The subdivisions of the Wigan Built-up Area highlighted.
The Wigan Urban Area is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics consisting of the built-up, or 'urbanised' area containing Wigan in Greater Manchester and Skelmersdale in West Lancashire.
The Urban Area includes the integrated conurbation around Wigan, (containing the contiguous areas of Ince-in-Makerfield and Wigan itself), along with the outlying areas of Standish, Abram and the West Lancashire town of Skelmersdale.
The Wigan Urban Area has a total population of 175,405.[1] This is an increase of 5% on the 2001 figure of 166,840.[2]
^"2011 Census - Built-up areas". ONS. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
^"Census 2001 Key Statistics - Urban area results by population size of urban area". ons.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. 22 July 2004. KS01 Usual resident population .
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