Electoral wardE05014828
Horwich South & Blackrod ward, Bolton
Horwich South & Blackrod is one of 20 electoral wards of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,117 residents in 6,051 households — 719 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolton West constituency.
Residents, 202114,117council ward average 14,798
Households6,0512.33 residents per household
Density719/ km²about 19.64 km² · Bolton 2,118
Aged 65+19.7%Bolton: 17.1% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 750
5–96.3% · 892
10–157.1% · 1,001
16–193.7% · 529
20–244.7% · 665
25–3413.3% · 1,871
35–4920.1% · 2,843
50–6419.8% · 2,792
65–7410.2% · 1,440
75–846.9% · 981
85+2.5% · 355
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.9% · 899
1 car or van44.5% · 2,694
2 cars or vans32.0% · 1,934
3 or more8.7% · 526
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bolton overall: 61.5% owned, 19.8% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright34.8% · 2,107
With mortgage38.0% · 2,301
Shared ownership0.4% · 22
Social rented9.8% · 596
Private rented17.0% · 1,027
Lives rent free0.0% · 3
Type of home
Detached house25.8% · 1,559
Semi-detached house35.5% · 2,152
Terraced house32.0% · 1,935
Purpose-built flat5.5% · 333
Converted house0.5% · 31
Other conversion0.2% · 11
Above shop / office0.5% · 31
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014828- Constituency
- Bolton West
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 20
Parishes in the ward
BlackrodHorwich
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 North22.1% aged 65+ · 66.4% owned14,312HHulton18.7% 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.