Halliwell & Brownlow Fold

Bolton · North West · population 9,155 · 5 LSOAs

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

4Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,599 of 6,856 in England
  • #849 of 932 in North West
  • #32 of 35 in Bolton
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,048
Median age (est.)32
Density7,930per km²
No qualifications32%
Degree or above20%
No car or van39%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 14%25–44 29%45–64 22%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 16%Social rent: 37%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 16%Social rent 37%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 9%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 14%Other: 12%
One person 36%Couple, no children 9%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 14%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Sales & customer service 16% · Process & plant 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Sales & customer service16%
Process & plant14%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative8%
Associate professional8%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 36%Asian: 50%Black: 8%Mixed: 2%Other: 4%
White 36%Asian 50%Black 8%Mixed 2%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Muslim 55% · Christian 24% · No religion 14%

Born outside the UK: 35%

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

Halliwell & Brownlow Fold is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,599 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #32 of 35 in Bolton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (41) and lowest on Income (2). Typical homes here, about £126,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 49% in five years (from 38 sales), 39% below the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £25,283 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 2 · #6,716
Employment 4 · #6,558
Education 8 · #6,270
Health 7 · #6,353
Crime 4 · #6,565
Housing & access 41 · #4,049
Living environment 19 · #5,551

House prices ?

£126,500median (12m) · +2.8% yr · n=38
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£126,50038+2.8%+48.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£119,50030-0.4%+49.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£126,500
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)£25,283±£3,703 · #6,825 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£19,299
Price-to-income ?5.0×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 ?

12Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Halliwell & Brownlow Fold 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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