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Ashton-in-Makerfield North

Middle area

South west Wigan. 8,239 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 34% of people in Ashton-in-Makerfield North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£202,500
Joint 1,566th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,830
3,831st most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
34%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Ashton-in-Makerfield North

Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019, so there is no figure for Greater Manchester.

How Ashton-in-Makerfield North compares

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Median sale price40 middle areas, Wigan · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Wigan40 areas from £125,000 to £279,950. The middle area is £192,250. Ashton-in-Makerfield North is £202,500.
£202,50015th most expensive
Population40 middle areas, Wigan · 2021
Population: every middle area in Wigan40 areas from 5,970 to 12,764. The middle area is 8,143. Ashton-in-Makerfield North is 7,830.
7,83013th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares40 middle areas, Wigan · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Wigan40 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 65.5%. Ashton-in-Makerfield North is 34.0%.
34%12th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage40 middle areas, Wigan · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Wigan40 areas from 89.9% to 99.6%. The middle area is 96.9%. Ashton-in-Makerfield North is 96.9%.
96.9%joint 19th highest

What is the population of Ashton-in-Makerfield North?

Ashton-in-Makerfield North had 7,830 usual residents at the census.

Ashton-in-Makerfield North is the 3,831st most populated of 9,448 in the UK.

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 North alone. See Wigan

Average house price
£194,551
Up 3.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,377
137th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.2×
Joint 52nd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
25.2
Joint 78th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Ashton-in-Makerfield North in brief

The median price paid for a home in Ashton-in-Makerfield North was £202,500 in 2025.

Ashton-in-Makerfield North had 7,830 usual residents at the census.

About 34% of people in Ashton-in-Makerfield North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Ashton-in-Makerfield North, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.