Aspull, New Springs and Whelley Community Profile

1.Aspull Library 2.The Surgery 3.Canon Sharples CE Primary School & Nursery 4.Holy Family RC Primary School, New Springs, 5.St David Haigh & Aspull CE Primary School 6.Our Lady's RC Primary School, Wigan 7. Aspull Church Primary School 8. New Springs Pharmacy 9. WA Salter (Chemists) Ltd 10. Standish and Aspull Childrens Centre 11. Aspull Rugby 12. Aspull Football Junior 13. Aspull Civic Hall 14. Truly Scrumptious Café Aspull, New Springs and Whelley Community Profile

Overview of the area

 Aspull, New Springs and Whelley have a combined resident population of 12,259 which represents 3.8% of the total Wigan resident population of 319,700. Aspull, New Springs & Whelley have a slightly older demographic with 20.3% of all residents aged 65+, above the borough average of 17.6%

 11.5% of households are aged 65+ and live alone compared with 11.7% of the borough households.

 Aspull, New Springs and Whelley has a mix of affluent and deprived communities. Areas such as Chorley Road rank within the top 20% most affluent in , whilst the areas of Haigh, Whelley and Lincoln Drive are neither affluent nor deprived falling within the 50-60% banding within the Indices of Multiple Deprivation. Holly Road Estate ranks within the top 30% most deprived

 11.8% of residents claim out of work benefits, below the borough average of 15.9%.

 The community is relatively healthy with 6.9% of residents describing their health as ‘bad’ or ‘very bad’ compared with the borough average of 7.1%.

 75% of residents either own their homes outright or have a mortgage, only 15% of households live in social rented accommodation.

 Aspull, New Springs and Whelley can be reached via the Wigan to bus route (575) which runs every 15 minutes during peak times.

 Aspull Library has 21 regular volunteers, combined they work an average of over 226 hours a month. There are 3 PC’s that on average are used by 235 people per month.