Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Wigan (July 2026)
The average private rent in Wigan is £745 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £195,557 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 4.6%, ranked 136 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Wigan
The average private rent across all property types is £745 a month (+6.9% on a year earlier). The regional median in the North West is £816.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £541 | £6,492 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £698 | £8,376 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £836 | £10,032 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,142 | £13,704 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Wigan: one to two bedrooms adds 29% to the rent, two to three adds 19.8% and three to four-plus adds 36.6% (England-and-Wales medians 27.3%, 20.9% and 40.9%). The biggest step here is three to four or more bedrooms — the size where an extra room earns most, and the first place to look when comparing a conversion against its cost.
House prices in Wigan
The average price paid is £195,557 (+6.6% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £319,223 |
| Semi-detached | £204,176 |
| Terraced | £158,418 |
| Flat | £106,731 |
Rents and prices moved together in Wigan — +6.9% and +6.6% over the year — so the gross yield on offer is roughly where it was twelve months ago. Wigan ranks 40th of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 40th of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Wigan
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £698 | £106,731 | 7.8% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £836 | £158,418 | 6.3% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £836 | £204,176 | 4.9% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £1,142 | £319,223 | 4.3% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Wigan is on flats at 7.8%, against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type; the weakest is detached. Gross figures ignore service charges, which usually make flats the thinnest net yield of the four.
What that means for a landlord
- Gross yield 4.6% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 136 of 316 local authorities; the regional median is 4.9%. Net yield is lower once mortgage interest, insurance, maintenance and voids come off.
- Tenant affordability: referencing at 30× means a household income of about £22,350 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 38% of EPCs lodged in Wigan over the last year were below band C — the level a rented home needs by 1 October 2030 — with 34% at D (EPC ratings in Wigan).
- Council tax: Band D in Wigan is £2,153 for 2026/27, and the council charges a 100% second-home premium (council tax in Wigan).
Lender maths on the averages. At a 5.5% stress rate and 145% rent cover — the common buy-to-let convention — the average rent of £745 supports a loan of about £112,100, which is 57.3% of the average price. That falls short of 75% loan-to-value, so a buyer of an average home here needs a larger deposit or a stronger rent to pass the stress test. Both numbers are conventions rather than rules — change them in the stress test.
Run the numbers for Wigan
- Yield calculator with £195,557 and £745 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £745 a month
- Rental income tax on £8,940 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in the North West
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | £675 | £172,036 | 4.7% | +6.9% |
| Halton | £745 | £193,134 | 4.6% | +7.1% |
| Wyre | £737 | £193,024 | 4.6% | +6.6% |
| South Ribble | £800 | £211,854 | 4.5% | +5.3% |
| Chorley | £792 | £212,647 | 4.5% | +7% |
| Fylde | £866 | £233,647 | 4.4% | +5.5% |
All 316 areas ranked · council tax in Wigan · EPC ratings in Wigan.
Rents: ONS, Price Index of Private Rents (average monthly private rent by local authority, July 2026). Prices: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (average price, June 2026). Gross yield = rent × 12 ÷ price, our calculation. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Rankings and medians are ours, across 316 local authorities.
Asked about this area
£745 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 6.9% on a year earlier.
£195,557 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 4.6% gross on the averages — £745 rent against a £195,557 price — ranking 136 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 7.8% gross (£698 rent on a £106,731 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +6.9% against prices +6.6% over the year — moving together, so yield is broadly stable.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £22,350 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.
Postcode districts in Wigan
Council tax bands, sold prices and build periods for each district — all M postcodes · all WA postcodes · all WN postcodes.