Wigan
8 datasets are currently published for Wigan. 2 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Wigan compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 124th of 361 (22.0 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: joint 281st of 318 (shared with 3 other local authority districts) (£180,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 90th of 132 (17.5%).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count — Wigan: 7,650, July 2026 (+1.4% year on year, from 7,545). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Wigan: 108.7, June 2026 (+6.6% year on year, from 102.0). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Wigan: £180,000, Q2 2026 (+0.0% year on year, from £180,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Wigan: 17.5%, 2024/25 (-2.3 percentage points year on year, from 19.8%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Wigan: 14, Q1 2026 (-6.7% year on year, from 15). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Wigan: 347,089, 2025 (+0.8% year on year, from 344,245). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Wigan: 219, 2025 (-20.4% year on year, from 275). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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