Rumworth North

Bolton · North West · population 9,377 · 5 LSOAs

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

3Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,627 of 6,856 in England
  • #855 of 932 in North West
  • #33 of 35 in Bolton
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,343
Median age (est.)32
Density9,713per km²
No qualifications36%
Degree or above19%
No car or van41%

Age

0–14 26%15–24 16%25–44 26%45–64 22%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 11%Social rent: 38%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 11%Social rent 38%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 14%Other: 16%
One person 29%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 14%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 21% · Process & plant 15% · Sales & customer service 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary21%
Process & plant15%
Sales & customer service14%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional7%
Skilled trades7%
Managers & directors7%
Administrative6%

Ethnic group

White: 20%Asian: 56%Black: 17%Mixed: 2%Other: 6%
White 20%Asian 56%Black 17%Mixed 2%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Muslim 67% · Christian 17% · No religion 7%

Born outside the UK: 47%

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

Rumworth North is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,627 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #33 of 35 in Bolton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (15) and lowest on Income (1). Typical homes here, about £140,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 60% in five years (from 21 sales), 33% below the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Typical household take-home income is around £25,562 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 1 · #6,757
Employment 6 · #6,414
Education 6 · #6,449
Health 15 · #5,818
Crime 13 · #5,962
Housing & access 13 · #5,948
Living environment 5 · #6,483

House prices ?

£140,000median (12m) · +6.1% yr · n=21
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£140,00021+6.1%+60.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£135,50016+1.1%+59.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£140,000
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)£25,562±£3,863 · #6,819 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£18,822
Price-to-income ?5.5×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 ?

10Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Rumworth North 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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