Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Mortgage-free owners make up 52% of households. 5,315 people call this town in Greater Manchester, North West home.
Shevington’s strongest subject is hazard risk (B+). Getting around depends on the car: 8% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Homes sell for a median £220,750, about 5.1 years of what households in the Wigan council area earn. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for schools, C+ for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: flood risk, Environment Agency · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP. Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Shevington has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Every other subject still has a grade below.
The 3 things Shevington does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Shevington is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Shevington has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Every other subject still has a grade below.
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Historic England lists 3 buildings inside Shevington’s built-up area.
6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Shevington.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 6%. Of Shevington’s land, 2% lies in conservation areas, below Greater Manchester’s towns (3%) and England’s towns (7%) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Attainment 8 at the 5 secondary schools within 3 km averages 47.7, and 43% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Between them, two primaries and one secondary teach 1,283 pupils in Shevington. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 2 primary schools: 60% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millbrook Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 214 | C+ |
| Shevington High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 878 | B |
Children under 15 make up 15%, below both Greater Manchester’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. Residents of Shevington have a median age of 48.9.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Shevington | Greater Manchester | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 24% | 25% |
| 65+ | 28% | 16% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.6% | 5.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 32% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Greater Manchester and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 26% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Among 16 to 64s, 1.9% claimed unemployment benefits in 2026. 36% of commuters travelled under 5 km, below Greater Manchester’s towns (47%) and England’s towns (45%) alike. Of the commuters living in Shevington, 4% work in the town itself. The town counts 0.3 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
A disability affects 20% of people in Shevington. One GP practice serves the town; 90% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Shevington is Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, 2.7 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Shevington | Greater Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.4% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
6% live in social housing, below both Greater Manchester’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (18%). Private tenants account for one in ten households. The £220,750 median rests on 206 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £345,000 | 44 |
| Semi-detached | £210,000 | 134 |
| Terraced | £179,000 | 28 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Shevington. Best known first.
MuseumMuseum of Wigan Life4.4 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic houseBispham Hall4.9 km outside town, to the southAttractionAttractionBridge Warehouse4 km outside town, to the southeastHistoric siteHistoric siteThe Orwell at Wigan Pier3.9 km outside town, to the southeastAttractionAttractionTrencherfield Mill4.1 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shevington | 5,315 | — | — | B | — | C+ |
| Appley Bridge | 5,131 | 1.1 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Shevington Moor | 2,717 | 1.6 | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Standish | 12,937 | 1.7 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Orrell | 23,412 | 2.7 | — | B− | — | C |
| Wigan | 81,580 | 2.7 | — | A− | — | D |
| Skelmersdale | 34,921 | 3.5 | C− | A− | D | D− |
| Parbold | 2,409 | 3.6 | — | C | A+ | A |
Parbold has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Appley Bridge, Shevington Moor, Standish, Orrell and Wigan have no Safety Grade: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish to police.uk. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
We can’t say from police.uk: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime data there, so Shevington has no Safety Grade. Greater Manchester Police’s own figures cover whole boroughs, not towns.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £220,750, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £179,000, semi-detached houses £210,000 and detached houses £345,000.
Town in Greater Manchester, England
Shevington is a built-up area of 5,315 people, in the Wigan council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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