Bolton

Unparished Area in North West England

Contents: Population

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Name	Status	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2021-03-21	Population Estimate 2024-06-30
Bolton	Unparished Area	213,366	226,744	244,204	256,669
North West England	Region	6,729,764	7,052,177	7,417,397	7,737,414

Source: UK Office for National Statistics.

Explanation: Parishes as at May 2025. All population and corresponding area figures of parishes are based on assigning output areas by using population-weighted centroids. Thus, slight discrepancies are possible compared to the actual parish boundaries that are depicted in the map. No population figures (and the actual area) are provided for parishes smaller than output areas.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2024)
Males	127,541
Females	129,128

Age Groups (E 2024)
0-17 years	64,908
18-64 years	150,296
65+ years	41,465

Age Distribution (E 2024)
80+ years	10,836
70-79 years	19,385
60-69 years	24,832
50-59 years	31,212
40-49 years	31,686
30-39 years	35,792
20-29 years	31,506
10-19 years	36,667
0-9 years	34,753

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	196,707
EU	10,278
Europe (other)	924
Middle East & Asia	9,178
Africa	25,922
Other country	1,190

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	164,170
Asian	58,205
Black	10,822
Arab	1,738
Mixed/multiple	5,715
Other ethnic group	3,541

Religion (C 2021)
Christians	107,920
Muslims	58,281
Hindus	5,388
Sikhs	190
Buddhists	452
Jews	113
Other religion	767
No religion	59,728

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Bolton metropolitan borough

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