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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001008

Lever Edge

Lever Edge is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,156 residents in Bolton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bolton
9,156

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,832

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,173.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

41.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

31.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.6%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Palfrey, Walsall10,264 residents · 47.0% owned · 34.2% no carDeeplish, Rochdale10,296 residents · 46.8% owned · 34.3% no carYardley Fields, Birmingham11,587 residents · 47.3% owned · 32.3% no carDarnall, Sheffield8,571 residents · 36.9% owned · 38.9% no carWardleworth & Newbold Brow, Rochdale10,362 residents · 49.2% owned · 33.3% no carDewsbury Moor Lower & Westtown, Kirklees7,039 residents · 54.8% owned · 27.7% no car

Most similar within Bolton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Rumworth North, Bolton9,343 residents · 38.3% owned · 41.2% no carRumworth South, Bolton8,470 residents · 54.9% owned · 29.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Lever Edge

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

Tenure

Owned41.3%
1,171 households
Social rented37.6%
1,064 households
Private rented20%
565 households
Shared ownership0.6%
17 households
Lives rent free0.5%
15 households
Lever Edge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced42%
1,189 households
Semi-detached40.5%
1,146 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.1%
315 households
Detached5.4%
153 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
18 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Lever Edge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.3%
1,282 households
No cars or vans in household31.7%
897 households
2 cars or vans in household18.4%
522 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.6%
129 households
Lever Edge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42%
1,189 households
2 bedrooms36.3%
1,027 households
4 or more bedrooms11.1%
315 households
1 bedroom10.6%
299 households
Lever Edge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.8%
1,863 households
One-person household24.7%
698 households
Other household types9.5%
269 households
Lever Edge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household24.6%
698 households
2 people in household20.1%
569 households
4 people in household15%
426 households
3 people in household14.5%
410 households
5 people in household11.9%
338 households
6 people in household7.9%
225 households
7 people in household3.4%
95 households
8 or more people in household2.5%
71 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Lever Edge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1528.9%
2,641 residents
15–2920.6%
1,884 residents
30–4421.1%
1,936 residents
45–6419.8%
1,808 residents
65 and over9.7%
885 residents
Lever Edge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh53.8%
4,926 residents
White28.4%
2,604 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African9.5%
868 residents
Other ethnic group5.3%
488 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3%
273 residents
Lever Edge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications32.3%
2,049 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.6%
1,306 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.6%
861 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.5%
854 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.4%
788 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.3%
270 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.5%
221 residents aged 16 and over
Lever Edge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive48.9%
3,103 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)47.8%
3,033 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.3%
207 residents aged 16 and over
Lever Edge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed22.4%
1,420 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17.6%
1,118 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.8%
815 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students12.6%
802 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.5%
606 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.9%
564 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.3%
526 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.9%
250 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.9%
245 residents aged 16 and over
Lever Edge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.3%
4,694 residents
Good health30.5%
2,796 residents
Fair health11.4%
1,045 residents
Bad health5.3%
482 residents
Very bad health1.5%
138 residents
Lever Edge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.7%
7,757 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.3%
1,398 residents
Lever Edge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension38%
1,075 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension27.2%
771 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions24.4%
690 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.7%
274 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.7%
20 households
Lever Edge · 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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