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Little Hulton

Little Hulton is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 13,469. There are 14 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Atherton, 2.1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Little Hulton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bolton area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 295,963 residents at roughly 2,117 people per km².

Council
Bolton
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Bolton South East
Police force
Greater Manchester
40/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 225th of 294 English council areas — better than 23% of them.

Low crime15
Home affordability80
Affordable rents63
Good schools69
Life expectancy20
Low deprivation15
Employment13
Low council tax61

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

16°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 23° / 14° · 16% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:30

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford M60, United Kingdom

Crime

Crime data is temporarily unavailable.

Road safety

310 reported road collisions (2024)

93 killed or seriously injured · 410 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

499 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 357 rated 4–5 ★ (254 top)
  • 39 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Walkden (2.0 km)
  • 76 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Walkden (2.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£202,770 average 4.9% YoY

Across Bolton · to 2026-06

Detached£377,904
Semi-detached£222,072
Terraced£166,229
Flat£116,964

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£884 average monthly rent 9.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £647
  • 2 bed £806
  • 3 bed £978

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (8.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (8 km)

49 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

61 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Walkden Gateway (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches45
  • Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

295,963 residents in Bolton · 2,117/km²

  • Under 16: 22%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 47 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

24% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,400 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (51% of 128,820)

A £1,600
B £1,866
C £2,133
D £2,400
E £2,933
F £3,466
G £4,000
H £4,799

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

146 schools · 55,431 pupils

97 primary · 18 secondary · 31 other

Ofsted: 47 of 51 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

128inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Essa AcademyGood
  • Harper Green SchoolGood
  • Kearsley AcademyGood
  • King's Leadership Academy BoltonGood
  • Ladybridge High SchoolGood
  • Little Lever SchoolGood
  • St James's Church of England High SchoolGood
  • Turton SchoolGood
  • Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
  • Smithills SchoolRequires improvement
  • Westhoughton High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Bolton Muslim Girls School
  • Canon Slade School
  • Eden Boys' School, Bolton
  • Sharples School
  • St Joseph's RC High School
  • Thornleigh Salesian College
  • University Collegiate School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bolton

Care & health services

277 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes59
  • GP practices63
  • Dentists54
  • Homecare agencies64
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bolton

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

227 applications decided

73.6% granted · 167 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Yasmin Qureshi

Labour

Bolton South and Walkden

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Lab 19
  • Con 10
  • LD 5
  • Grn 4
  • Ref 10
  • Oth 12

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools14
  • GPs & clinics6
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés36

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

37 jobs advertised · £34,947 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Early Career Teacher

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£675 median full-time weekly pay

5.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,182 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 134,384 certificates

12.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 39% · Wind 32% · Gas 11% · Imports 11%

49 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.3 women · 54.6 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bolton South and Walkden:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Little Hulton · 0.4 km

    Little Hulton is a suburb in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) south of Bolton, 7 miles (11.3 km) northwest of Salford, and 9 miles (14.5 km) northwest of Manchester. Within the boun…

  • Little Hulton railway station · 0.5 km

    Little Hulton railway station served the village of Little Hulton, Greater Manchester, England.

  • St Paul's Church, Peel · 0.7 km

    St Paul's Church, Peel is an active Anglican parish church in Little Hulton, Greater Manchester, England. It is part of the Diocese of Manchester and is a Grade II listed building. St Paul's serves the parish of Peel…

  • Little Hulton (ward) · 0.9 km

    Little Hulton is an electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Yasmin Quereshi MP for Bolton South and Walkden. A profile of the ward conducted by Salford City Council in 2014 recorded a p…

  • Walkden North · 1.1 km

    Walkden North is an area and electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Yasmin Quereshi MP for Bolton South and Walkden. Information from the 2021 Census recorded a population of 13,555.

  • St James's Church of England High School · 1.3 km

    St James's Church of England High School is a Coeducational Church of England secondary school located on Lucas Road, Farnworth in Greater Manchester, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Little Hulton?
Little Hulton is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Bolton local authority.
What is the population of Little Hulton?
Little Hulton has an approximate settlement population of 13,469.
How deprived is Little Hulton?
The Bolton local authority, which includes Little Hulton, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.