Platt Bridge and Abram
TownTown in Wigan, North West.
Platt Bridge and Abram is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Platt Bridge and Abram 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 78% of people in Platt Bridge and Abram live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Platt Bridge and Abram compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Platt Bridge and Abram?
Platt Bridge and Abram had 10,587 usual residents at the census.
Platt Bridge and Abram is the 265th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.
Deprivation in Platt Bridge and Abram, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Platt Bridge and Abram has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Platt Bridge and Abram
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wigan 024A | 1,521 | No figure | 1 | 89.6% |
| Wigan 024D | 2,432 | No figure | 3 | 100.0% |
| Wigan 024E | 1,184 | No figure | 4 | 99.0% |
| Wigan 026A | 1,392 | No figure | 6 | 98.6% |
| Wigan 026B | 1,379 | No figure | 2 | 98.4% |
| Wigan 026C | 2,190 | No figure | 5 | 99.8% |
Your MP
- Andy BurnhamLabour (Co-op)MP for Makerfield
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Platt Bridge and Abram1
Middle areas in Platt Bridge and Abram2
Towns near Platt Bridge and Abram6
Platt Bridge and Abram in brief
Platt Bridge and Abram is a town in Wigan, North West.
About 10,897 people lived in Platt Bridge and Abram in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £170,000 in 2025 across 128 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Platt Bridge and Abram was £170,000 in 2025.
Platt Bridge and Abram had 10,587 usual residents at the census.
About 78% of people in Platt Bridge and Abram live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Platt Bridge and Abram, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.