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Burnden & Great Lever

Bolton · North West · population 10,379 · 5 LSOAs

Postcode BL1 · BL2 · BL3 · BL78

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

7Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,346 of 6,856 in England
  • #781 of 932 in North West
  • #26 of 35 in Bolton
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,844
Median age (est.)32
Density3,910per km²
No qualifications32%
Degree or above23%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 15%25–44 29%45–64 19%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 25%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 12%Other: 16%
One person 33%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 12%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Process & plant 15% · Sales & customer service 15%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Process & plant15%
Sales & customer service15%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative8%
Associate professional8%
Managers & directors7%
Skilled trades7%

Ethnic group

White: 39%Asian: 49%Black: 6%Mixed: 2%Other: 4%
White 39%Asian 49%Black 6%Mixed 2%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Muslim 47% · Christian 27% · No religion 16%

Born outside the UK: 39%

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

Burnden & Great Lever is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,346 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 35 in Bolton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (32) and lowest on Crime (4). Typical homes here, about £143,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 61% in five years (from 36 sales), 31% below the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £30,289 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 6 · #6,442
Employment 11 · #6,072
Education 9 · #6,236
Health 17 · #5,688
Crime 4 · #6,558
Housing & access 32 · #4,694
Living environment 12 · #6,065

House prices ?

£143,500median (12m) · -10.9% yr · n=36
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£143,50036-10.9%+61.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£195,0009+5.4%+40.3%
Terraced£125,00020+19.0%+47.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£143,500
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)£30,289±£4,318 · #6,340 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£23,350
Price-to-income ?4.7×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 ?

23Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Burnden & Great 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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Nearby areas

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

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