Over Hulton

Bolton · North West · population 6,171 · 4 LSOAs

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

65Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,404 of 6,856 in England
  • #273 of 932 in North West
  • #9 of 35 in Bolton
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,110
Median age (est.)45
Density1,074per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above35%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 7%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 26%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional13%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 75%Asian: 20%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 75%Asian 20%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 20% · Muslim 16%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Over Hulton is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,404 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 35 in Bolton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (74) and lowest on Housing & access (38). Typical homes here sold for about £260,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 74 sales), 25% above the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £38,164 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 62 · #2,589
Employment 62 · #2,617
Education 70 · #2,055
Health 51 · #3,336
Crime 40 · #4,138
Housing & access 38 · #4,214
Living environment 74 · #1,746

House prices ?

£260,000median (12m) · -9.9% yr · n=74
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£260,00074-9.9%+20.9%
Detached£326,25022-3.0%+17.4%
Semi-detached£242,50043-8.5%+34.7%
Terraced£220,0007+10.4%+66.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£260,000
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)£38,164±£5,336 · #3,981 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,376
Price-to-income ?6.8×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 ?

88Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Over Hulton 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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