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Hindley Green

Middle area

East Wigan. 8,512 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 14% of people in Hindley Green live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£207,500
Joint 1,664th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
8,521
Joint 2,705th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
14%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Hindley Green

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

How Hindley Green 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 Green is £207,500.
£207,50014th most expensive
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 Green is 8,521.
8,52113th most 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 Green is 14.0%.
14%7th 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 Green is 98.4%.
98.4%joint 10th highest

What is the population of Hindley Green?

Hindley Green had 8,521 usual residents at the census.

Hindley Green is the joint 2,705th 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 Green 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 Green in brief

The median price paid for a home in Hindley Green was £207,500 in 2025.

Hindley Green had 8,521 usual residents at the census.

About 14% of people in Hindley Green live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Hindley Green, 98.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.