Electoral wardE05014834
Smithills ward, Bolton
Smithills is one of 20 electoral wards of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 15,358 residents in 6,186 households — 1,233 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolton West constituency.
Residents, 202115,358council ward average 14,798
Households6,1862.48 residents per household
Density1,233/ km²about 12.45 km² · Bolton 2,118
Aged 65+17.6%Bolton: 17.1% · under 16: 21.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 1,002
5–97.1% · 1,093
10–158.0% · 1,233
16–194.6% · 708
20–244.6% · 707
25–3412.7% · 1,946
35–4919.0% · 2,922
50–6419.8% · 3,037
65–749.9% · 1,514
75–845.4% · 833
85+2.4% · 361
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.4% · 1,322
1 car or van44.7% · 2,764
2 cars or vans26.8% · 1,660
3 or more7.1% · 439
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bolton overall: 61.5% owned, 19.8% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright36.1% · 2,234
With mortgage32.2% · 1,991
Shared ownership0.2% · 11
Social rented15.1% · 934
Private rented16.2% · 1,002
Lives rent free0.2% · 14
Type of home
Detached house13.0% · 801
Semi-detached house41.1% · 2,543
Terraced house37.4% · 2,310
Purpose-built flat6.0% · 374
Converted house0.8% · 52
Other conversion1.1% · 70
Above shop / office0.5% · 33
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014834- Constituency
- Bolton West
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 20
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% owned14,312HHorwich South & Blackrod19.7% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned14,117HHulton18.7% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned13,632RRumworth9.5% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned18,231WWesthoughton 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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.