# Hindley

Town in Wigan, North West.

Hindley is a town in Wigan, North West. Median sale price £206,000 in 2025. About 25,229 people.

Town. Code E63001198. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)

Hindley is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Hindley 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: £206,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Hindley was £206,000 in 2025. 265th 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/hindley#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 24,485** (2021). Hindley had 24,485 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 448th 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/hindley#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 12%** (2022). About 12% of people in Hindley 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/hindley#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.6%** (January 2026). In Hindley, 97.6% 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/hindley#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001198) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 12% of people in Hindley 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=E63001198) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 362 homes were sold in Hindley in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001198) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Hindley had 24,485 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E63001198) (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 Hindley.

## How Hindley compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Hindley | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £206,000 | 63rd cheapest | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 24,485 | 74th most populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 12% | 67th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.6% | joint 35th highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Hindley?

Hindley had 24,485 usual residents at the census.
Hindley is the 448th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Deprivation in Hindley, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Hindley has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Hindley

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wigan 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006269) | 1,737 | – | 3 | 94.6% |
| [Wigan 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006271) | 1,682 | – | 6 | 90.2% |
| [Wigan 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006272) | 1,635 | – | 3 | 94.1% |
| [Wigan 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006273) | 1,482 | – | 2 | 99.6% |
| [Wigan 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006276) | 2,154 | – | 7 | 98.4% |
| [Wigan 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006270) | 1,442 | – | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Wigan 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006274) | 1,531 | – | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Wigan 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006275) | 1,572 | – | 1 | 99.3% |
| [Wigan 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006277) | 1,877 | – | 7 | 99.4% |
| [Wigan 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006286) | 1,559 | – | 5 | 99.4% |
| [Wigan 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006278) | 1,634 | – | 4 | 98.4% |
| [Wigan 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006279) | 1,577 | – | 8 | 99.5% |
| [Wigan 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006280) | 1,455 | – | 3 | 99.4% |
| [Wigan 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006281) | 1,937 | – | 7 | 99.6% |
| [Wigan 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006285) | 1,916 | – | 9 | 95.8% |

## 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.

## Council

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

## Postcode districts covering Hindley

[WN2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn2), [WN7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn7)

## Middle areas in Hindley

[Hindley East](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/hindley-east), [Hindley Green](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/hindley-green), [Hindley West](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/hindley-west)

## Towns near Hindley

[Atherton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/atherton), [Leigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leigh), [Westhoughton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/westhoughton), [Platt Bridge and Abram](https://openindex.co.uk/town/platt-bridge-and-abram), [Ince-in-Makerfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ince-in-makerfield), [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wigan)

## Hindley in brief

Hindley is a town in Wigan, North West.
About 25,229 people lived in Hindley in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £206,000 in 2025 across 362 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Hindley was £206,000 in 2025.
Hindley had 24,485 usual residents at the census.
About 12% of people in Hindley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hindley, 97.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001198
- Constituency: [Makerfield †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/makerfield)
- Council: [Wigan †](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 4.96 km²
- People, mid-2024: 25,229*
- Neighbourhoods: 15
- Output areas: 76

* 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

[Atherton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/atherton), [Leigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leigh), [Westhoughton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/westhoughton), [Platt Bridge and Abram](https://openindex.co.uk/town/platt-bridge-and-abram), [Ince-in-Makerfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ince-in-makerfield), [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wigan)

## Latest updates for Hindley

- 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/E63001198

## How to cite

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

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