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Highfield & New Bury

Bolton · North West · population 8,757 · 5 LSOAs

Postcode BL4

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

Residents8,706
Median age (est.)35
Density4,933per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above19%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 13%25–44 27%45–64 24%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 40%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 40%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 20%Other: 13%
One person 27%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 20%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Caring & leisure 14% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Caring & leisure14%
Skilled trades12%
Process & plant11%
Professional10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional10%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 8%Black: 4%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 84%Asian 8%Black 4%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 38% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Highfield & New Bury 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. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (66) but weak on Crime (3). Typical homes here, about £180,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 45% in five years (from 59 sales), 13% below the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £29,533 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 6 · #6,442
Employment 4 · #6,579
Education 9 · #6,209
Health 4 · #6,606
Crime 3 · #6,620
Housing & access 66 · #2,301
Living environment 53 · #3,227

House prices ?

£180,000median (12m) · +9.1% yr · n=59
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£180,00059+9.1%+44.6%
Detached£240,0005—+37.1%
Semi-detached£194,00035+14.1%+55.2%
Terraced£162,00014+2.9%+54.3%
Flat£100,0005—+29.0%
This area£180,000
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)£29,533±£4,218 · #6,481 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,872
Price-to-income ?6.1×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 ?

16Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Highfield & New Bury 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.

Harper Green Little Hulton North (Salford) Walkden North West (Salford) Farnworth South Farnworth North Little Hulton South (Salford)

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