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Blackrod & Butterwick Fields

Bolton · North West · population 6,316 · 4 LSOAs

Postcode BL6 · WN1

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,185 of 6,856 in England
  • #247 of 932 in North West
  • #8 of 35 in Bolton
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,306
Median age (est.)45
Density714per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above31%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 8%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 29%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 32% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,185 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 35 in Bolton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (76) and lowest on Housing & access (40). Typical homes here, about £233,750 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 44% in five years (from 96 sales), 13% above the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £36,195 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 71 · #2,007
Employment 62 · #2,582
Education 76 · #1,623
Health 47 · #3,611
Crime 57 · #2,966
Housing & access 40 · #4,104
Living environment 54 · #3,117

House prices ?

£233,750median (12m) · +7.5% yr · n=96
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£233,75096+7.5%+43.8%
Detached£315,00025+0.8%+5.4%
Semi-detached£234,50046+2.0%+46.6%
Terraced£167,81222+0.8%+35.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£233,750
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)£36,195±£5,068 · #4,643 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,539
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

95Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Blackrod & Butterwick Fields 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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Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Aspull & Red Rock (Wigan) Horwich North New Springs (Wigan) Adlington & Rivington (Chorley) Horwich East Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood (Wigan)

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