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Beech Hill

Middle area

North west Wigan. 8,068 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.5 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Beech Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£168,000
Joint 782nd cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,815
Joint 3,859th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Beech Hill

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

How Beech Hill compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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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. Beech Hill is £168,000.
£168,0009th cheapest
Population40 middle areas, Wigan · 2021
Population: every middle area in Wigan40 areas from 5,970 to 12,764. The middle area is 8,143. Beech Hill is 7,815.
7,81512th 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%. Beech Hill is 100.0%.
100%joint most 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%. Beech Hill is 96.8%.
96.8%joint 19th lowest

What is the population of Beech Hill?

Beech Hill had 7,815 usual residents at the census.

Beech Hill is the joint 3,859th 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 Beech Hill alone. See Wigan

Average house price
£194,393
Up 2.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,377
137th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.2×
Joint 53rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
25.2
Joint 78th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Beech Hill in brief

The median price paid for a home in Beech Hill was £168,000 in 2025.

Beech Hill had 7,815 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Beech Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Beech Hill, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.