Smithills
Bolton · North West · population 7,871 · 5 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #4,317 of 6,856 in England
- #465 of 932 in North West
- #14 of 35 in Bolton
- More deprived (bottom 40%)
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 18% |
| Associate professional | 13% |
| Managers & directors | 12% |
| Caring & leisure | 10% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Skilled trades | 10% |
| Elementary | 10% |
| Sales & customer service | 10% |
| Process & plant | 8% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 52% · No religion 25% · Muslim 17%
Born outside the UK: 13%
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
Smithills is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,317 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 35 in Bolton. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (64) but weak on Living environment (9). Typical homes here, about £185,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 111 sales), 11% below the wider Bolton median of £207,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,548 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,678 a year, around the middle of England.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £185,000 | 111 | +3.9% | +37.0% |
| Detached | £520,000 | 9 | +27.8% | +41.3% |
| Semi-detached | £224,500 | 46 | +19.7% | +47.2% |
| Terraced | £150,000 | 56 | -4.5% | +39.5% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
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Household income
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 ?
- #1,548 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime
No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Smithills 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).
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Bolton
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Filey & HunmanbyNorth Yorkshire37£190,750
- Sedgley EastDudley37£215,500
- Quarry BankDudley37£218,000
- Newton-le-WillowsSt. Helens37£231,500
- Little Parndon & Hare StreetHarlow37£322,500
- Syon GreenHounslow37£432,500