# Orrell

Town in Wigan and West Lancashire, North West.

Orrell is a town in Wigan and West Lancashire, North West. Median sale price £220,000 in 2025. About 23,910 people.

Town. Code E63001199. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)

Orrell is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Orrell 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: £220,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Orrell was £220,000 in 2025. Joint 314th 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/orrell#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 23,412** (2021). Orrell had 23,412 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 471st 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/orrell#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 24%** (2022). About 24% of people in Orrell 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/orrell#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.7%** (January 2026). In Orrell, 94.7% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/orrell#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001199) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 24% of people in Orrell 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=E63001199) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 403 homes were sold in Orrell in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001199) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Orrell had 23,412 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E63001199) (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 Orrell.

## How Orrell compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Orrell | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £220,000 | joint 77th cheapest | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 23,412 | 77th most populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 24% | joint 75th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.7% | joint 55th lowest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Orrell?

Orrell had 23,412 usual residents at the census.
Orrell is the 471st most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Deprivation in Orrell, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Orrell has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Orrell

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [West Lancashire 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025534) | 1,724 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.4% |
| [West Lancashire 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025535) | 1,631 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 75.8% |
| [West Lancashire 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025536) | 1,452 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.3% |
| [West Lancashire 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025537) | 1,537 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.6% |
| [West Lancashire 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/neighbourhood/e01025540) | 1,226 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.8% |
| [Wigan 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006396) | 1,480 | – | 8 | 97.6% |
| [Wigan 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006397) | 1,080 | – | 1 | 91.7% |
| [Wigan 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006398) | 1,007 | – | 2 | 97.3% |
| [Wigan 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006399) | 1,603 | – | 3 | 97.4% |
| [Wigan 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006362) | 1,634 | – | 9 | 97.2% |
| [Wigan 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006363) | 1,516 | – | 8 | 94.2% |
| [Wigan 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006364) | 1,831 | – | 5 | 98.3% |
| [Wigan 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006365) | 2,266 | – | 9 | 99.7% |
| [Wigan 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006366) | 1,850 | – | 6 | 96.5% |
| [Wigan 018F](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006367) | 1,783 | – | 9 | 98.9% |
| [Wigan 018G](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006368) | 1,884 | – | 7 | 91.5% |

## 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.

## Councils Orrell sits in

[Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan), [West Lancashire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire)

## Postcode districts covering Orrell

[WN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn5), [WN8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8)

## Middle areas in Orrell

[Orrell & Longshaw](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/orrell-and-longshaw), [Pemberton North](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/pemberton-north), [Upholland](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire/upholland)

## Towns near Orrell

[Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wigan), [Skelmersdale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/skelmersdale), [Ashton-in-Makerfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashton-in-makerfield), [St Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/town/st-helens), [Standish](https://openindex.co.uk/town/standish), [Haydock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/haydock)

## Orrell in brief

Orrell is a town in Wigan and West Lancashire, North West.
About 23,910 people lived in Orrell in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 403 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Orrell was £220,000 in 2025.
Orrell had 23,412 usual residents at the census.
About 24% of people in Orrell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Orrell, 94.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001199
- 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: 5.71 km²
- People, mid-2024: 23,910*
- Neighbourhoods: 16
- Output areas: 79

* 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

[Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wigan), [Skelmersdale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/skelmersdale), [Ashton-in-Makerfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashton-in-makerfield), [St Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/town/st-helens), [Standish](https://openindex.co.uk/town/standish), [Haydock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/haydock)

## Latest updates for Orrell

- 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/E63001199

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/orrell, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/orrell#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/town/orrell