Electoral wardE05014818
Astley Bridge ward, Bolton
Astley Bridge is one of 20 electoral wards of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 15,426 residents in 6,536 households — 2,157 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolton North East constituency.
Residents, 202115,426council ward average 14,798
Households6,5362.36 residents per household
Density2,157/ km²about 7.15 km² · Bolton 2,118
Aged 65+19.0%Bolton: 17.1% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 854
5–96.1% · 937
10–157.6% · 1,179
16–194.7% · 721
20–245.1% · 780
25–3411.8% · 1,822
35–4919.6% · 3,028
50–6420.6% · 3,177
65–749.6% · 1,488
75–846.5% · 1,003
85+2.8% · 438
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.7% · 1,356
1 car or van42.7% · 2,793
2 cars or vans28.0% · 1,832
3 or more8.5% · 554
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bolton overall: 61.5% owned, 19.8% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright37.1% · 2,425
With mortgage32.6% · 2,128
Shared ownership0.2% · 15
Social rented13.0% · 849
Private rented17.0% · 1,109
Lives rent free0.2% · 11
Type of home
Detached house20.1% · 1,313
Semi-detached house37.0% · 2,416
Terraced house28.1% · 1,840
Purpose-built flat10.1% · 661
Converted house0.7% · 46
Other conversion3.3% · 218
Above shop / office0.6% · 40
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014818- Constituency
- Bolton North East
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
BBradshaw27.4% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned11,579BBreightmet17.7% aged 65+ · 53.8% owned17,526BBromley Cross23.6% aged 65+ · 82.8% owned12,446HHalliwell11.1% aged 65+ · 46.5% owned15,797LLittle Lever & Darcy Lever23.2% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned12,363QQueens Park & Central12.0% aged 65+ · 30.6% owned18,655TTonge with the Haulgh15.1% aged 65+ · 49.4% owned15,639
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.