"To be and to feel economically secure is to live with dignity,
to be able to seize opportunities and to have a sense of hope
for the future. That requires sufficient and predictable resources,
of income and wealth, in relation to the costs and burdens of life.
But it also rests on secure work and a secure home, on education,
on good health, and on support and time for caring. It is sustained
by relationships of family, friends and community." — Graeme Cooke,
Director of Insight and Policy, JRF.
This is the Economic Insecurity spotlight page for Wigan.
Proportion of the population living in fuel poverty
Poverty index
This map shows the result of creating a poverty index for economic insecurity
by combining a number of leading indicators of poverty into a single number in the range 0 to 1.
A score closer to 0 means that the model is suggesting lower levels of economic insecurity in this area.
Abram
0.415Ashton
0.415Aspull New Springs Whelley
0.415Astley Mosley Common
0.415Atherleigh
0.415Atherton
0.415Bryn
0.415Douglas
0.415Golborne and Lowton West
0.415Hindley
0.415Hindley Green
0.415Ince
0.415Leigh East
0.415Leigh South
0.415Leigh West
0.415Lowton East
0.415Orrell
0.415Pemberton
0.415Shevington with Lower Ground
0.415Standish with Langtree
0.415Tyldesley
0.415Wigan Central
0.415Wigan West
0.415Winstanley
0.415Worsley Mesnes
0.415
In the context of this model, a value closer to 1 indicates that a given place tends to rank higher relative to other places in metrics that
we have identified as contributing to economic insecurity. This does not necessarily mean that you are more likely to experience poverty in those
places, however.
How we calculate the index
The highest and lowest values will score 1 and 0, respectively, and everything else will fall
somewhere in between.
We create an average index across 6 metrics
economic inactivity
unemployment
mean weekly wage
median weekly wage
claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16-64
proportion of households that are fuel poor
This is a proof of concept. You can see the code and read more about the logic to create these stats here.
Key indicators
The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Wigan.
This chart shows the percentage of households in fuel poverty across the different
areas in Wigan.
In Wigan 19922
of 146077 households are in fuel poverty.
Abram
16.3% of households are fuel poorAshton
11.5% of households are fuel poorAspull New Springs Whelley
9.8% of households are fuel poorAstley Mosley Common
9.5% of households are fuel poorAtherleigh
14.6% of households are fuel poorAtherton
15.0% of households are fuel poorBryn
13.0% of households are fuel poorDouglas
19.4% of households are fuel poorGolborne and Lowton West
13.3% of households are fuel poorHindley
16.1% of households are fuel poorHindley Green
9.8% of households are fuel poorInce
20.0% of households are fuel poorLeigh East
13.1% of households are fuel poorLeigh South
14.5% of households are fuel poorLeigh West
20.2% of households are fuel poorLowton East
8.6% of households are fuel poorOrrell
11.1% of households are fuel poorPemberton
17.6% of households are fuel poorShevington with Lower Ground
8.1% of households are fuel poorStandish with Langtree
10.3% of households are fuel poorTyldesley
12.6% of households are fuel poorWigan Central
14.1% of households are fuel poorWigan West
17.9% of households are fuel poorWinstanley
5.8% of households are fuel poorWorsley Mesnes
11.7% of households are fuel poor
Percentage of people in low income households by their savings and investments
What's on this chart?
This chart shows the poverty rates by the savings and investments of adults in the family in Wigan.
The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household
income (after housing costs) in latest prices.
Percentage of jobs below living wage by gender and hours
What's on this chart?
This chart shows the percentage of jobs that are paid below living wage in Wigan.
Percentages can add to more than 100 as "All sexes" includes those already counted in "Men" and "Women".
This chart shows the gender pay gap as a percentage differenece in Wigan.
Gender pay gap (GPG) is calculated as the difference between average hourly earnings
(excluding overtime) of men and women as a proportion of average hourly earnings
(excluding overtime) of men. For example, a 4% GPG denotes that women earn 4% less, on
average, than men. Conversely, a -4% GPG denotes that women earn 4% more, on average, than men.
-3-6-90121518369Part-TimeFull-TimeAllMedian gap (%)
All: 15.5Median gap (%)
Full-Time: 13.1Median gap (%)
Part-Time: -0.5Mean gap (%)
All: 12.8Mean gap (%)
Full-Time: 11.9Mean gap (%)
Part-Time: -7.6Go to the start of bar chart
People in low income households by ethnic group
What's on this chart?
This chart shows the poverty rates by ethnic group in Wigan.
The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.
These statistics have been three-year averaged and rounded according to the guidance on
statXplore.
This method helps smooth erratic series and so give more robust estimates as the FRS sample size
and coverage issues mean that single year results broken down below the level of UK region are
unlikely to be reliable.
This chart shows the poverty rates by marital/cohabiting status in Wigan.
The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.
These statistics have been three-year averaged and rounded according to the guidance on
statXplore.