Housing in WN7 2FU
What the homes in WN7 2FU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Leigh East & Higher Folds
- Council
- Wigan
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,909 (2024)
WN7 2FULeigh
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (43.2%). Flats make up 21%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
45.5% of households in the WN7 2FU area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 4.3% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 10.7% own outright and 34.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned45.5%61.3%
- Shared ownership0%1%
- Private rented4.3%20.5%
- Social rented49.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.4%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 35.2% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (27.7%). 34% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Wigan
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Wigan (August 2026, +6.6% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around WN7 2FU (Leigh East & Higher Folds) (about 2,909 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.