Electoral wardE05014832
Queens Park & Central ward, Bolton
Queens Park & Central is one of 20 electoral wards of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 18,655 residents in 7,302 households — 3,790 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolton North East and Bolton South and Walkden constituencies.
Residents, 202118,655council ward average 14,798
Households7,3022.55 residents per household
Density3,790/ km²about 4.92 km² · Bolton 2,118
Aged 65+12.0%Bolton: 17.1% · under 16: 22.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.8% · 1,463
5–96.8% · 1,276
10–157.9% · 1,465
16–195.8% · 1,074
20–249.7% · 1,800
25–3415.0% · 2,793
35–4920.2% · 3,768
50–6414.8% · 2,766
65–746.9% · 1,283
75–843.7% · 687
85+1.5% · 275
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van46.9% · 3,420
1 car or van38.8% · 2,831
2 cars or vans11.2% · 814
3 or more3.2% · 231
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bolton overall: 61.5% owned, 19.8% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright19.2% · 1,400
With mortgage11.4% · 832
Shared ownership0.4% · 32
Social rented34.4% · 2,513
Private rented34.0% · 2,478
Lives rent free0.6% · 43
Type of home
Detached house5.7% · 418
Semi-detached house13.3% · 972
Terraced house39.9% · 2,909
Purpose-built flat34.3% · 2,499
Converted house2.6% · 190
Other conversion2.4% · 173
Above shop / office1.3% · 97
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 36
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014832- Constituency
- Bolton North East, Bolton South and Walkden
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 20
Council offices in this ward
COne Stop Shop Bolton CouncilCouncil office · BL1 1RJTBolton Town HallTown hall · BL1 1RUCThe SquareCouncil office · BL1 1RZ
Other wards in the same constituency
AAstley Bridge19.0% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned15,426BBradshaw27.4% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned11,579BBreightmet17.7% aged 65+ · 53.8% owned17,526BBromley Cross23.6% aged 65+ · 82.8% owned12,446FFarnworth North13.7% aged 65+ · 55.2% owned13,199FFarnworth South13.8% aged 65+ · 50.0% owned15,303GGreat Lever9.9% aged 65+ · 47.3% owned19,838HHalliwell11.1% aged 65+ · 46.5% owned15,797HHulton18.7% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned13,632KKearsley18.2% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned12,569LLittle Lever & Darcy Lever23.2% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned12,363RRumworth9.5% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned18,231TTonge with the Haulgh15.1% aged 65+ · 49.4% owned15,639
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.