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Wigan population, 2001–2024

Wigan has an estimated population of 344,922 (mid-2024), up 14.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Wigan local authority area.

344,922
population, mid-2024
+14.4%
since 2001
+7.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (344,922)
2005201020152020 301k 345k

Year by year

YearPopulationChange
2024344,922+1.4%
2023340,208+1.7%
2022334,675+1.5%
2021329,796+0.6%
2020327,850+0.4%
2019326,386+0.8%
2018323,904+0.4%
2017322,485+0.3%
2016321,494+0.2%
2015320,864+0.2%
2014320,075+0.4%
2013318,737+0.2%
2012318,109-0.0%
2011318,122+0.6%
2010316,296+0.6%
2009314,363+0.8%
2008311,971+0.8%
2007309,403+0.4%
2006308,023+0.6%
2005306,143+0.4%
2004304,958+0.4%
2003303,846+0.5%
2002302,305+0.3%
2001301,453

Food businesses

Wigan has 369 takeaways, 922 restaurants and cafés and 225 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.40 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.

Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Wigan local authority area (code E08000010), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.