# Standish

Town in Wigan, North West.

Standish is a town in Wigan, North West. Median sale price £248,950 in 2025. About 14,170 people.

Town. Code E63001114. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)

Standish is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Standish 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: £248,950** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Standish was £248,950 in 2025. 466th 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/standish#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 12,937** (2021). Standish had 12,937 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 404th least 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/standish#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Standish 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/standish#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.2%** (January 2026). In Standish, 93.2% 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/standish#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001114) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Standish 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=E63001114) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 212 homes were sold in Standish in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001114) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Standish had 12,937 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E63001114) (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 Standish.

## How Standish compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Standish | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £248,950 | 53rd most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 12,937 | 38th least populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.2% | joint 38th lowest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Standish?

Standish had 12,937 usual residents at the census.
Standish is the 404th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Deprivation in Standish, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

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

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

## Neighbourhoods in Standish

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wigan 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006317) | 1,551 | – | 6 | 90.5% |
| [Wigan 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006319) | 1,573 | – | 9 | 98.4% |
| [Wigan 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006229) | 1,379 | – | 8 | 90.2% |
| [Wigan 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006230) | 2,122 | – | 10 | 95.7% |
| [Wigan 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006233) | 1,404 | – | 10 | 99.5% |
| [Wigan 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006237) | 1,922 | – | 10 | 84.3% |
| [Wigan 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/neighbourhood/e01006238) | 1,509 | – | 3 | 99.3% |

## 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.

## Council

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

## Postcode districts covering Standish

[WN6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn6)

## Middle areas in Standish

[Standish South](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan/standish-south)

## Towns near Standish

[Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wigan), [Coppull](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coppull), [Adlington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/adlington), [Ince-in-Makerfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ince-in-makerfield), [Orrell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/orrell), [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chorley)

## Standish in brief

Standish is a town in Wigan, North West.
About 14,170 people lived in Standish in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £248,950 in 2025 across 212 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Standish was £248,950 in 2025.
Standish had 12,937 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Standish live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Standish, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001114
- Constituency: [Wigan †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wigan)
- Council: [Wigan †](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 3.55 km²
- People, mid-2024: 14,170*
- Neighbourhoods: 7
- Output areas: 42

* 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), [Coppull](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coppull), [Adlington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/adlington), [Ince-in-Makerfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ince-in-makerfield), [Orrell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/orrell), [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chorley)

## Latest updates for Standish

- 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/E63001114

## How to cite

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

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