Property market
The five-year median is £198,000 from 3,862 recorded sales in WN6. 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.
WN6
UK postcode district
Part of Wigan
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,098
- Current units
- 932
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 166
Postcode sectors in WN6
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
22,191 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 81, Spelding Drive, Standish Lower Ground, Wigan, WN6 8LW | 24 July 2026 | £400,000 |
| 5, Pearl Street, Wigan, WN6 7HL | 22 July 2026 | £140,000 |
| 77, Almond Green Avenue, Standish, Wigan, WN6 0ZG | 17 July 2026 | £250,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 13
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 120
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 53
- Anti social behaviour 23
- Criminal damage and arson 13
- Other theft 9
- Vehicle crime 7
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WN6 usual residents
- 41,812
- Age-profile population
- 42,154
Age bands in WN6
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.1%
- 6,797 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.9%
- 4,177 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.6%
- 10,358 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.2%
- 11,900 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 21.2%
- 8,922 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 925 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, 873 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 788 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 2 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
BEECH HILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
278 GIDLOW LANE, BEECH HILL, WIGAN, WN6 7PD
ODS code P92010
SHEVINGTON SURGERY
HOUGHTON LANE, SHEVINGTON, WIGAN, WN6 8ET
ODS code P92017
STANDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE
49 HIGH STREET, STANDISH, WIGAN, WN6 0HD
ODS code P92014
THE DICCONSON GROUP PRACTICE
FROG LANE, WIGAN, WN6 7LB
ODS code P92003
Evidence in context
Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
120 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 53 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.