# WN4

Postcode district covering Ashton-in-Makerfield, Bryn and Garswood, in Wigan and St. Helens.

WN4 is a postcode district covering Ashton-in-Makerfield, Bryn and Garswood, in Wigan and St. Helens. Median sale price £190,000 in 2025. About 28,167 people.

Postcode district. Code WN4. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [WN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an WN4 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £190,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WN4 was £190,000 in 2025. Joint 304th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn4#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 27,804** (2021). WN4 had 27,804 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,043rd 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn4#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 40%** (2022). About 40% of people in WN4 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn4#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.8%** (January 2026). In WN4, 97.8% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn4#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WN4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 40% of people in WN4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=WN4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 377 homes were sold in WN4 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WN4) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WN4 had 27,804 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=WN4) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Wigan, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is WN4.

## How WN4 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | WN4 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £190,000 | joint 2nd cheapest | 8 postcode districts, WN · 2025 |
| Population | 27,804 | 2nd least populated | 8 postcode districts, WN · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 40% | fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 8 postcode districts, WN · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.8% | highest | 8 postcode districts, WN · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of WN4?

WN4 had 27,804 usual residents at the census.
WN4 is the 1,043rd most populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in WN4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WN4 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in WN4

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St. Helens 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006805) | 1,534 | 54.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [St. Helens 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006808) | 1,183 | 18.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006809) | 1,331 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Wigan 032A](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006262) | 1,710 | – | 3 | 92.0% |
| [Wigan 032B](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006263) | 1,490 | – | 10 | 99.0% |
| [Wigan 032C](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006266) | 1,373 | – | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Wigan 032D](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006267) | 1,620 | – | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Wigan 032E](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006268) | 1,637 | – | 5 | 95.6% |
| [Wigan 035A](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006220) | 1,742 | – | 3 | 98.7% |
| [Wigan 035B](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006221) | 1,560 | – | 6 | 99.0% |
| [Wigan 035C](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006222) | 1,556 | – | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Wigan 035D](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006224) | 1,433 | – | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wigan 035E](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006226) | 1,714 | – | 7 | 98.0% |
| [Wigan 036A](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006223) | 1,586 | – | 4 | 96.2% |
| [Wigan 036B](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006225) | 1,507 | – | 7 | 99.5% |
| [Wigan 036C](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006261) | 1,487 | – | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Wigan 036D](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006264) | 1,230 | – | 9 | 98.5% |
| [Wigan 036E](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006265) | 1,396 | – | 4 | 98.7% |

## Your MP

- [Makerfield](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/makerfield): Andy Burnham (Labour (Co-op)), MP since June 2026. 84% of the people here.
- [St Helens North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-helens-north): David Baines (Labour), MP since July 2024. 16% of the people here.
- [Leigh and Atherton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/leigh-and-atherton): Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 0.5% of the people here.
- [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wigan): Lisa Nandy (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in WN4

[Ashton-in-Makerfield East](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/ashton-in-makerfield-east), [Ashton-in-Makerfield North](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/ashton-in-makerfield-north), [Ashton-in-Makerfield West](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/ashton-in-makerfield-west), [Garswood](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/garswood)

## Postcode sectors in WN4

[WN4 0 (193 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn4-0), [WN4 8 (180 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn4-8), [WN4 9 (231 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn4-9)

## Councils WN4 covers

[Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan), [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens)

## Towns in WN4

[Ashton-in-Makerfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashton-in-makerfield)

## Postcode districts next to WN4

[WA3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa3), [WA11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa11), [WN2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn2), [WN3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn3), [WN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn5)

## Nearest rail stations

[Bryn (500 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.6472,53.4999), [Garswood (2.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.6721,53.4885), [Pemberton (4.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.6704,53.5304), [Earlestown (5.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.6377,53.4511)

## More in the WN postcode area

[All WN postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## WN4 in brief

WN4 is a postcode district covering Ashton-in-Makerfield, Bryn and Garswood, in Wigan and St. Helens.
About 28,167 people lived in WN4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £190,000 in 2025 across 377 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in WN4 was £190,000 in 2025.
WN4 had 27,804 usual residents at the census.
About 40% of people in WN4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WN4, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WN4
- Postcode area: [WN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn)
- Constituency: [Makerfield †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/makerfield)
- Council: [Wigan †](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)
- Area: 19.92 km²
- People, mid-2024: 28,167*
- Neighbourhoods: 18
- Output areas: 91

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[WN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn5), [WA11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa11), [WN3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn3), [WA3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa3), [WN2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn2)

## Latest updates for WN4

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/WN4

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn4, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn4#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn4