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Tyldesley

Town

Town in Wigan, North West.

Tyldesley is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Tyldesley 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.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 63% of people in Tyldesley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£255,000
Joint 487th cheapest of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
16,205
562nd least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
63%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Tyldesley compares

Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.

TyldesleyMiddle
Median sale price161 towns, North West · 2025
Median sale price: every town in North West161 areas from £95,000 to £700,000. The middle area is £222,000. Tyldesley is £255,000.
£255,00048th most expensive
Population161 towns, North West · 2021
Population: every town in North West161 areas from 7,551 to 506,564. The middle area is 22,886. Tyldesley is 16,205.
16,20552nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares161 towns, North West · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in North West161 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 29.0%. Tyldesley is 63.0%.
63%69th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage161 towns, North West · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in North West161 areas from 35.0% to 99.6%. The middle area is 95.7%. Tyldesley is 98.0%.
98.0%joint 23rd highest

What is the population of Tyldesley?

Tyldesley had 16,205 usual residents at the census.

Tyldesley is the 562nd least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Deprivation in Tyldesley, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

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

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

Neighbourhoods in Tyldesley

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Wigan 025B1,940No figure495.4%
Wigan 025C1,568No figure297.5%
Wigan 025D1,557No figure1099.1%
Wigan 025E1,303No figure9100.0%
Wigan 028B2,050No figure1093.7%
Wigan 028C1,257No figure10100.0%
Wigan 028D1,609No figure8100.0%
Wigan 028E1,321No figure9100.0%
Wigan 029D2,731No figure597.6%
Wigan 029E1,445No figure993.5%

Your MP

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 Tyldesley1

Middle areas in Tyldesley2

Towns near Tyldesley6

Tyldesley in brief

Tyldesley is a town in Wigan, North West.

About 17,316 people lived in Tyldesley in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £255,000 in 2025 across 289 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in Tyldesley was £255,000 in 2025.

Tyldesley had 16,205 usual residents at the census.

About 63% of people in Tyldesley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Tyldesley, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.