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Wards of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council is divided into 20 electoral wards, spread over 3 Westminster constituencies. At the 2021 Census they had 295,957 residents in 118,789 households, 2,118 people per km². 17.1% were aged 65 or over and 61.5% of households owned their home.

Wards20
Average ward14,798residents
Under 1621.5%
No car or van24.8%
WardResidentsHouseholdsPeople / km²Aged 65+OwnedNo carConstituency
Astley Bridge15,4266,5362,15719.0%69.6%20.7%Bolton North East
Bradshaw11,5795,1061,22527.4%77.1%16.9%Bolton North East
Breightmet17,5267,1473,97417.7%53.8%29.5%Bolton North East
Bromley Cross12,4465,4261,84223.6%82.8%11.2%Bolton North East
Farnworth North13,1994,9543,33313.7%55.2%29.5%Bolton South and Walkden
Farnworth South15,3036,2294,99613.8%50.0%30.3%Bolton South and Walkden
Great Lever19,8385,9076,1529.9%47.3%30.7%Bolton South and Walkden, Bolton West
Halliwell15,7975,6967,40911.1%46.5%35.0%Bolton North East
Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor13,9165,4972,15323.7%84.6%10.4%Bolton West
Horwich North14,3126,5821,36422.1%66.4%22.0%Bolton West
Horwich South & Blackrod14,1176,05171919.7%72.8%14.9%Bolton West
Hulton13,6325,4931,25518.7%65.5%22.5%Bolton South and Walkden, Bolton West
Kearsley12,5695,5521,74418.2%64.1%22.7%Bolton South and Walkden
Little Lever & Darcy Lever12,3635,3502,64623.2%73.4%18.5%Bolton North East
Queens Park & Central18,6557,3023,79012.0%30.6%46.9%Bolton North East, Bolton South and Walkden
Rumworth18,2315,8687,6519.5%42.6%37.5%Bolton South and Walkden, Bolton West
Smithills15,3586,1861,23317.6%68.3%21.4%Bolton West
Tonge with the Haulgh15,6396,7604,38415.1%49.4%32.5%Bolton North East
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill11,7465,0811,11920.2%75.2%13.4%Bolton West
Westhoughton South14,3056,0662,20418.1%71.5%18.3%Bolton West
20 wards · Census 2021 (ONS, Nomis) · ward boundaries: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0

Westminster constituencies

Number of Bolton wards in each (a ward may be split).

BBolton West9 wards in total9BBolton North East8 wards in total8BBolton South and Walkden10 wards in total7

Council offices

COne Stop Shop Bolton CouncilCouncil office · Bolton BL1 1RJCThe SquareCouncil office · Bolton BL1 1RZTBolton Town HallTown hall · Bolton BL1 1RUTFarnworth Town HallTown hall · Bolton BL4 7PD
Wards: ONS Open Geography Portal (WD26 lookups) · Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis · Open Government Licence v3.0Back to Bolton