Electoral wardE05014830
Kearsley ward, Bolton
Kearsley is one of 20 electoral wards of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,569 residents in 5,552 households — 1,744 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolton South and Walkden constituency.
Residents, 202112,569council ward average 14,798
Households5,5522.26 residents per household
Density1,744/ km²about 7.21 km² · Bolton 2,118
Aged 65+18.2%Bolton: 17.1% · under 16: 18.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 700
5–96.0% · 755
10–157.3% · 920
16–194.2% · 526
20–245.5% · 687
25–3413.1% · 1,648
35–4918.6% · 2,335
50–6421.6% · 2,712
65–7410.0% · 1,261
75–846.4% · 808
85+1.7% · 215
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.7% · 1,258
1 car or van44.7% · 2,481
2 cars or vans25.1% · 1,392
3 or more7.6% · 422
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bolton overall: 61.5% owned, 19.8% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright32.7% · 1,813
With mortgage31.5% · 1,746
Shared ownership0.3% · 14
Social rented18.9% · 1,051
Private rented16.4% · 908
Lives rent free0.3% · 18
Type of home
Detached house11.2% · 620
Semi-detached house46.3% · 2,571
Terraced house27.3% · 1,514
Purpose-built flat14.0% · 780
Converted house0.4% · 21
Other conversion0.3% · 14
Above shop / office0.6% · 31
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014830- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 14 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.