Electoral wardE05014829
Hulton ward, Bolton
Hulton is one of 20 electoral wards of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,632 residents in 5,493 households — 1,255 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolton South and Walkden and Bolton West constituencies.
Residents, 202113,632council ward average 14,798
Households5,4932.48 residents per household
Density1,255/ km²about 10.86 km² · Bolton 2,118
Aged 65+18.7%Bolton: 17.1% · under 16: 21.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 890
5–97.5% · 1,017
10–158.0% · 1,085
16–194.4% · 597
20–245.3% · 719
25–3412.4% · 1,693
35–4919.2% · 2,613
50–6418.2% · 2,480
65–749.4% · 1,278
75–847.2% · 976
85+2.1% · 290
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.5% · 1,237
1 car or van44.0% · 2,417
2 cars or vans26.2% · 1,440
3 or more7.3% · 402
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bolton overall: 61.5% owned, 19.8% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright35.8% · 1,970
With mortgage29.6% · 1,629
Shared ownership0.8% · 45
Social rented15.8% · 867
Private rented17.7% · 973
Lives rent free0.2% · 12
Type of home
Detached house19.4% · 1,067
Semi-detached house34.0% · 1,866
Terraced house34.9% · 1,913
Purpose-built flat10.4% · 571
Converted house0.7% · 37
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.5% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014829- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden, Bolton West
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
FFarnworth North13.7% aged 65+ · 55.2% owned13,199FFarnworth South13.8% aged 65+ · 50.0% owned15,303GGreat Lever9.9% aged 65+ · 47.3% owned19,838HHeaton, Lostock & Chew Moor23.7% aged 65+ · 84.6% owned13,916HHorwich North22.1% aged 65+ · 66.4% owned14,312HHorwich South & Blackrod19.7% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned14,117KKearsley18.2% 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.