Heaton & Deane

Bolton · North West · population 8,944 · 5 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,187 of 6,856 in England
  • #581 of 932 in North West
  • #17 of 35 in Bolton
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,858
Median age (est.)36
Density4,509per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above34%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 12%25–44 27%45–64 24%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 9%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 13%Other: 15%
One person 28%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 13%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 12% · Associate professional 11%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors12%
Associate professional11%
Elementary11%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant8%
Skilled trades7%

Ethnic group

White: 52%Asian: 36%Black: 5%Mixed: 3%Other: 4%
White 52%Asian 36%Black 5%Mixed 3%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 36% · Muslim 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

Heaton & Deane is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,187 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 35 in Bolton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (43) and lowest on Living environment (9). Typical homes here, about £207,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 48% in five years (from 91 sales), in line with the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £38,701 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 23 · #5,304
Employment 29 · #4,851
Education 35 · #4,461
Health 39 · #4,180
Crime 20 · #5,509
Housing & access 43 · #3,892
Living environment 9 · #6,209

House prices ?

£207,000median (12m) · +1.7% yr · n=91
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£207,00091+1.7%+48.0%
Detached£507,50020+25.3%+10.3%
Semi-detached£294,97522+20.4%+68.6%
Terraced£155,00039+6.9%+71.5%
Flat£164,50010-11.1%+4.8%
This area£207,000
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)£38,701±£5,532 · #3,804 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,295
Price-to-income ?5.3×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 ?

53Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Heaton & Deane 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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