Wigan South
Middle areaWest Wigan. 9,543 people in 3.4 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by ward
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
Under 60%98% or more
There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Wigan South’s wards yet.
How Wigan South compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Wigan SouthMiddle
Median sale price40 middle areas, Wigan · 2025
£155,000joint 5th lowest
Population40 middle areas, Wigan · 2021
9,0297th highest
Gigabit broadband coverage40 middle areas, Wigan · Jan 2026
89.9%lowest
Claimant rate40 middle areas, Wigan · Aug 2026
5.4%5th highest
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 Wigan South alone. See Wigan
Wigan South in brief
The median price paid for a home in Wigan South was £155,000 in 2025.
Wigan South had 9,029 usual residents at the census.
In Wigan South, 89.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Wigan South, 5.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.