Daubhill & Fernhill Gate

Bolton · North West · population 7,633 · 4 LSOAs

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

11Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,078 of 6,856 in England
  • #716 of 932 in North West
  • #23 of 35 in Bolton
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,480
Median age (est.)37
Density1,150per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above24%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 12%25–44 26%45–64 23%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 25%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 33%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 14% · Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Professional14%
Caring & leisure12%
Process & plant12%
Administrative11%
Sales & customer service10%
Skilled trades10%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 60%Asian: 31%Black: 4%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 60%Asian 31%Black 4%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · Muslim 31% · No religion 19%

Born outside the UK: 22%

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

Daubhill & Fernhill Gate is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,078 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 35 in Bolton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (36) and lowest on Crime (6). Typical homes here, about £200,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 67% in five years (from 71 sales), in line with the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £29,669 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 10 · #6,133
Employment 14 · #5,887
Education 22 · #5,359
Health 22 · #5,331
Crime 6 · #6,435
Housing & access 36 · #4,420
Living environment 20 · #5,455

House prices ?

£200,000median (12m) · +25.0% yr · n=71
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£200,00071+25.0%+66.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£232,00027+24.4%+57.3%
Terraced£199,00037+46.9%+80.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£200,000
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)£29,669±£4,157 · #6,462 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,346
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

28Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Daubhill & Fernhill Gate 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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