Electoral wardE05014836
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill ward, Bolton
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill is one of 20 electoral wards of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,746 residents in 5,081 households — 1,119 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolton West constituency.
Residents, 202111,746council ward average 14,798
Households5,0812.31 residents per household
Density1,119/ km²about 10.49 km² · Bolton 2,118
Aged 65+20.2%Bolton: 17.1% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 585
5–95.7% · 673
10–157.3% · 853
16–193.8% · 449
20–245.2% · 607
25–3411.6% · 1,361
35–4919.6% · 2,296
50–6421.7% · 2,543
65–7411.9% · 1,393
75–846.5% · 758
85+1.9% · 221
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.4% · 681
1 car or van44.7% · 2,271
2 cars or vans32.3% · 1,641
3 or more9.5% · 482
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bolton overall: 61.5% owned, 19.8% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright38.9% · 1,976
With mortgage36.3% · 1,841
Shared ownership0.7% · 38
Social rented8.5% · 431
Private rented15.5% · 789
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house31.3% · 1,588
Semi-detached house33.9% · 1,721
Terraced house24.9% · 1,264
Purpose-built flat9.3% · 471
Converted house0.5% · 23
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014836- Constituency
- Bolton West
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 20
Parishes in the ward
Westhoughton
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% owned18,231SSmithills17.6% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned15,358WWesthoughton 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.