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Gilnow & Victory

Bolton · North West · population 10,729 · 5 LSOAs

Postcode BL1 · BL3

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

6Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,455 of 6,856 in England
  • #813 of 932 in North West
  • #29 of 35 in Bolton
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,437
Median age (est.)33
Density8,332per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above23%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 15%25–44 30%45–64 21%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 40%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 16%Private rent 40%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 13%Other: 16%
One person 33%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 13%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Process & plant 16% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Process & plant16%
Professional12%
Sales & customer service12%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades9%
Associate professional8%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 45%Asian: 43%Black: 6%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 45%Asian 43%Black 6%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Muslim 41% · Christian 31% · No religion 18%

Born outside the UK: 38%

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

Gilnow & Victory is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,455 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #29 of 35 in Bolton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (26) and lowest on Living environment (2). Typical homes here, about £132,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 55% in five years (from 59 sales), 36% below the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £29,060 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 5 · #6,497
Employment 9 · #6,229
Education 9 · #6,229
Health 16 · #5,729
Crime 10 · #6,202
Housing & access 26 · #5,036
Living environment 2 · #6,709

House prices ?

£132,000median (12m) · +13.8% yr · n=59
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£132,00059+13.8%+55.3%
Detached£321,1206+1.1%—
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£130,00047+12.1%+54.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£132,000
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)£29,060±£4,137 · #6,561 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£21,718
Price-to-income ?4.5×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 ?

18Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Gilnow & Victory 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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