LORD STREET, WN7 1BY House Prices & Local Information

WN7 1BY is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Lord Street, 0.5km from Leigh in Leigh (Wigan). Administratively it sits within Leigh East ward and the Leigh constituency.

For renters and young professionals, WN7 1BY offers 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. The daytime character shifts — traditional retail areas with professional services and self-employed, often in market towns and higher status areas. The 38 average age reflects a mixed, mid-career community — settling down but not yet slowing down. 62% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Property: With prices averaging £98k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, up 58.1% year-on-year. 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 1BY are sourced from Output Area E00032094 (shared with 69 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.