Electoral wardE05014820
Breightmet ward, Bolton
Breightmet is one of 20 electoral wards of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 17,526 residents in 7,147 households — 3,974 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolton North East constituency.
Residents, 202117,526council ward average 14,798
Households7,1472.45 residents per household
Density3,974/ km²about 4.41 km² · Bolton 2,118
Aged 65+17.7%Bolton: 17.1% · under 16: 23.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 1,038
5–97.9% · 1,381
10–159.4% · 1,649
16–195.1% · 888
20–244.8% · 836
25–3412.0% · 2,111
35–4919.0% · 3,334
50–6418.2% · 3,200
65–749.9% · 1,731
75–845.8% · 1,017
85+2.0% · 351
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.5% · 2,109
1 car or van42.2% · 3,016
2 cars or vans22.5% · 1,606
3 or more5.8% · 417
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bolton overall: 61.5% owned, 19.8% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright29.5% · 2,110
With mortgage24.3% · 1,737
Shared ownership0.1% · 8
Social rented35.5% · 2,542
Private rented10.2% · 731
Lives rent free0.3% · 23
Type of home
Detached house11.5% · 819
Semi-detached house50.8% · 3,630
Terraced house27.4% · 1,954
Purpose-built flat9.0% · 642
Converted house0.9% · 63
Other conversion0.2% · 16
Above shop / office0.2% · 17
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014820- Constituency
- Bolton North East
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
AAstley Bridge19.0% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned15,426BBradshaw27.4% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned11,579BBromley 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 11 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.