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Wigan

Metropolitan Borough in Greater Manchester

Contents: Population

The population development of Wigan as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).

WiganMetropolitan Borough307,000305,600301,500318,122329,330
Greater ManchesterMetropolitan County2,618,2002,553,6002,516,1002,685,3862,867,765

Source: UK Office for National Statistics. (web).


Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males162,996
Females166,333
Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years68,125
18-64 years197,602
65+ years63,602
Age Distribution (C 2021)
80+ years14,873
70-79 years31,822
60-69 years36,641
50-59 years48,232
40-49 years41,080
30-39 years44,529
20-29 years37,891
10-19 years37,232
0-9 years37,029
Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK308,857
EU10,077
Europe (other)959
Middle East & Asia4,819
Africa3,339
Other country1,277
Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White312,952
Asian5,826
Black3,907
Arab711
Mixed/multiple4,353
Other ethnic group1,581
Religion (C 2021)
Christian206,870
Muslim4,155
Hindu995
Sikh122
Buddhist831
Jewish84
Other religion1,099
No religion99,784