Electoral wardE05014837
Westhoughton South ward, Bolton
Westhoughton South is one of 20 electoral wards of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,305 residents in 6,066 households — 2,204 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bolton West constituency.
Residents, 202114,305council ward average 14,798
Households6,0662.36 residents per household
Density2,204/ km²about 6.49 km² · Bolton 2,118
Aged 65+18.1%Bolton: 17.1% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 747
5–95.6% · 803
10–157.8% · 1,110
16–194.1% · 585
20–245.1% · 726
25–3412.1% · 1,737
35–4919.4% · 2,770
50–6422.6% · 3,235
65–7411.1% · 1,585
75–845.3% · 761
85+1.7% · 246
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.3% · 1,111
1 car or van39.6% · 2,404
2 cars or vans32.0% · 1,940
3 or more10.0% · 609
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bolton overall: 61.5% owned, 19.8% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright34.8% · 2,113
With mortgage36.7% · 2,225
Shared ownership0.3% · 21
Social rented17.2% · 1,044
Private rented10.8% · 657
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house29.4% · 1,783
Semi-detached house37.4% · 2,272
Terraced house24.2% · 1,470
Purpose-built flat7.7% · 467
Converted house0.6% · 35
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.5% · 28
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014837- Constituency
- Bolton West
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 10 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 North & Hunger Hill20.2% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned11,746
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.