Vehicle barriers in Bolton (Bolton)

Bolton (Bolton) is the Census 2021 built-up area E63001109 in North West. ONS counted 184,090 usual residents and a median age of 37.

The ONS size class for this settlement is Large. Largest industry groups among employed residents: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles at 19.7%, then Human health and social work activities at 15.3%, then Education at 9.7%.

Accommodation: Whole house or bungalow: Terraced at 37%, then Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached at 30.8%, then Whole house or bungalow: Detached at 16.1%, then Flat, maisonette or apartment at 15.9%. Tenure: Owned: owns outright at 32.3%, then Owned: owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership at 25.9%, then Rented: social rented at 21.9%, then Private rented or lives rent free at 19.9%.

The largest occupation group is Professional occupations at 17% of employed residents. Among residents aged 16 and over, 51.7% were recorded as employed.

Wholesale and retail is the largest industry group. Private service yards and retail-park lanes can take a rising arm.

The high street itself cannot. Terraced housing leads the stock.

Street frontages are a poor place for a boom. Private yards behind that housing are the sites worth surveying.

Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 and very small cells may have been suppressed by ONS. A barrier survey is on application and only for a private lane.

This readout does not invent a business park. Other settlements with their own barrier page in North West include Bootle (Sefton), Bramhall, Bredbury and Woodley.