Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000992

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,303 residents in Bolton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bolton

6,303

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,760

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

713.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

77.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.4%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned77%

2,125 households

Private rented14.7%

405 households

Social rented8%

221 households

Shared ownership0.3%

7 households

Lives rent free0.1%

2 households

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached43.8%

1,208 households

Detached25.1%

694 households

Terraced23.9%

660 households

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.1%

168 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%

12 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%

11 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%

6 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%

2 households

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.4%

1,198 households

2 cars or vans in household33.3%

919 households

No cars or vans in household13.9%

384 households

3 or more cars or vans in household9.4%

259 households

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.8%

1,291 households

2 bedrooms29.2%

805 households

4 or more bedrooms18.8%

520 households

1 bedroom5.2%

144 households

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.5%

1,835 households

One-person household29.3%

809 households

Other household types4.2%

115 households

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.8%

1,017 households

1 person in household29.4%

812 households

3 people in household16.8%

463 households

4 people in household12.7%

352 households

5 people in household3.4%

94 households

6 people in household0.7%

19 households

7 people in household0.1%

3 households

8 or more people in household0%

1 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.2%

1,021 residents

15–2915%

947 residents

30–4418.3%

1,152 residents

45–6427.5%

1,733 residents

65 and over23%

1,453 residents

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.5%

6,083 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%

96 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%

70 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%

36 residents

Other ethnic group0.3%

16 residents

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.4%

1,630 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications18.6%

966 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications16.7%

868 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications13.5%

700 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.5%

495 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship8.2%

425 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications2.2%

112 residents aged 16 and over

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.3%

3,085 residents aged 16 and over

Economically inactive39%

2,030 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student1.6%

84 residents aged 16 and over

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.2%

1,206 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations13.7%

710 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.1%

680 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations11.3%

589 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations10.6%

553 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.6%

551 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.3%

381 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.9%

305 residents aged 16 and over

L15 Full-time students4.3%

222 residents aged 16 and over

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.8%

3,079 residents

Good health33.5%

2,110 residents

Fair health12.7%

801 residents

Bad health3.7%

234 residents

Very bad health1.3%

81 residents

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.6%

5,210 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act17.4%

1,094 residents

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.5%

1,476 households

Household is deprived in one dimension31.6%

873 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions11.7%

322 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%

85 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%

4 households

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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Evidence ledger

Source and date are part of the record.

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Blackrod & Butterwick Fields

Usual residents

Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Life in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Source and date are part of the record.