Electoral wardE05014827
Horwich North ward, Bolton
Horwich North is one of 20 electoral wards of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,312 residents in 6,582 households — 1,364 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolton West constituency.
Residents, 202114,312council ward average 14,798
Households6,5822.17 residents per household
Density1,364/ km²about 10.49 km² · Bolton 2,118
Aged 65+22.1%Bolton: 17.1% · under 16: 15.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 594
5–95.1% · 728
10–156.4% · 915
16–193.8% · 537
20–245.2% · 741
25–3411.7% · 1,671
35–4918.9% · 2,704
50–6422.7% · 3,250
65–7412.3% · 1,766
75–847.3% · 1,044
85+2.5% · 356
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.0% · 1,447
1 car or van41.8% · 2,750
2 cars or vans28.1% · 1,851
3 or more8.1% · 531
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bolton overall: 61.5% owned, 19.8% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright37.4% · 2,461
With mortgage29.0% · 1,907
Shared ownership0.4% · 27
Social rented17.2% · 1,132
Private rented15.8% · 1,041
Lives rent free0.2% · 11
Type of home
Detached house21.5% · 1,415
Semi-detached house31.4% · 2,068
Terraced house32.5% · 2,138
Purpose-built flat12.0% · 791
Converted house0.7% · 43
Other conversion0.8% · 54
Above shop / office1.0% · 69
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014827- Constituency
- Bolton West
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 20
Parishes in the ward
Horwich
Other wards in the same constituency
GGreat Lever9.9% aged 65+ · 47.3% owned19,838HHeaton, Lostock & Chew Moor23.7% aged 65+ · 84.6% owned13,916HHorwich South & Blackrod19.7% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned14,117HHulton18.7% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned13,632RRumworth9.5% 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.