Bolton
8 datasets are currently published for Bolton. 2 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Bolton compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 47th of 361 (32.1 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: joint 272nd of 318 (shared with 4 other local authority districts) (£190,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 69th of 132 (18.3%).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count — Bolton: 9,950, July 2026 (-1.2% year on year, from 10,075). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Bolton: 111.0, June 2026 (+4.8% year on year, from 105.9). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Bolton: £190,000, Q2 2026 (+2.7% year on year, from £185,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Bolton: 18.3%, 2024/25 (-0.1 percentage points year on year, from 18.4%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Bolton: 17, Q1 2026 (+13.3% year on year, from 15). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Bolton: 309,732, 2025 (+0.3% year on year, from 308,904). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Bolton: 289, 2025 (-6.8% year on year, from 310). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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