Leigh South
WardSouth east Wigan. About 13,510 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Leigh South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Leigh South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Leigh South?
Leigh South had 12,625 usual residents at the census.
Leigh South is the 1,401st most populated of 8,397 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Wigan
These figures are published for the whole of Wigan, not for each ward, so they describe all of Wigan and not Leigh South alone. See Wigan
Leigh South in brief
Leigh South had 12,625 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Leigh South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Leigh South, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Leigh South, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.