Electoral ward
Wigan Central
E05015010
This page groups current postcode coverage with source-backed Census, recorded sale and school counts. It is an official area summary, not a boundary or service-eligibility check.
Area summary
- Active postcodes
- 478
- Postcode districts
- 5
- Five-year recorded sales
- 1,089
- Open schools at matching postcodes
- 6
- Census 2021 residents
- 12,178
- Census 2021 households
- 5,787
- Mean postcode coordinate
- 53.55236, -2.63070
Quality-approved postcode districts
Related official areas
- Local authority districtWiganE08000010 · 478 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 008CE01006369 · 158 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 006AE01006370 · 76 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 006BE01006372 · 46 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 006DE01006374 · 41 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 008EE01006375 · 40 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 006EE01006390 · 30 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 009CE01006386 · 30 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 006CE01006373 · 26 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 009DE01006387 · 26 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 008DE01006371 · 3 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaWigan 009AE01006306 · 2 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWigan 006E02001292 · 219 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWigan 008E02001294 · 201 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaWigan 009E02001295 · 58 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyWiganE14001585 · 478 postcodes
Source and limitations
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.. Coverage: United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope.
Names come from ONS Postcode Directory, release 2026-08, file Documents/WD Ward names and codes UK as at 05_26.csv, publisher date 1 Sept 2026.
OGL-3.0 with third-party rights. Counts reflect active postcodes in the current CheckNear.me publication and may differ from administrative service records.