Breightmet North
Bolton · North West · population 8,601 · 5 LSOAs
Part of Breightmet · Postcode BL2
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #6,709 of 6,856 in England
- #879 of 932 in North West
- #34 of 35 in Bolton
- Most deprived 10% in England
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Elementary 16% · Caring & leisure 15% · Skilled trades 12%
All occupation groups
| Elementary | 16% |
| Caring & leisure | 15% |
| Skilled trades | 12% |
| Process & plant | 12% |
| Sales & customer service | 11% |
| Professional | 10% |
| Associate professional | 9% |
| Managers & directors | 8% |
| Administrative | 8% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 50% · No religion 41% · Muslim 4%
Born outside the UK: 11%
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
Breightmet North is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,709 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #34 of 35 in Bolton. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (73) but weak on Employment (1). Typical homes here, about £181,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 60% in five years (from 62 sales), 13% below the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £27,611 a year, among England's lowest.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £181,000 | 62 | +0.6% | +59.5% |
| Detached | £266,250 | 8 | -23.9% | — |
| Semi-detached | £190,000 | 34 | +2.7% | +58.3% |
| Terraced | £141,350 | 19 | -2.3% | +28.5% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=1) | |||
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Household income
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 ?
- #6,487 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime
No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Breightmet North 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).
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Bolton
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Small Heath ParkBirmingham2£180,000
- Weston BournvilleNorth Somerset2£199,975
- BordesleyBirmingham2£206,785
- Morecambe TownLancaster2£140,000
- Owton ManorHartlepool2£115,000
- Sidney ParkNorth East Lincolnshire2£85,000