Ashton-in-Makerfield East
Middle areaSouth west Wigan. 7,974 people in 5.3 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by ward
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Ashton-in-Makerfield East’s wards yet.
How Ashton-in-Makerfield East compares
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Figures for the whole of Wigan
These figures are published for the whole of Wigan, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Wigan and not Ashton-in-Makerfield East alone. See Wigan
Ashton-in-Makerfield East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Ashton-in-Makerfield East was £186,000 in 2025.
Ashton-in-Makerfield East had 8,005 usual residents at the census.
In Ashton-in-Makerfield East, 99.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Ashton-in-Makerfield East, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.