Electoral wardE05014822
Farnworth North ward, Bolton
Farnworth North is one of 20 electoral wards of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,199 residents in 4,954 households — 3,333 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolton South and Walkden constituency.
Residents, 202113,199council ward average 14,798
Households4,9542.66 residents per household
Density3,333/ km²about 3.96 km² · Bolton 2,118
Aged 65+13.7%Bolton: 17.1% · under 16: 24.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.2% · 947
5–97.8% · 1,031
10–159.3% · 1,224
16–195.3% · 696
20–246.3% · 834
25–3414.7% · 1,940
35–4918.6% · 2,451
50–6417.2% · 2,264
65–747.8% · 1,030
75–844.2% · 557
85+1.7% · 220
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.5% · 1,462
1 car or van43.8% · 2,168
2 cars or vans20.9% · 1,037
3 or more5.8% · 288
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bolton overall: 61.5% owned, 19.8% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright27.6% · 1,364
With mortgage27.6% · 1,363
Shared ownership0.6% · 30
Social rented23.3% · 1,151
Private rented20.8% · 1,028
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house7.0% · 345
Semi-detached house45.8% · 2,266
Terraced house34.8% · 1,723
Purpose-built flat10.5% · 518
Converted house0.9% · 43
Other conversion0.3% · 15
Above shop / office0.7% · 36
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014822- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 20
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.