Doffcocker & Moss Bank

Bolton · North West · population 8,393 · 5 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,968 of 6,856 in England
  • #541 of 932 in North West
  • #15 of 35 in Bolton
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,354
Median age (est.)42
Density1,445per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above35%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 22%45–64 26%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 20%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 13%Other: 16%
One person 30%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 13%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional12%
Administrative10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 9%Black: 3%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 85%Asian 9%Black 3%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 31% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Doffcocker & Moss Bank is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,968 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 35 in Bolton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (51) and lowest on Crime (25). Typical homes here sold for about £220,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 107 sales), 6% above the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £35,750 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 32 · #4,659
Employment 25 · #5,126
Education 41 · #4,056
Health 39 · #4,186
Crime 25 · #5,146
Housing & access 51 · #3,378
Living environment 35 · #4,454

House prices ?

£220,000median (12m) · -5.4% yr · n=107
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£220,000107-5.4%+10.0%
Detached£470,00018-12.2%+30.1%
Semi-detached£280,00046+20.4%+30.2%
Terraced£179,75030+5.7%+43.8%
Flat£105,00013-27.6%-17.6%
This area£220,000
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)£35,750±£5,021 · #4,796 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,297
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Doffcocker & Moss Bank 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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