# M29 2: postcode sector in Wigan

4 live postcodes, all in Wigan.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Wigan. Open the map at M29 2 for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan) › [M29](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m29)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £194,393** (August 2026). Wigan’s average house price was £194,393 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.8% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £37,377** (2025). Full-time workers living in Wigan earned a median of £37,377 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 137th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.2×** (2025). A home in Wigan costs 5.2 times local full-time pay. Joint 53rd most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 25.2** (2025). Wigan has a deprivation score of 25.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 78th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## About

- Type: Postcode sector
- Live postcodes: 4
- Council: [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)
- Centre: 53.5144, -2.4652

Council: [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Leigh and Atherton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/leigh-and-atherton): Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Postcodes in M29 2

[M29 2BB](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m29-2bb), [M29 2BJ](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m29-2bj), [M29 2BX](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m29-2bx), [M29 2BY](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m29-2by)

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m29-2.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m29-2