Lever Edge

Bolton · North West · population 9,243 · 5 LSOAs

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

5Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,490 of 6,856 in England
  • #823 of 932 in North West
  • #31 of 35 in Bolton
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,154
Median age (est.)30
Density7,173per km²
No qualifications32%
Degree or above21%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 29%15–24 15%25–44 26%45–64 20%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 38%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 38%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 8%Couple with children: 37%Lone parent: 16%Other: 13%
One person 25%Couple, no children 8%Couple with children 37%Lone parent 16%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Process & plant 16% · Sales & customer service 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Process & plant16%
Sales & customer service14%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative8%
Associate professional7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 28%Asian: 54%Black: 9%Mixed: 3%Other: 5%
White 28%Asian 54%Black 9%Mixed 3%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Muslim 60% · Christian 21% · No religion 11%

Born outside the UK: 40%

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

Lever Edge is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,490 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #31 of 35 in Bolton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (27) and lowest on Income (2). Typical homes here, about £150,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 67% in five years (from 30 sales), 28% below the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £28,208 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 2 · #6,730
Employment 8 · #6,284
Education 8 · #6,277
Health 13 · #5,935
Crime 16 · #5,749
Housing & access 13 · #5,962
Living environment 27 · #5,009

House prices ?

£150,000median (12m) · +7.1% yr · n=30
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£150,00030+7.1%+66.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£150,0009-5.7%+36.4%
Terraced£150,00020+29.0%+82.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£150,000
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)£28,208±£4,178 · #6,655 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£20,336
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 ?

16Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Lever Edge 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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