESOURCE CTR, SHERWOOD DRIVE, WIGAN, WN5 9QX
ODS code P92021
PEMBERTON SURGERY
SHERWOOD DRIVE, PEMBERTON, WIGAN, WN5 9QX
ODS code P92019
Evidence in context
Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
229 published events cover 12 months, averaging 19 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 101 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.