Electoral wardE05014823
Farnworth South ward, Bolton
Farnworth South is one of 20 electoral wards of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 15,303 residents in 6,229 households — 4,996 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolton South and Walkden constituency.
Residents, 202115,303council ward average 14,798
Households6,2292.46 residents per household
Density4,996/ km²about 3.06 km² · Bolton 2,118
Aged 65+13.8%Bolton: 17.1% · under 16: 23.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 1,033
5–97.3% · 1,121
10–159.0% · 1,377
16–195.6% · 854
20–245.5% · 846
25–3413.8% · 2,104
35–4919.5% · 2,978
50–6418.8% · 2,871
65–747.8% · 1,196
75–844.6% · 702
85+1.4% · 212
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.3% · 1,887
1 car or van44.1% · 2,748
2 cars or vans20.6% · 1,284
3 or more4.9% · 308
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bolton overall: 61.5% owned, 19.8% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright22.7% · 1,412
With mortgage27.3% · 1,701
Shared ownership1.0% · 60
Social rented31.2% · 1,939
Private rented17.6% · 1,096
Lives rent free0.2% · 15
Type of home
Detached house5.7% · 357
Semi-detached house49.6% · 3,092
Terraced house31.2% · 1,943
Purpose-built flat11.7% · 728
Converted house1.0% · 63
Other conversion0.1% · 8
Above shop / office0.7% · 41
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014823- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 20
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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.