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Hindley East

Middle area

Central Wigan. 8,092 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Hindley East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£190,000
Joint 1,246th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,986
Joint 3,584th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Hindley East

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

How Hindley East 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. Hindley East is £190,000.
£190,000joint 18th 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. Hindley East is 7,986.
7,98615th 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%. Hindley East is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest 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%. Hindley East is 99.6%.
99.6%highest

What is the population of Hindley East?

Hindley East had 7,986 usual residents at the census.

Hindley East is the joint 3,584th 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 Hindley East 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
Hindley East in brief

The median price paid for a home in Hindley East was £190,000 in 2025.

Hindley East had 7,986 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Hindley East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Hindley East, 99.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.