Breightmet South & Darcy Lever

Bolton · North West · population 9,760 · 6 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,585 of 6,856 in England
  • #637 of 932 in North West
  • #21 of 35 in Bolton
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,728
Median age (est.)41
Density2,537per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above23%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 22%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 15%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 15%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Skilled trades 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional12%
Elementary11%
Administrative11%
Managers & directors9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 4%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 4%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 33% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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 South & Darcy Lever is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,585 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 35 in Bolton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (56) and lowest on Crime (6). Typical homes here, about £194,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 44% in five years (from 104 sales), 7% below the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £33,499 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 27 · #5,030
Employment 16 · #5,743
Education 22 · #5,366
Health 22 · #5,338
Crime 6 · #6,462
Housing & access 46 · #3,720
Living environment 56 · #3,001

House prices ?

£194,000median (12m) · +4.9% yr · n=104
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£194,000104+4.9%+43.7%
Detached£283,75018-9.1%+33.5%
Semi-detached£200,00055+8.1%+38.5%
Terraced£157,00027+9.4%+46.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£194,000
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)£33,499±£4,669 · #5,501 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,198
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Breightmet South & Darcy Lever 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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