# WN6 9JN: area report for a postcode in Wigan

WN6 9JN 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 WN6 9JN for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan) › [WN6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn6) › [WN6 9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn6-9)

## 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=-2.7020,53.5823,WN69JN
- **Appley Bridge, 1.2 km**: About 15 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.7020,53.5823,WN69JN
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 200 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.7020,53.5823,WN69JN
- **No property in WN6 9JN 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=-2.7020,53.5823,WN69JN
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Wigan 003F. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.7020,53.5823,WN69JN
- **£194,393 average price**: For the whole of Wigan, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.7020,53.5823,WN69JN
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 930 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.7020,53.5823,WN69JN
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 380 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.7020,53.5823,WN69JN
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WN6 9JN**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.7020,53.5823,WN69JN
- **Low road and rail noise at WN6 9JN**: Road 54 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.7020,53.5823,WN69JN
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% 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=-2.7020,53.5823,WN69JN
- **13.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.7020,53.5823,WN69JN

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Shevington Vale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shevington-vale-primary-school-e106429) | Primary | 200 m (2 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Fir Tree College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fir-tree-college-e146039) | Special | 730 m (9 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Shevington High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shevington-high-school-e106529) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 50.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-bernadettes-catholic-primary-school-e106508) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2023 | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Millbrook Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/millbrook-primary-school-e106436) | Primary | 1.6 km (19 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/appley-bridge-all-saints-church-of-england-primary-academy-e149981) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wrightington](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-wrightington-e119696) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2025 | £236,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| June 2026 | £220,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| September 2025 | £212,700 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| July 2026 | £176,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| December 2025 | £325,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| May 2026 | £225,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 210 m |
| April 2026 | £240,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 230 m |
| June 2026 | £353,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 270 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: SHEVINGTON SURGERY (930 m)
- Pharmacies: APPLEY BRIDGE PHARMACY (380 m); SHEVINGTON COMMUNITY PHARMACY (930 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar - Appley Bridge (380 m, Spar)

## 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.

## Wigan 003F (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 8.2** (2025). Wigan 003F has a deprivation score of 8.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 6,483rd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £228,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wigan 003F was £228,250 in 2025. Joint 9,350th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,279** (2021). Wigan 003F had 1,279 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 14,057th least 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: 99.7%** (January 2026). In Wigan 003F, 99.7% 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.

## WN6 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £210,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WN6 was £210,000 in 2025. Joint 447th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 42,155** (2021). WN6 had 42,155 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 383rd 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: 89%** (2022). About 89% of people in WN6 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: 95.4%** (January 2026). In WN6, 95.4% 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: 53.5823, -2.7020

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

## Your MP

- [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wigan): Lisa Nandy (Labour), 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.

## 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), August 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=-2.7020,53.5823,WN69JN

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