Kearsley & Stoneclough

Bolton · North West · population 10,684 · 7 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,111 of 6,856 in England
  • #433 of 932 in North West
  • #13 of 35 in Bolton
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,774
Median age (est.)41
Density1,637per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above24%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 16%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 13%Other: 13%
One person 32%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 13%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 32% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Kearsley & Stoneclough is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,111 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 35 in Bolton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (77) and lowest on Health (26). Typical homes here, about £191,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 145 sales), 8% below the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,385 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £34,373 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 43 · #3,926
Employment 35 · #4,433
Education 39 · #4,180
Health 26 · #5,098
Crime 31 · #4,755
Housing & access 77 · #1,595
Living environment 43 · #3,933

House prices ?

£191,000median (12m) · +1.1% yr · n=145
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£191,000145+1.1%+36.4%
Detached£330,00011+6.4%+15.5%
Semi-detached£205,00076-3.3%+41.4%
Terraced£184,50032+15.3%+45.8%
Flat£120,00026+3.4%+50.0%
This area£191,000
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)£34,373±£4,789 · #5,220 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,672
Price-to-income ?5.6×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 ?

80Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Kearsley & Stoneclough 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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