# Golborne

Town in Wigan, North West.

Golborne is a town in Wigan, North West. Median sale price £236,000 in 2025. About 27,809 people.

Town. Code E63001294. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)

Golborne is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Golborne add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £236,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Golborne was £236,000 in 2025. Joint 409th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/golborne#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 25,563** (2021). Golborne had 25,563 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 437th most populated of 1,209. 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/town/golborne#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 11%** (2022). About 11% of people in Golborne 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/town/golborne#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.6%** (January 2026). In Golborne, 98.6% 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/town/golborne#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001294) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 11% of people in Golborne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001294) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 453 homes were sold in Golborne in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001294) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Golborne had 25,563 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E63001294) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Wigan, where most of this town lies. The outline is Golborne.

## How Golborne compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Golborne | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £236,000 | joint 63rd most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 25,563 | 71st most populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 11% | joint 65th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.6% | joint 8th highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Golborne?

Golborne had 25,563 usual residents at the census.
Golborne is the 437th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Deprivation in Golborne, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Golborne has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 Golborne

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wigan 038A](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006227) | 1,581 | – | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Wigan 038B](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006228) | 1,628 | – | 4 | 95.4% |
| [Wigan 038C](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006342) | 1,556 | – | 2 | 99.5% |
| [Wigan 038D](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006344) | 1,440 | – | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Wigan 038E](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006346) | 2,062 | – | 5 | 99.4% |
| [Wigan 039A](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006339) | 1,255 | – | 8 | 99.7% |
| [Wigan 039B](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006340) | 1,888 | – | 4 | 97.8% |
| [Wigan 039C](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006343) | 1,612 | – | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wigan 039D](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006345) | 1,559 | – | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Wigan 039E](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006348) | 2,642 | – | 9 | 96.8% |
| [Wigan 040A](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006302) | 1,835 | – | 7 | 97.8% |
| [Wigan 040B](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006303) | 1,625 | – | 7 | 95.3% |
| [Wigan 040C](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006304) | 1,521 | – | 4 | 99.0% |
| [Wigan 040D](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006341) | 1,664 | – | 3 | 99.4% |
| [Wigan 040E](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006347) | 1,518 | – | 10 | 100.0% |

## 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.

## Council

[Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)

## Postcode districts covering Golborne

[WA3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa3)

## Middle areas in Golborne

[Golborne](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/golborne), [Lowton](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/lowton), [Lowton Common](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/lowton-common)

## Towns near Golborne

[Leigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leigh), [Ashton-in-Makerfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashton-in-makerfield), [Newton-le-Willows](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newton-le-willows), [Haydock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/haydock), [Platt Bridge and Abram](https://openindex.co.uk/town/platt-bridge-and-abram), [Atherton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/atherton)

## Golborne in brief

Golborne is a town in Wigan, North West.
About 27,809 people lived in Golborne in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £236,000 in 2025 across 453 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Golborne was £236,000 in 2025.
Golborne had 25,563 usual residents at the census.
About 11% of people in Golborne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Golborne, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001294
- Constituency: [Leigh and Atherton †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/leigh-and-atherton)
- Council: [Wigan †](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 6.88 km²
- People, mid-2024: 27,809*
- Neighbourhoods: 15
- Output areas: 82

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Leigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leigh), [Ashton-in-Makerfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashton-in-makerfield), [Newton-le-Willows](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newton-le-willows), [Haydock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/haydock), [Platt Bridge and Abram](https://openindex.co.uk/town/platt-bridge-and-abram), [Atherton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/atherton)

## Latest updates for Golborne

- 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/E63001294

## How to cite

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

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/golborne