Electoral wardE05014824
Great Lever ward, Bolton
Great Lever is one of 20 electoral wards of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 19,838 residents in 5,907 households — 6,152 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolton South and Walkden and Bolton West constituencies.
Residents, 202119,838council ward average 14,798
Households5,9073.36 residents per household
Density6,152/ km²about 3.22 km² · Bolton 2,118
Aged 65+9.9%Bolton: 17.1% · under 16: 30.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–49.6% · 1,898
5–99.6% · 1,907
10–1511.5% · 2,280
16–196.5% · 1,289
20–246.1% · 1,214
25–3413.9% · 2,760
35–4920.3% · 4,019
50–6412.6% · 2,502
65–745.6% · 1,110
75–842.9% · 585
85+1.4% · 270
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.7% · 1,811
1 car or van43.7% · 2,584
2 cars or vans19.0% · 1,125
3 or more6.6% · 388
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bolton overall: 61.5% owned, 19.8% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright23.6% · 1,397
With mortgage23.6% · 1,398
Shared ownership0.4% · 23
Social rented29.2% · 1,724
Private rented22.6% · 1,335
Lives rent free0.6% · 35
Type of home
Detached house7.2% · 424
Semi-detached house43.6% · 2,578
Terraced house38.8% · 2,292
Purpose-built flat8.9% · 524
Converted house1.0% · 62
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.3% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014824- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden, Bolton West
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
FFarnworth North13.7% aged 65+ · 55.2% owned13,199FFarnworth South13.8% aged 65+ · 50.0% owned15,303HHeaton, Lostock & Chew Moor23.7% aged 65+ · 84.6% owned13,916HHorwich North22.1% aged 65+ · 66.4% owned14,312HHorwich South & Blackrod19.7% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned14,117HHulton18.7% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned13,632KKearsley18.2% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned12,569QQueens Park & Central12.0% aged 65+ · 30.6% owned18,655RRumworth9.5% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned18,231SSmithills17.6% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned15,358WWesthoughton North & Hunger Hill20.2% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned11,746WWesthoughton South18.1% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned14,305
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 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.