Harper Green

Bolton · North West · population 9,968 · 5 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,180 of 6,856 in England
  • #580 of 932 in North West
  • #16 of 35 in Bolton
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,800
Median age (est.)32
Density5,668per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above25%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 26%15–24 14%25–44 28%45–64 20%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 18%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 14%Other: 19%
One person 21%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 14%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Elementary 12% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Elementary12%
Sales & customer service12%
Process & plant11%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades11%
Associate professional10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 50%Asian: 41%Black: 4%Mixed: 2%Other: 3%
White 50%Asian 41%Black 4%Mixed 2%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Muslim 38% · Christian 36% · No religion 19%

Born outside the UK: 25%

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

Harper Green is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,180 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 35 in Bolton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (47) and lowest on Education (22). Typical homes here, about £200,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 48% in five years (from 78 sales), in line with the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £36,743 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 22 · #5,311
Employment 24 · #5,235
Education 22 · #5,338
Health 25 · #5,126
Crime 22 · #5,311
Housing & access 47 · #3,604
Living environment 35 · #4,440

House prices ?

£200,000median (12m) · +7.5% yr · n=78
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£200,00078+7.5%+48.1%
Detached£370,0007+3.6%+48.0%
Semi-detached£201,50060+3.3%+39.0%
Terraced£160,00011+14.3%+45.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
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)£36,743±£5,369 · #4,454 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,392
Price-to-income ?5.4×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 ?

54Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Harper Green 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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