Vehicle barriers in Leigh (Wigan)

Leigh (Wigan) is the Census 2021 built-up area E63001260 in North West. ONS counted 45,495 usual residents and a median age of 40.

The ONS size class for this settlement is Medium. Largest industry groups among employed residents: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles at 18.1%, then Human health and social work activities at 16.4%, then Construction at 11.9%.

Accommodation: Whole house or bungalow: Terraced at 37.7%, then Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached at 37.1%, then Whole house or bungalow: Detached at 13.2%, then Flat, maisonette or apartment at 12.1%. Tenure: Owned: owns outright at 31.1%, then Owned: owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership at 29.4%, then Private rented or lives rent free at 22.6%, then Rented: social rented at 16.8%.

The largest occupation group is Professional occupations at 14.3% of employed residents. Among residents aged 16 and over, 56.4% were recorded as employed.

Wholesale and retail is the largest industry group. Private service yards and retail-park lanes can take a rising arm.

The high street itself cannot. Terraced housing leads the stock.

Street frontages are a poor place for a boom. Private yards behind that housing are the sites worth surveying.

Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 and very small cells may have been suppressed by ONS. A barrier survey is on application and only for a private lane.

This readout does not invent a business park. Other settlements with their own barrier page in North West include Leyland, Litherland, Little Hulton.