Wigan: Religion

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63001177

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Key Facts

All Residents	86,263
Male	42,778
Female	43,462
Households	37,487

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Wigan. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.

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Is within
- England
  Country
- North West
  Regions
- Greater Manchester
  Combined Authorities
- Greater Manchester
  Metropolitan Counties
- Wigan
  Metropolitan Districts
Borders with
- Ince-in-Makerfield
  Built Up Areas
- Orrell
  Built Up Areas
Overlaps with
- Output Area at SD575027
  Output Areas
- Wigan 003A
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wigan 005E
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- Wigan 009B
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- Wigan 012C
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- Wigan 012D
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- Wigan 012E
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- Wigan 003C
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- Wigan 010A
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- Wigan 011A
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- Wigan 010C
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- Wigan 014D
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- Wigan 010D
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- Wigan 010E
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- Wigan 006A
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- Wigan 006B
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- Wigan 005D
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- Wigan 005B
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- Output Area at SD576040
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- Output Area at SD577037
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- Output Area at SD577035
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- Output Area at SD577033
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- Output Area at SD580032
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- Output Area at SD580025
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- Output Area at SD573023
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- Output Area at SD570025
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- Output Area at SD579052
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- Output Area at SD560019
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- Output Area at SD559021
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- Output Area at SD562068
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- Output Area at SD564065
  Output Areas
- Wigan 004B
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- Wigan 005A
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- Wigan 006D
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- Wigan 007B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- New Springs
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Wigan East
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Laithwaite & Marsh Green
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Pemberton North
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Ince-in-Makerfield
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Worsley Mesnes & Hawkley
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Winstanley
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Ince
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Pemberton
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Shevington with Lower Ground
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Wigan Central
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Wigan West
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Winstanley
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Worsley Mesnes
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Beech Hill
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Wigan 007C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wigan 006E
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- Wigan 007D
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- Wigan 009E
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wigan 021B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wigan 021C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wigan 011B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wigan 011C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wigan 011D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wigan 021E
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wigan 015D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wigan 020A
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wigan 020B
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- Wigan 020E
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- Shevington
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- Output Area at SD544032
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- Output Area at SD592083
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- Output Area at SD580047
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- Output Area at SD566059
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- Output Area at SD559054
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- Output Area at SD554055
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- Output Area at SD557054
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- Output Area at SD552062
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- Output Area at SD550056
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- Output Area at SD547048
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- Output Area at SD547042
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- Output Area at SD555068
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- Output Area at SD558064
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- Output Area at SD563060
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- Output Area at SD585072
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- Output Area at SD586066
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- Output Area at SD585068
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- Output Area at SD549076
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- Output Area at SD589052
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- Output Area at SD559076
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- Output Area at SD563079
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- Output Area at SD553079
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- Output Area at SD573077
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- Output Area at SD558072
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- Output Area at SD574074
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- Output Area at SD556075
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- Output Area at SD562075
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- Output Area at SD562071
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- Output Area at SD592051
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- Output Area at SD588050
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- Output Area at SD585047
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- Output Area at SD608061
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- Output Area at SD596057
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- Output Area at SD593054
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- Output Area at SD585063
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- Output Area at SD579084
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- Output Area at SD588065
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- Output Area at SD601064
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- Output Area at SD595067
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- Output Area at SD598064
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- Output Area at SD554032
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- Output Area at SD550023
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- Output Area at SD553022
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- Output Area at SD542066
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- Output Area at SD548061
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- Output Area at SD547059
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- Output Area at SD547057
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- Output Area at SD547054
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- Output Area at SD546052
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- Output Area at SD546049
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- Output Area at SD552035
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- Output Area at SD606068
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- Output Area at SD597068
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- Output Area at SD580080
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- Output Area at SD583077
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- Output Area at SD578077
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- Output Area at SD578075
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- Output Area at SD601066
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- Output Area at SD596064
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- Output Area at SD589061
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- Output Area at SD595062
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- Output Area at SD593060
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- Output Area at SD597060
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- Output Area at SD593057
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- Output Area at SD604067
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- Output Area at SD590069
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- Output Area at SD602070
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- Output Area at SD600069
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- Output Area at SD552032
  Output Areas
- Aspull New Springs Whelley
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
Contains
- Douglas
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Wigan South
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Pemberton South
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- Wigan Central
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Table Code	ts030
Issued	2022-11-29
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	10

Description
Data
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This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by religion. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

The religion people connect or identify with (their religious affiliation), whether or not they practice or have belief in it.

This question was voluntary and includes people who identified with one of 8 tick-box response options, including ‘No religion’, alongside those who chose not to answer this question.

Religion: Total: All usual residents	86,233
No religion	25,202
Christian	54,679
Buddhist	213
Hindu	292
Jewish	24
Muslim	1,398
Sikh	43
Other religion	284
Not answered	4,098

These values are calculated by adding up the values for census output areas contained within Wigan. They may, therefore, be slightly inaccurate due to administrative boundaries not precisely aligning with census boundaries.

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