Electoral wardE05014833
Rumworth ward, Bolton
Rumworth is one of 20 electoral wards of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 18,231 residents in 5,868 households — 7,651 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolton South and Walkden and Bolton West constituencies.
Residents, 202118,231council ward average 14,798
Households5,8683.11 residents per household
Density7,651/ km²about 2.38 km² · Bolton 2,118
Aged 65+9.5%Bolton: 17.1% · under 16: 28.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.1% · 1,472
5–99.2% · 1,669
10–1510.7% · 1,956
16–196.7% · 1,214
20–247.1% · 1,288
25–3413.5% · 2,452
35–4920.1% · 3,664
50–6415.3% · 2,791
65–745.6% · 1,016
75–842.9% · 531
85+1.0% · 176
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van37.5% · 2,202
1 car or van44.4% · 2,605
2 cars or vans13.7% · 806
3 or more4.3% · 254
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bolton overall: 61.5% owned, 19.8% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright29.1% · 1,708
With mortgage13.5% · 792
Shared ownership0.4% · 23
Social rented28.8% · 1,688
Private rented27.7% · 1,622
Lives rent free0.6% · 33
Type of home
Detached house6.4% · 378
Semi-detached house15.4% · 902
Terraced house62.1% · 3,643
Purpose-built flat13.5% · 791
Converted house0.9% · 53
Other conversion0.1% · 7
Above shop / office1.5% · 86
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014833- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden, Bolton West
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 1 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% owned14,117HHulton18.7% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned13,632KKearsley18.2% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned12,569QQueens Park & Central12.0% aged 65+ · 30.6% owned18,655SSmithills17.6% 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.