SILK STREET, WN7 1AW House Prices & Local Information

WN7 1AW is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Silk Street, 0.6km from Leigh in Leigh (Wigan). Administratively it sits within Leigh East ward and the Leigh constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — residents in this subgroup are typically single or divorced eu-born migrants who live alone. many are aged 25 to 44 and are employed in sales and customer service occupations or are process, plant and machine operatives. a higher than group average proportion identify with the white ethnic group or other asian ethnicities, and many do not speak english very well or well. housing is principally in flats in the social or private rented sector, with households typically overcrowded, and home ownership rare. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a traditional high streets zone — traditional high streets with some larger stores, mostly employees. This is a stable, socially diverse area (average age 38) — accessible for a wide range of households, from young families to empty nesters. 62% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Property: Average house prices are around £275k. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for WN7 1AW are sourced from Output Area E00032094 (shared with 69 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.