Neighbourhood · Bolton · North West
Breightmet North
Bolton 013 · 5 sub-areas · 8,837 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Couples (61/100)Watch-out: Families (45/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartileCommuter neighbourhood
Breightmet North is a commuter neighbourhood within Bolton — train into Manchester runs in around 49 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children.
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Liveability
85/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Breightmet North?
A snapshot of Breightmet North
2 parks and 5 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; 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 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Breightmet North in Bolton
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Breightmet North?
- The median monthly rent across Breightmet North is £878.
- How safe is Breightmet North?
- Breightmet North 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 Breightmet North?
- 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 25 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Breightmet North?
- There are 14 schools within 2 km of Breightmet North, of which 39% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 2671 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Breightmet North?
- The most common council tax band in Breightmet North is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,693. Council tax is set by Bolton council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Breightmet North to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Breightmet North to central London is approximately 166 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 Breightmet North?
- 100% of premises in Breightmet North are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Breightmet North?
- Breightmet North sits in IMD decile 1 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 Breightmet North?
- 34% of households in Breightmet North 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 Breightmet North?
- The average property price across Bolton (the local authority covering Breightmet North) 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 Breightmet North 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 Breightmet North?
- Breightmet North contains 5 local areas: Bolton 013C, Bolton 013A, Bolton 013E, Bolton 013B, Bolton 013D.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Breightmet North
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Breightmet North?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Breightmet North 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.
- What schools are near Breightmet North?
- 39% of schools within 2 km of Breightmet North are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Breightmet North?
- Public-transport commute time from Breightmet North to central London is approximately 166 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Breightmet North different from the rest of Bolton?
- Breightmet North contains 5 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 Breightmet North rank in Bolton?
- Breightmet North 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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