Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001007

Little Lever

Little Lever is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,065 residents in Bolton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bolton

10,065

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,393

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,432.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

75.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

18.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.5%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Little Lever

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

Tenure

Owned75.3%

3,308 households

Private rented12.5%

550 households

Social rented11.6%

511 households

Shared ownership0.3%

14 households

Lives rent free0.2%

10 households

Little Lever · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached65.8%

2,891 households

Terraced16.3%

714 households

Detached8.9%

390 households

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.1%

355 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%

15 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%

13 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%

12 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%

2 households

Little Lever · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44%

1,933 households

2 cars or vans in household28.6%

1,257 households

No cars or vans in household18.4%

809 households

3 or more cars or vans in household8.9%

392 households

Little Lever · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms50.3%

2,210 households

2 bedrooms28.9%

1,270 households

4 or more bedrooms13.9%

612 households

1 bedroom6.8%

300 households

Little Lever · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.6%

2,882 households

One-person household29.7%

1,303 households

Other household types4.7%

208 households

Little Lever · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36%

1,578 households

1 person in household29.7%

1,302 households

3 people in household17.4%

762 households

4 people in household12.5%

547 households

5 people in household2.9%

127 households

6 people in household1.2%

53 households

7 people in household0.3%

13 households

8 or more people in household0.2%

7 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Little Lever · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.8%

1,594 residents

15–2914.9%

1,498 residents

30–4416.8%

1,694 residents

45–6427.5%

2,766 residents

65 and over25%

2,512 residents

Little Lever · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.5%

9,516 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.9%

288 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%

137 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%

87 residents

Other ethnic group0.4%

38 residents

Little Lever · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above21.5%

1,791 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications20.9%

1,746 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications19.3%

1,615 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications15.2%

1,273 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%

993 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship8.6%

722 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications2.5%

208 residents aged 16 and over

Little Lever · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.9%

4,664 residents aged 16 and over

Economically inactive42.7%

3,561 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student1.4%

121 residents aged 16 and over

Little Lever · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.1%

1,514 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations15.4%

1,284 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations14.9%

1,243 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations13.7%

1,142 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.4%

786 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.7%

728 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.1%

674 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.2%

598 residents aged 16 and over

L15 Full-time students4.5%

378 residents aged 16 and over

Little Lever · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.4%

4,269 residents

Good health35.9%

3,617 residents

Fair health15.3%

1,539 residents

Bad health5.1%

510 residents

Very bad health1.3%

130 residents

Little Lever · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.1%

7,961 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act20.9%

2,103 residents

Little Lever · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44.1%

1,936 households

Household is deprived in one dimension35.5%

1,558 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions16.2%

712 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions4.1%

179 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%

5 households

Little Lever · 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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GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02001007

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Little Lever

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 Little Lever

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.