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People

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16,251

Resident population · 2024

3.7%

Population change · 2022 to 2024

1.1 percentage points higher than England

Bolton 3.4%England 2.6%

How do we know this?

Figure	Source	Period	Geography	Method and limits
Resident population Estimated usual resident population (mid-year estimate).	Office for National Statistics Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0	2024	Astley Bridge (Ward)	estimated, medium quality
Population change 2022 to 2024 (%) Percentage change between mid-2022 (revised) and mid-2024.	Office for National Statistics Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0	2022-2024	Astley Bridge (Ward)	estimated, medium quality

Method: Mid-year population estimates

ONS mid-year estimates are modelled from the 2021 Census, births, deaths and migration. Mid-2022 is the revised series. Ages are grouped: 0-15 means ages 0 to 15 inclusive, working age 16-64, 65 and over. Change 2022-2024 compares the revised mid-2022 with mid-2024 estimates for the same boundaries. Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-year estimates for council areas published by ONS from National Records of Scotland and NISRA (via Nomis), for 2022 to 2024, to match the England and Wales years. No small-area (ward or neighbourhood) estimates are held for them.

Homes

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£195,000

Median sale price · Year to Oct 2025

35% lower than England

Bolton £207,500England £300,000

Change in median sale price · Year to Oct 2025 vs a year earlier

1.7 percentage points lower than England

Bolton 3.8%England 1.7%

How do we know this?

Figure	Source	Period	Geography	Method and limits
Median sale price Median price of homes sold in the 12-month period (needs 10+ sales).	HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)	Year to Oct 2025	Astley Bridge (Ward)	aggregated, high quality
Change in median sale price over a year Percentage change in the median between consecutive 12-month windows. Not mix-adjusted.	HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)	Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024	Astley Bridge (Ward)	aggregated, high quality

Method: Price paid medians

Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.

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Schools in the area · Oct 2026

100%

Graded schools rated Good or Outstanding · 31 Aug 2026

8.8 percentage points higher than England

Bolton 93%England 91.2%

How do we know this?

Figure	Source	Period	Geography	Method and limits
Schools in the area Open schools (excluding children's centres) with a postcode in the area.	Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data Establishment records, pupil numbers, FSM, SEN, absence; Ofsted outcomes Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)	Oct 2026	Astley Bridge (Ward)	aggregated, low quality Indicative figure. Estimated or partial data for this area: treat it as a guide rather than an exact figure.
Graded schools rated Good or Outstanding Share of schools with a 1-4 Ofsted grade that are Outstanding or Good.	Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data Establishment records, pupil numbers, FSM, SEN, absence; Ofsted outcomes Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)	as at 31 Aug 2026	Astley Bridge (Ward)	aggregated, low quality Based on 4 schools. This percentage rests on a small number of schools, so a single school moves it noticeably.

Method: Schools in an area

Each open school is located by the postcode of its GIAS record, so it belongs to exactly one postcode district, ward, built-up area, constituency, council and so on. A school is counted where it is, not where its pupils live; pupils often cross boundaries. Children's centres are excluded. Phase and type are the GIAS labels grouped for display.

Method: Pupil-weighted school measures

FSM, SEN and absence percentages are school-level figures averaged with school roll (January 2026 census) as the weight; KS2 and KS4 measures are averaged with the number of eligible pupils (KS2) or the KS4 cohort as the weight. This equals the share of pupils in the area's schools, not of pupils living in the area. The England value uses the same method on the same files and is the comparator. Suppressed school values are skipped, so coverage differs by measure (the number of schools used is in the notes). Ofsted outcomes are the latest overall grade on record at 31 August 2026; schools inspected under the new report-card framework may carry no single grade.

Economy

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732

Companies registered in the area · 2 Oct 2026

45 per 1,000

Registered companies per 1,000 residents · 2 Oct 2026

46% lower than England

Bolton 85.5 per 1,000England 83.6 per 1,000

How do we know this?

Figure	Source	Period	Geography	Method and limits
Companies registered in the area (registered offices) Active companies whose registered office postcode is in the area. Registered office, not operating location.	Companies House Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)	2 Oct 2026	Astley Bridge (Ward)	aggregated, medium quality By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.
Registered companies per 1,000 residents Active companies with a registered office in the area per 1,000 residents (mid-2024). Registered offices only.	Companies House Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)	2 Oct 2026	Astley Bridge (Ward)	aggregated, low quality By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.

Method: Registered companies by area

Companies are placed by the postcode of their REGISTERED OFFICE, which is not a trading or operating location: accountants, formation agents and virtual offices register thousands of companies at one address, and many small companies use a director's home. Counts are of companies with status Active (including those with a proposal to strike off), by the section of their first listed SIC 2007 code. Incorporation counts cover companies incorporated in the window that are still on the register at 2 Oct 2026, so dissolved companies are missing and older windows are understated relative to newer ones. Companies per 1,000 residents divides by the mid-2024 resident population (England and Wales only) and is not a measure of business density where registration hubs exist. SIC section Z groups dormant, non-trading and unclassified companies.

Community

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Charities registered here · Oct 2026

Fewer than England here 1.1 per 1,000

Bolton 1.8 per 1,000England 2.7 per 1,000

Charities registered in the last 12 months · Year to Sep 2025

How do we know this?

Figure	Source	Period	Geography	Method and limits
Charities based in the area Registered charities whose registered address is in the area.	Charity Commission for England and Wales; OSCR (Scotland); Charity Commission for Northern Ireland Registers of charities (registered address, latest income, charitable purposes) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI terms apply: not the register itself, no direct marketing)	Oct 2026	Astley Bridge (Ward)	aggregated, low quality By registered address. Counts charities by their registered contact address (often a trustee or a head office), not where they work. England and Wales register only. Compared through charities based per 1,000 residents (Oct 2026): Bolton 1.8 per 1,000, England 2.7 per 1,000, here 1.1 per 1,000.
Charities registered in the last 12 months New charity registrations (registered address in the area) Oct 2025 - Sep 2026.	Charity Commission for England and Wales Register event history (registration, removal) Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Charity Commission terms apply: not the register itself)	Year to Sep 2025	Astley Bridge (Ward)	aggregated, medium quality

Method: Charities in an area

A charity is placed by the postcode of its registered/contact address (or the nearest postcode to its geocoded address; some are placed by the nearest postcode to a geocoded address), so counts show where charities are based, not where they work: a national charity with a London address is counted in London. Income is the latest annual income on the register, summed; it is dominated by a few very large charities. "Declaring the area" counts charities that name the local authority (or its county) as an area of operation on the register; it does not mean services are delivered everywhere in that area. Registered charities only; unregistered community groups, small charities below the registration threshold and removed charities are not counted.

Method: Change events

Events are dated records from public registers: company insolvency notices in The Gazette (loaded from July 2025, so the window is under 24 months), charity registrations and removals (Charity Commission register events), and school opening and closing dates (GIAS), where academy conversions, relaunches and mergers are labelled separately from genuine new schools and closures. They are located at the registered office, registered address or school premises, which is not necessarily where an organisation operates or where affected people live. Each council shows only its most recent events per type (cap per type); wards show all loaded events. The Gazette feed carries insolvency notices only, not planning, licensing or other notices. A notice is an event on the register, not a judgement about the organisation. No individuals' names are stored.

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55.8%17.8%25.2%

A small part 55.8%
Some 17.8%
Much 25.2%
Not yet assessed 1.2%

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What stands out about this place?

Findings where this place differs most from its surroundings, with the evidence behind each one. A difference is not a verdict: it is a prompt to look closer.

Neighbourhoodsmedium confidence

Lower than North West: Share of residents living in the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England (overall)

Share of residents living in the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England (overall) is 0.0% in Astley Bridge (2025), compared with 21.2% in North West (21.2 percentage points lower; n = 16,251).

0% here21.2% North West

How do we know this?

Source

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (LSOA 2021 ranks and deciles) (Open Government Licence v3.0)

Period

2025

Geography

Ward, compared with North West

Method

Summarising deprivation for an area. The Indices of Deprivation rank every LSOA in England; decile 1 contains the most deprived 10 per cent of LSOAs nationally. Ranks and deciles are ordinal, so they are never averaged. An area is described by (1) how many of its LSOAs fall in each national decile, (2) how many of its residents live in LSOAs of each decile (mid-2024 population apportioned to output areas, see the area apportioning method), (3) the share of residents in the most deprived 10 and 20 per cent of LSOAs nationally, and (4) the median decile of residents. IoD is a relative measure of small areas, not of individuals: most people in a deprived LSOA are not deprived and many deprived people live elsewhere. England only. Where an area straddles the England-Wales border the figures cover the English part only and are not published unless 90 per cent of residents are covered.

Limitations

This figure is an estimate; see the methodology.

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Homesmedium confidence

Higher than England: Change in private rents over a year (Bolton figure)

Change in private rents over a year is 11.1% in Bolton council area (Aug 2026), compared with 4.0% in England (7.1 percentage points higher).

Bolton figure

11.1% Bolton figure4% England

How do we know this?

Source

Office for National Statistics: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0)

Period

Aug 2026

Geography

Council area, compared with England

Method

Private rents (PIPR). The ONS Price Index of Private Rents measures the change in rents paid by private tenants, and publishes an average (mean) monthly rent per local authority from the same data. The figure is a mean, not a median, so a few very high rents pull it up, especially in London and where there are few lettings. It covers rents paid for homes let on the private market (not social rents) and reflects all tenancies in the stock, not only new lets, except in Scotland where the underlying data are mainly advertised new lets, which makes Scotland not directly comparable with England and Wales. Annual change is the change in the rental price index, not in the cash average. Rents are in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation. Averages by number of bedrooms are held for the latest month only.

Limitations

Change in the rental price index.
This figure is for the Bolton council area, not for Astley Bridge itself.

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Homeshigh confidence

Lower than North West: Change in the typical home sale price over a year

Change in the typical home sale price over a year is 0.0% in Astley Bridge (Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024), compared with 4.2% in North West (4.2 percentage points lower).

0% here4.2% North West

How do we know this?

Source

HM Land Registry: Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A) (Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright))

Period

Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024

Geography

Ward, compared with North West

Method

Price paid medians. Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.

Limitations

Covers the 12-month window Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024 only.

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Higher than England: Change in dissolutions on the prior 12 months

Change in dissolutions on the prior 12 months is 6.7% in Astley Bridge (Year to 1 Nov 2026 vs Year to 1 Nov 2025), compared with -3.2% in England (9.9 percentage points higher).

6.7% here-3.2% England

How do we know this?

Source

Companies House: Dissolved companies: advanced search API (one query per dissolution day since 2010), topped up from the live streaming feed; incorporations from the register snapshot of 2 Oct 2026 (to confirm (Companies House API terms; the register data is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0))

Period

Year to 1 Nov 2026 vs Year to 1 Nov 2025

Geography

Ward, compared with England

Method

Company dissolutions and net formation. Dissolutions are companies Companies House records as dissolved, counted on the dissolution date and located by the postcode of the registered office held at dissolution. That address is often an accountant, formation agent or liquidator, not where the company traded, so it says where a company was registered, not where a business closed. Every dissolution day since 1 January 2010 was fetched one day at a time and checked: the number of companies stored equals the number the register reports for that day. The latest window is the 365 days ending the latest complete day; the prior window is the 365 days before it; annual figures are complete calendar years. The route to dissolution (strike-off, end of liquidation, merger) is not recorded, so dissolutions are not split. Net formation = companies incorporated in the period (all that were ever registered in it, whether or not they have since been dissolved) minus companies dissolved in the period. The two groups are different companies and are located by different addresses, current for companies still on the register and last held for dissolved ones. Net formation compares registered offices, not jobs, trading or business closures.

Limitations

Registered offices are not operating locations; many companies are registered at an agent or accountant address.
Registered-office events are not new local employers, closures or job changes.

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Economymedium confidence

Decrease between Jul 2024 and Jul 2026: People claiming unemployment-related benefits (Bolton figure)

People claiming unemployment-related benefits in Bolton council area went from 11,845 (Jul 2024) to 9,770 (Jul 2026): down 17.5%.

Bolton figure

9,770 Bolton figure11,845 same place, Jul 2024

How do we know this?

Source

Office for National Statistics (Department for Work and Pensions data): Claimant count by sex and age, via Nomis (NM_162_1) (Open Government Licence v3.0)

Period

Jul 2026

Geography

Council area, compared with same place, Jul 2024

Method

Claimant count. The claimant count is the number of people claiming benefit mainly for being unemployed: Jobseeker's Allowance plus those Universal Credit claimants who are required to look for work. It is not the same as unemployment as measured by surveys: it misses people who are out of work but do not claim and counts some who are working part-time but claim. Under Universal Credit, more people have to look for work than under the old system, so figures after 2013 are not comparable with earlier years. The rate is claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64. Figures are for the month shown and are revised slightly the following month; the latest revised month is used.

Limitations

Claimant count, aged 16 and over.
This figure is for the Bolton council area, not for Astley Bridge itself.

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Neighbourhoodsmedium confidence

Lower than England: Share of residents living in the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England, judged on access to housing and services

Share of residents living in the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England, judged on access to housing and services is 0.0% in Astley Bridge (2025), compared with 21.1% in England (21.1 percentage points lower; n = 16,251).

0% here21.1% England

How do we know this?

Source

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (LSOA 2021 ranks and deciles) (Open Government Licence v3.0)

Period

2025

Geography

Ward, compared with England

Method

Limitations

This figure is an estimate; see the methodology.

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What's changing

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Recent dated records tied to this place. They are events, not judgements.

6 Oct 2026
Insolvency notice Liquidator appointed: Scouted London LtdRegistered office here, which is not necessarily where it operates
14 Aug 2025
New charity Charity registered: Cooking WizardsRegistered office here, which is not necessarily where it operates

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Sources used on this page

The Gazette (The National Archives / TSO): Corporate insolvency notices (category 24)Period: published 12 Jul 2025 to 9 Oct 2026 · Published: 9 Oct 2026 · Coverage: Companies with a UK registered office (the Gazette carries notices for England and Wales procedures and some Scottish and Northern Ireland ones, so Scottish places show counts) · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (The Gazette terms)
Charity Commission for England and Wales: Register event history (registration, removal)Period: to 3 Oct 2026 · Published: 4 Oct 2026 · Coverage: England and Wales · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Charity Commission terms apply: not the register itself)
Charity Commission for England and Wales; OSCR (Scotland); Charity Commission for Northern Ireland: Registers of charities (registered address, latest income, charitable purposes)Period: CCEW extract 4 Oct 2026; OSCR 7 Oct 2026 · Published: 4 Oct 2026 · Coverage: United Kingdom (registered charities) · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI terms apply: not the register itself, no direct marketing)
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (LSOA 2021 ranks and deciles)Period: IoD2025 (indicator data years vary by domain) · Published: 2025 · Coverage: England: 33,755 neighbourhoods (LSOAs) · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Companies House: Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshotPeriod: snapshot 2 Oct 2026 · Published: 2 Oct 2026 · Coverage: UK companies on the register (registered office postcode) · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data: Establishment records, pupil numbers, FSM, SEN, absence; Ofsted outcomesPeriod: GIAS 7 Oct 2026; pupils January 2026 census; FSM/SEN 2025/26; absence 2024/25; Ofsted as at 31 Aug 2026 · Published: Oct 2026 · Coverage: England (GIAS); Wales has establishment records without results · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
HM Land Registry: Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A)Period: sales to 31 Mar 2026 · Published: Apr 2026 · Coverage: England and Wales · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)
Office for National Statistics: Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024)Period: mid-2022 (revised), mid-2023, mid-2024 · Published: 7 Nov 2025 · Coverage: England and Wales (LSOA 2021) · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Office for National Statistics: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statisticsPeriod: monthly, January 2015 to the latest month in the release; 36 months held · Published: 16 Sep 2026 · Coverage: UK local authorities (England, Wales, Scotland), English regions and countries; Northern Ireland not held · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Office for National Statistics (Department for Work and Pensions data): Claimant count by sex and age, via Nomis (NM_162_1)Period: monthly, August 2023 to July 2026 (July 2026 is the latest revised month) · Published: 15 Sep 2026 · Coverage: UK local authorities (April 2023 boundaries) including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Companies House: Dissolved companies: advanced search API (one query per dissolution day since 2010), topped up from the live streaming feed; incorporations from the register snapshot of 2 Oct 2026Period: dissolutions 2 Nov 2024 to 1 Nov 2026; annual series 2010 to 2025 · Published: 2 Nov 2026 · Coverage: UK companies (registered office postcode)

Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.