Little Lever

Bolton · North West · population 10,067 · 7 LSOAs

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

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,905 of 6,856 in England
  • #419 of 932 in North West
  • #12 of 35 in Bolton
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,064
Median age (est.)47
Density3,432per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above21%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 27%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 12%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 12%Other: 19%
One person 30%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 12%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Associate professional 13% · Professional 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Associate professional13%
Professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative12%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary10%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant9%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 30% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Little Lever is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,905 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 35 in Bolton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (62) and lowest on Health (30). Typical homes here, about £220,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 47% in five years (from 105 sales), 6% above the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,476 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £31,876 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 49 · #3,515
Employment 35 · #4,468
Education 45 · #3,741
Health 30 · #4,790
Crime 37 · #4,344
Housing & access 56 · #2,987
Living environment 62 · #2,569

House prices ?

£220,000median (12m) · +8.8% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£220,000105+8.8%+46.7%
Detached£283,00012+1.1%+33.2%
Semi-detached£223,50070+4.0%+40.6%
Terraced£143,00017-3.4%+37.5%
Flat£117,0006+13.6%+54.0%
This area£220,000
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)£31,876±£4,452 · #5,989 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,606
Price-to-income ?6.9×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 ?

78Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

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