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Astley Bridge & Waters Meeting

Bolton · North West · population 9,118 · 5 LSOAs

Postcode BL1

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

19Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,530 of 6,856 in England
  • #630 of 932 in North West
  • #20 of 35 in Bolton
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,044
Median age (est.)38
Density4,634per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above25%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 13%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 23%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 14%Other: 13%
One person 34%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 14%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Elementary 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Elementary13%
Associate professional12%
Sales & customer service12%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative9%
Process & plant9%
Skilled trades9%

Ethnic group

White: 60%Asian: 33%Black: 3%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 60%Asian 33%Black 3%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 38% · Muslim 32% · No religion 24%

Born outside the UK: 18%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Astley Bridge & Waters Meeting is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,530 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 35 in Bolton. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (81) but weak on Living environment (14). Typical homes here sold for about £145,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 81 sales), 30% below the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £30,505 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 14 · #5,887
Employment 19 · #5,530
Education 32 · #4,673
Health 22 · #5,338
Crime 16 · #5,743
Housing & access 81 · #1,301
Living environment 14 · #5,914

House prices ?

£145,000median (12m) · -2.2% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£145,00081-2.2%+20.8%
Detached£365,0005+17.7%-5.2%
Semi-detached£214,50030-8.7%+27.3%
Terraced£138,50028+9.1%+38.5%
Flat£99,25018-0.8%+27.2%
This area£145,000
Bolton£207,500
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£30,505±£4,302 · #6,297 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,134
Price-to-income ?4.8×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

51Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Astley Bridge & Waters Meeting has not published usable street-level data for this period, so no rate or comparison is shown (a zero here would be misleading, not reassuring).

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