What's the median rent in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

The median monthly rent across Blackrod & Butterwick Fields is £878.

How well-connected is Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 15 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

There are 3 schools within 2 km of Blackrod & Butterwick Fields, of which 50% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1430 m away.

What is the council tax band in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

The most common council tax band in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields is C, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,076. Council tax is set by Bolton council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Blackrod & Butterwick Fields to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Blackrod & Butterwick Fields to central London is approximately 143 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.

Is gigabit broadband available in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

100% of premises in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.

What is the deprivation rank of Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields sits in IMD decile 8 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.

What's the tenure mix in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

80% of households in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.

What is the average property price in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

The average property price across Bolton (the local authority covering Blackrod & Butterwick Fields) is approximately £200,025, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.

Is Blackrod & Butterwick Fields a commuter town or workplace hub?

Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.40 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £29,409.)

Which local areas are part of Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields contains 4 local areas: Bolton 009B, Bolton 009A, Bolton 009D, Bolton 009C.

What is the average rent in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

The estimated median monthly rent in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields is £878. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.

Is Blackrod & Butterwick Fields a safe place to live?

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields has a safety score of 100/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.

What schools are near Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

50% of schools within 2 km of Blackrod & Butterwick Fields are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

Public-transport commute time from Blackrod & Butterwick Fields to central London is approximately 143 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Blackrod & Butterwick Fields different from the rest of Bolton?

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields contains 4 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.

Where does Blackrod & Butterwick Fields rank in Bolton?

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields scores 85/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Bolton, see the Cities table on the Bolton page.

Neighbourhood · Bolton · North West

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields

Bolton 009 · 4 sub-areas · 6,349 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Couples (90/100)Watch-out: Investors / BTL (63/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartileCommuter neighbourhood

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields is a commuter neighbourhood within Bolton — train into Manchester runs in around 45 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. Most homes are owner-occupied, so turnover is low and many residents have been here a long time.

Median rent

£878+10.1%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Crime / 1k / yr

0.4

Best 5% nationally

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Best hub commute

45 min

Direct to Manchester

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

50%

3 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

85/100

Top quartile

Population

6,349

4 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

A snapshot of Blackrod & Butterwick Fields

Greenspace is on the doorstep — a park or playing field is within walking distance of most homes; The streets feel safe by national standards — police-recorded crime is well below the country-wide median; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £878 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.

Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically

Figures are aggregated across 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields in Bolton

Cost

Cost of living

What does it cost to live here?

Rent runs at £878 a month — 20% below the national median. Council tax is most commonly Band C.

Median rentCouncil area

£878/mo

Up 10.1% on last year

−£222 vs nat'l avg

Total monthly baseline

£1,051/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £2,076/yr · £173/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

3.9 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

−22% vs nat'l avg

Rent — whole property and per room (sharing)2-bed: £800/mo · £400/room

By bedroom count

1 bedroom£642/mosolo only

2 bedrooms£800/mo£400/mo per room shared

3 bedrooms£969/mo£323/mo per room shared

4 bedrooms£1,428/mo£357/mo per room shared

By property type

Flat£771/mo

Terraced house£843/mo

Semi-detached£950/mo

Detached house£1,333/mo

Can you afford to live here?Rent as a share of take-home, four common living arrangements

Renting alone

Whole property, on the local median salary

43%

of take-home

£878/mo per person · take-home £2,058/moTight but workable

Sharing a 2-bed

Half a 2-bed flat, on the local median salary

19%

of take-home

£400/mo per person · take-home £2,058/moComfortable

Sharing a 3-bed

One room in a 3-bed flat-share

16%

of take-home

£323/mo per person · take-home £2,058/moComfortable

Couple, two incomes

Whole property split between two earners on the local median salary

21%

of take-home

£439/mo per person · take-home £2,058/moComfortable

Take-home is calculated from the median resident salary using UK 2024–25 income-tax + NI bands. Higher earners and dual-income households see lower percentages than the table shows; the median figures are a market benchmark, not a personal estimate.

Buying — affordability detail~£1,211/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£230,000

Average price (HPI, smoother)Council area£200,0254.2% YoY

Estimated monthly mortgage£1,211/mo

Gross rental yield (BTL)4.2%

Years to save 10% deposit3.9 years

Bills — council tax, energy, fuel povertyCouncil tax (Band D, all-in): £2,400/yr

Council tax — Band D (incl. precepts)Council area£2,400/yr

Council tax — band-mix-weighted (typical home)Council area£2,076/yr

EPC median rating—

Homes rated A or B6%

Households in fuel poverty8.3%

Source: ONS PIPR (rent), HM Land Registry / HMLR HPI (sale prices), VOA + MHCLG (council tax), MHCLG EPC bulk download, DESNZ LILEE (fuel poverty).

Safety

How safe is Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

Safety scores 100/100 against the national distribution, with police-recorded crime running 229.7× safer than the national average (0.4 per 1,000 residents per year). Crime metrics for Greater Manchester are not published to data.police.uk following GMP's 2020 iOPS migration. The displayed crime score is a proxy derived from the IMD 2019 Crime Domain (national percentile rank, inverted). Treat as indicative only.

Crime / 1k / yr

0.4

recorded incidents per 1,000 residents · 0 / month

Safety scoreHow? →

100/100

Higher is safer (national percentile)

Deprivation decile

8/10

1 = most deprived nationally · 10 = least

NoteCrime metrics for Greater Manchester are not published to data.police.uk following GMP's 2020 iOPS migration. The displayed crime score is a proxy derived from the IMD 2019 Crime Domain (national percentile rank, inverted). Treat as indicative only.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Crime by category, per 1,000 residents per yearBar lengths show share of total recorded crime.

Criminal damage & arson

0.4 /1k

Source: data.police.uk monthly counts (12-month rolling, normalised by ONS mid-year population). Greater Manchester values use IMD 2019 crime-domain proxy.

Transport

Getting around Blackrod & Butterwick Fields

Strong transport links — 76/100; nearest rail station is Blackrod at around 1191 m; 23 bus stops within five minutes' walk; Manchester is reachable in 45 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

76/100

Top quartile

Best hub commute

45 min

Direct to Manchester

WFH share

28%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

Blackrod

1.2 km walk · 45 min to Manchester

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Out of metro reach

Nearest metro is more than 5 km away.

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: Manchester in 45 min

Londonapprox

143 min

Manchester

45 min

Birminghamapprox

118 min

Leedsapprox

98 min

Liverpoolapprox

54 min

Bristolapprox

238 min

Sheffieldapprox

103 min

Edinburghapprox

185 min

Glasgowapprox

179 min

Cardiffapprox

238 min

Walking time from the LSOA centroid to the nearest station, plus the fastest direct train from there. Routes that require a change of train are marked “approx” (haversine fallback).

How residents commute (Census 2021)28% work from home

Drive62%Public transport3%Walk / cycle4%Work from home28%

Method of travel to work for residents in employment, Census 2021 (TS061).

Broadband — gigabit available (1,000 Mbps) to most homesTop speed available: 1,000 Mbps · effectively universal

Top advertised speedCouncil area1,000 Mbps (gigabit)

Gigabit-ready (1,000 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Ultrafast (≥300 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Below USO (under 10 Mbps)Council area0.0% of premises

Outdoor 5G coverageCouncil area100%

Coverage from Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Top speeds reflect what's available to buy at the address; actual experienced speeds depend on the chosen package and provider.

Source: National Rail TTIS timetable (direct journey times), TfL Open Data + OSM (metros), Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, ONS Census 2021 (TS061).

Schools

Schools near Blackrod & Butterwick Fields

3 schools within a 2 km radius; around 50% rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest Outstanding school, Blackrod Primary School, is around 1117 m away.

School scoreHow? →

68/100

Above median

Schools within 2 km

2 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

50%

Of all schools within 2 km

−20.0 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

Blackrod Primary School

1.1 km from the centroid

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
Blackrod Primary School	Community School	Outstanding	1.1 km
St David Haigh and Aspull CofE Primary School	Academy Converter	Good	1.9 km
Beacon Primary School	Academy Sponsor Led	Good	2.7 km
Adlington Primary School	Community School	Good	2.7 km
Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School	Academy Sponsor Led	Good	3.0 km

Source: Ofsted school inspection ratings (latest inspection per school), spatially joined to the local area centroid via PostGIS.

Daily life

What's actually around Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

OpenStreetMap counts of the things people use day-to-day — pubs, restaurants, parks, cinemas, supermarkets — within walking distance of the centroid.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Counts derived via the Overpass API and refreshed monthly.

Eat & drink

Pubs1≤ 500 m
Bars0≤ 500 m
Restaurants1≤ 500 m
Cafés1≤ 500 m
Cuisine variety1≤ 1 km

Going out

Cinemas0≤ 2 km
Theatres0≤ 2 km
Museums0≤ 2 km
Galleries0≤ 2 km
Nightclubs0≤ 1 km

Practical & family

Supermarkets1≤ 500 m
Libraries1≤ 500 m
Parks1≤ 500 m
Playgrounds1≤ 500 m
Gyms0≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)23≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)23≤ 1 km
Rail stations0≤ 500 m
Tube entrances0≤ 500 m
Tram stops0≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Blackrod & Butterwick Fields right for you?

Six persona fit scores from 0–100 — each built from the metrics that group actually optimises for. Click through to the matching ranked list for the wider region.

Families

75/100

Great fit

Schools rate reasonably (50% Good+ within 2 km), owner-occupation is high, and safety scores above the median.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

72/100

Good fit

Transport scores 76/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

See transport ranking →

Couples

90/100

Great fit

Liveability 85/100, safety 100/100 and median rent at £878/mo combine to make this a comfortable choice for a couple.

See affordability ranking →

Retirees

64/100

Good fit

Healthcare is close (GP ~2292 m, hospital ~4.8 km), greenspace is walkable, and 23% of residents are 65+ — an established peer group.

See safety ranking →

Investors / BTL

63/100

Good fit

Gross yield 4.2%, capital growth +4.2% YoY, 13% private-rented stock — strong tenant pool with reasonable demand and supply balance.

See earnings ranking →

Solo renters

68/100

Good fit

Private-rental stock is thin (13% PRS), 30% of households are single-person, with transit a short walk away.

See transport ranking →

How these ratings are built

Each persona has its own scoring model. We pick the metrics that group actually optimises for, then weight and curve them so realistic trade-offs are reflected — a great score in one factor can't fully paper over a poor score in another. Weights sum to 100 before any synergy bonuses.

Families

Families consistently prioritise schooling and a safe, settled neighbourhood, so those two factors carry the most weight and use a convex curve — mediocre values are penalised more than a simple average would suggest. A bonus is applied where good schools and low crime coincide.

Good+ schools within 2 km28%
Crime / safety score22%
Households with children15%
Greenspace proximity15%
Owner-occupation rate10%
Family-age population10%

Young professionals

Young professionals optimise for commute, connectivity and being around peers. Transport gets the largest single weight; broadband uses a concave curve so any decent gigabit coverage counts, and a bonus applies in well-connected, graduate-heavy areas (the classic urban knowledge-hub signal).

Transport / PTAL score27%
18–34 population share22%
Gigabit broadband coverage18%
Degree-educated adults14%
Crime / safety score12%
Private-rental availability7%

Couples

Couples without children weight liveability and day-to-day quality highest. Rent is on a sigmoid curve with a steep cliff between £800 and £1,400/month, reflecting how affordability flips from comfortable to stretched across that range. A bonus applies where the area is both safe and walkable.

Liveability composite25%
Crime / safety score22%
Transport / PTAL score18%
Median rent affordability17%
EPC energy efficiency10%
25–49 population share8%

Retirees

Retirees prioritise healthcare proximity, walkable greenspace and a settled neighbourhood with peers in the same life stage. GP and hospital distance are the largest weights — both use exponential drop-offs because needing care 5 km away is much worse than 1 km away, regardless of how many other amenities are nearby.

GP proximity22%
Hospital proximity18%
Crime / safety score18%
Greenspace proximity14%
Over-65 population share10%
Single-floor accommodation10%
Owner-occupation rate8%

Investors / BTL

Buy-to-let investors weight pure financial signals: yield, capital growth, tenant demand, supply pipeline and area job-growth. Crime and amenities only matter as far as they protect the tenant pool. Yield uses a sigmoid that rewards the realistic 4–7% band; pipeline penalises areas with heavy new-build supply that will pressure future rents.

Gross rental yield32%
House-price growth (HPI YoY)20%
Tenant demand18%
5-year jobs growth12%
Supply pipeline (inverse)10%
Safety score8%

Solo renters

Solo renters and students optimise for flexibility — depth of private-rental supply, peers in the same life stage and frictionless transit. Cost matters but the curve is gentler than for couples (no shared income). A nearby Tube/metro/rail station is heavily weighted because cars are usually off the table for this group.

Private-rental availability22%
Single-person households18%
Transit proximity16%
Median rent affordability14%
18–34 population share12%
Gigabit broadband coverage10%
Crime / safety score8%

Demographics

Who lives here?

Census 2021 snapshot: high owner-occupation (80%).

Age profile

Under 1819%18–3419%35–4919%50–6421%65+23%

Tenure

Owned80%Private rent13%Social rent3%

Households

One person30%Couple with children19%Lone parent9%Other5%

Property types

Flat5%Terraced24%Semi-detached49%Detached23%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 7/100

Ethnic group

White96%Asian1%Black0%Mixed2%Other0%

Country of birth

UK-born98%Born outside UK2%

Religion

Christian63%Muslim1%No religion32%Other1%

Education and health30% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)29.8%−3.8 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications18.4%

Self-rated good or very good health80.3%

Self-rated bad or very bad health5.5%

Disabled (Equality Act)19.0%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (TS001 / TS003 / TS004 / TS021 / TS030 / TS037 / TS038 / TS044 / TS061 / TS066 / TS067).

Employment

Work and income

primarily residential — most working residents commute out (0.40 jobs per resident); median resident salary £29,409/year; 5.3% on the DWP claimant count.

Median resident salaryCouncil area

£29,409/yr

Workplace earnings of people who live here

Unemployment rate (ILO)

4.3%

ONS ILO method — 59% economically active (Census 2021)

Jobs in the council areaCouncil area

132,000

0.40 jobs per working-age resident

Working status of 16+ residents (Census 2021)ILO unemployment 4.3% · 59% economically active · 41% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 4.3% — This uses the same methodology as the ONS Labour Force Survey: unemployment is expressed as a share of the economically active population (employed + job-seeking only), not all 16+ residents. Retirees, students, full-time carers and others who are “inactive” are excluded from the denominator, giving a like-for-like figure to the national headline rate.

Employed56%Unemployed3%Inactive41%

Census 2021 TS066. The three bars above share a denominator of all residents aged 16+ and always sum to 100%. "Inactive" covers students, retirees, full-time carers, the long-term sick and anyone not currently seeking work — which is why the raw employed% figure is lower than the LFS employment rate. The ILO unemployment rate above strips out inactive residents and matches the standard definition used in national statistics.

DWP claimant count: 5.3% of working-age (16-64) residents claim Universal Credit while seeking work or Jobseeker's Allowance. This is the live monthly unemployment proxy and is not directly comparable to the Census figures above — it counts a narrower group on a different denominator, but it's the most up-to-date local indicator.

Local job mix (BRES sectors, SIC 2007)Top sector: Retail & hospitality

Health & social

15.5%

Retail & hospitality

22.1%

Education

9.0%

Manufacturing

11.8%

Professional

7.5%

Construction

5.7%

Tech & ICT

2.0%

Finance

2.6%

Net commute flow: +116,543 jobs vs. working-age residents. More jobs than workers — net commuter inflow.

Source: ONS ASHE (resident salary), ONS Census 2021 TS066 (economic activity), ONS BRES NM_189_1 (jobs by sector), DWP claimant count.

Inside this neighbourhood

Sub-areas and postcodes in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields

4 sub-areas and 193 postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Safety	Transport
Bolton 009B	£878	99	100	84	View →
Bolton 009A	£878	85	—	76	View →
Bolton 009D	£878	85	—	77	View →
Bolton 009C	£878	85	—	76	View →

Postcodes covered

In Bolton 009C

BL6 5AA BL6 5AB BL6 5AD BL6 5AE BL6 5AF BL6 5AG BL6 5AH BL6 5AJ BL6 5AL BL6 5BU BL6 5DA BL6 5DB BL6 5DD BL6 5DE BL6 5DF BL6 5DH BL6 5DL BL6 5DR BL6 5HE BL6 5HF BL6 5JN BL6 5JQ BL6 5JW BL6 5LR BL6 5TJ BL6 5UJ BL6 5UP BL6 5UQ BL6 5UW

In Bolton 009B

BL6 5AN BL6 5AP BL6 5AQ BL6 5AR BL6 5AS BL6 5AT BL6 5AU BL6 5AW BL6 5AX BL6 5AY BL6 5AZ BL6 5BA BL6 5BB BL6 5BD BL6 5BE BL6 5BG BL6 5BS BL6 5BT BL6 5DS BL6 5GG BL6 5GH BL6 5GJ BL6 5GN BL6 5GS BL6 5GU BL6 5GY BL6 5GZ BL6 5HJ BL6 5HQ BL6 5HR BL6 5HT BL6 5HX BL6 5HY BL6 5HZ BL6 5JB BL6 5JD BL6 5JE BL6 5JF BL6 5JH BL6 5JJ BL6 5JX BL6 5JY BL6 5JZ BL6 5LA BL6 5LB BL6 5LD BL6 5LE BL6 5LF BL6 5LG BL6 5LH BL6 5LJ BL6 5LL BL6 5LN BL6 5LP BL6 5LQ BL6 5LS BL6 5LW BL6 5RL BL6 5RS BL6 5RT BL6 5RU BL6 5TE BL6 5TG BL6 5TL BL6 5TN BL6 5TW BL6 5US BL6 5UT BL6 5UU BL6 5UY BL6 5WF BL6 5WN BL6 7QR BL6 7QS BL6 7QT BL6 7RE BL6 7RF WN1 2UG WN1 2UH WN1 2UQ

In Bolton 009D

BL6 5BH BL6 5BJ BL6 5BL BL6 5BN BL6 5BP BL6 5BQ BL6 5BR BL6 5BW BL6 5BY BL6 5BZ BL6 5RR BL6 5RX BL6 5RY BL6 5RZ BL6 5SA BL6 5SB BL6 5SD BL6 5SE BL6 5SF BL6 5SG BL6 5SH BL6 5SL BL6 5SN BL6 5SP BL6 5SR BL6 5SS BL6 5ST BL6 5SU BL6 5SW BL6 5SX BL6 5SY BL6 5TA BL6 5TB BL6 5TD BL6 5TF BL6 5TH BL6 5TP BL6 5TR BL6 5TS BL6 5TZ

In Bolton 009A

BL6 5BX BL6 5DG BL6 5DJ BL6 5DN BL6 5DP BL6 5DQ BL6 5DT BL6 5DU BL6 5DW BL6 5DX BL6 5DY BL6 5DZ BL6 5EA BL6 5EB BL6 5ED BL6 5EE BL6 5EF BL6 5EG BL6 5EH BL6 5EJ BL6 5EL BL6 5EN BL6 5EP BL6 5EQ BL6 5ET BL6 5EU BL6 5EW BL6 5EX BL6 5EY BL6 5EZ BL6 5HA BL6 5HB BL6 5HD BL6 5HH BL6 5JG BL6 5JL BL6 5JP BL6 5JR BL6 5JS BL6 5JT BL6 5JU BL6 5LX BL6 5TY BL6 5UX

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FAQ

Frequently asked

What's the median rent in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?: The median monthly rent across Blackrod & Butterwick Fields is £878.
How safe is Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?: Blackrod & Butterwick Fields has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
How well-connected is Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?: Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 15 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?: There are 3 schools within 2 km of Blackrod & Butterwick Fields, of which 50% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1430 m away.
What is the council tax band in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?: The most common council tax band in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields is C, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,076. Council tax is set by Bolton council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Blackrod & Butterwick Fields to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Blackrod & Butterwick Fields to central London is approximately 143 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
Is gigabit broadband available in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?: 100% of premises in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?: Blackrod & Butterwick Fields sits in IMD decile 8 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
What's the tenure mix in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?: 80% of households in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
What is the average property price in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?: The average property price across Bolton (the local authority covering Blackrod & Butterwick Fields) is approximately £200,025, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
Is Blackrod & Butterwick Fields a commuter town or workplace hub?: Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.40 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £29,409.)
Which local areas are part of Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?: Blackrod & Butterwick Fields contains 4 local areas: Bolton 009B, Bolton 009A, Bolton 009D, Bolton 009C.

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Frequently asked about Blackrod & Butterwick Fields

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What is the average rent in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?: The estimated median monthly rent in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields is £878. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
Is Blackrod & Butterwick Fields a safe place to live?: Blackrod & Butterwick Fields has a safety score of 100/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
What schools are near Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?: 50% of schools within 2 km of Blackrod & Butterwick Fields are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?: Public-transport commute time from Blackrod & Butterwick Fields to central London is approximately 143 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Blackrod & Butterwick Fields different from the rest of Bolton?: Blackrod & Butterwick Fields contains 4 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
Where does Blackrod & Butterwick Fields rank in Bolton?: Blackrod & Butterwick Fields scores 85/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Bolton, see the Cities table on the Bolton page.

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