Neighbourhoods in Bolton
Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.
35 neighbourhoods · 177 sub-areas
Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.
Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.
Where to look in Bolton
Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Bolton. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.
Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).
Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).
Highest liveability per pound of rent — desirable areas where rent stays close to or below the Bolton median.
Cost of living
Median rent and council tax across Bolton.
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.
Safety in Bolton
Greater Manchester Police don't publish to data.police.uk, so crime metrics for Bolton are intentionally blank. National rank against the 335 council area peer set is shown for context where available.
Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.
Schools in Bolton
100% of schools serving Bolton are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.
Transport in Bolton
Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.
Job access from Bolton
Bolton has 0.40 jobs per resident locally. Below median
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.
Frequently asked about Bolton
Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.
- What is the average rent in Bolton?
- The median monthly rent across Bolton is £878, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
- Where is the cheapest place to rent in Bolton?
- The cheapest neighbourhood in Bolton by estimated median rent is Rumworth North at approximately £659/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
- What's the best neighbourhood to live in Bolton?
- By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Bolton is Daubhill & Fernhill Gate at 99/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
- Is Bolton a safe area?
- Bolton has an average safety score of 100/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
- What is council tax in Bolton?
- The most common council tax band in Bolton is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £1,960. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Bolton.
- What is the average salary in Bolton?
- The median annual resident salary in Bolton is £29,409, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Bolton, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
- What is the average house price in Bolton?
- The average property price in Bolton is approximately £200,025 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
- What's the rental yield in Bolton?
- Gross rental yield in Bolton is approximately 5.1% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
- How long does it take to save a deposit in Bolton?
- Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 3.2 years in Bolton. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Bolton?
- 100% of premises in Bolton are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
- What's the unemployment rate in Bolton?
- 5.3% of 16-64 residents in Bolton are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
- How many neighbourhoods are in Bolton?
- Bolton contains 35 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 177 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
What you need on day one
All sub-areas in Bolton
Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.
- Bolton 015B
- Bolton 025B
- Bolton 010C
- Bolton 010D
- Bolton 023B
- Bolton 015A
- Bolton 011C
- Bolton 018B
- Bolton 023A
- Bolton 022A
- Bolton 015E
- Bolton 017A
- Bolton 015D
- Bolton 018A
- Bolton 007D
- Bolton 021C
- Bolton 018E
- Bolton 021A
- Bolton 015C
- Bolton 026A
- Bolton 029C
- Bolton 023D
- Bolton 022B
- Bolton 003D
- Bolton 022E
- Bolton 021B
- Bolton 011B
- Bolton 005E
- Bolton 011A
- Bolton 025C
- Bolton 022C
- Bolton 023C
- Bolton 022D
- Bolton 027D
- Bolton 008B
- Bolton 025E
- Bolton 011E
- Bolton 023E
- Bolton 005B
- Bolton 029A
- Bolton 025A
- Bolton 016D
- Bolton 011D
- Bolton 021D
- Bolton 019A
- Bolton 016C
- Bolton 017C
- Bolton 016B
- Bolton 026D
- Bolton 021E
- Bolton 034G
- Bolton 032A
- Bolton 032D
- Bolton 003E
- Bolton 026B
- Bolton 030D
- Bolton 031A
- Bolton 029B
- Bolton 033E
- Bolton 024C
- Bolton 005D
- Bolton 029E
- Bolton 028C
- Bolton 008A
- Bolton 008C
- Bolton 005A
- Bolton 018D
- Bolton 004A
- Bolton 017B
- Bolton 004B
- Bolton 014A
- Bolton 010A
- Bolton 027C
- Bolton 032C
- Bolton 033C
- Bolton 031C
- Bolton 008E
- Bolton 017F
- Bolton 033A
- Bolton 007B
Showing 80 of 177 sub-areas. Drill into any neighbourhood above for the full sub-area list.