# WN3 6TN: area report for a postcode in Wigan

WN3 6TN is a postcode 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 WN3 6TN for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan) › [WN3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn3) › [WN3 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn3-6)

## Around this postcode

- **No street-level crime here**: Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019 (only August 2022), so there are no map points in Greater Manchester. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.6607,53.5196,WN36TN
- **Pemberton, 1.4 km**: About 17 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.6607,53.5196,WN36TN
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 240 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.6607,53.5196,WN36TN
- **No property in WN3 6TN listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.6607,53.5196,WN36TN
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Wigan 021G. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.6607,53.5196,WN36TN
- **£194,551 average price**: For the whole of Wigan, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.6607,53.5196,WN36TN
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 580 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.6607,53.5196,WN36TN
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 390 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.6607,53.5196,WN36TN
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WN3 6TN**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.6607,53.5196,WN36TN
- **Low road and rail noise at WN3 6TN**: Road 49 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.6607,53.5196,WN36TN
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.6607,53.5196,WN36TN
- **13.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.6607,53.5196,WN36TN

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hope School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hope-school-e106543) | Special | 240 m (3 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | – |
| [Marus Bridge Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/marus-bridge-primary-school-e143498) | Primary | 260 m (3 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, March 2025 | 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-aidans-catholic-primary-school-wigan-e106463) | Primary | 640 m (8 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 84% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Paul's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-pauls-church-of-england-primary-school-e146399) | Primary | 720 m (9 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2023 | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Winstanley Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/winstanley-community-primary-school-e106407) | Primary | 870 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, February 2024 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highfield-st-matthews-church-of-england-primary-school-e145713) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Wigan Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wigan-worsley-mesnes-community-primary-school-e106404) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2023 | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Jude's Catholic Primary School Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-judes-catholic-primary-school-wigan-e130384) | Primary | 1.6 km (19 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2023 | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2025 | £166,700 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| September 2025 | £190,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| January 2023 | £163,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| November 2025 | £295,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| April 2026 | £179,995 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 160 m |
| January 2026 | £390,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 180 m |
| June 2026 | £210,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 180 m |
| December 2023 | £130,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 190 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: SAXENA L (580 m)
- Pharmacies: BOOTS (640 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Wigan (390 m, Sainsburys); Iceland Wigan Food Warehouse (460 m, Iceland); Asda Goose Green Supermarket (490 m, Asda); Heron Winstanley Wigan (630 m, Heron); Co-op Winstanley (640 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £194,551** (July 2026). Wigan’s average house price was £194,551 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.9% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 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 52nd most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 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.

## Wigan 021G (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 8.7** (2025). Wigan 021G has a deprivation score of 8.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7,099th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £195,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wigan 021G was £195,000 in 2025. Joint 6,070th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,626** (2021). Wigan 021G had 1,626 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 16,861st most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.5%** (January 2026). In Wigan 021G, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## WN3 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £191,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WN3 was £191,250 in 2025. 326th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 30,762** (2021). WN3 had 30,762 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 882nd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 77%** (2022). About 77% of people in WN3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.5%** (January 2026). In WN3, 95.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)
- Centre: 53.5196, -2.6607

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

## Your MP

- [Makerfield](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/makerfield): Andy Burnham (Labour (Co-op)), MP since June 2026.

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

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.6607,53.5196,WN36TN

## How to cite

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