Property market
The five-year median is £179,475 from 3,470 recorded sales in BL2. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Bolton is £202,770 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.
BL2
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,457
- Current units
- 1,152
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 305
Postcode sectors in BL2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
21,956 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 41, Boundary Drive, Bradley Fold, Bolton, BL2 6SE | 24 July 2026 | £257,000 |
| 3, Lichfield Avenue, Bolton, BL2 2LF | 21 July 2026 | £177,500 |
| 70, Hatherleigh Walk, Bolton, BL2 6TS | 17 July 2026 | £126,500 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 21
- Primary
- 15
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 9
- Months covered
- 8
- Latest month
- April 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 8
- Anti social behaviour 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- BL2 usual residents
- 47,216
- Age-profile population
- 47,344
Age bands in BL2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.8%
- 8,922 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- 5,160 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.4%
- 11,534 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.8%
- 12,220 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 20.1%
- 9,508 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,141 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 1,096 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 948 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
in this district
BRADFORD STREET SURGERY
65 BRADFORD STREET, BOLTON, BL2 1HT
ODS code P82033
HARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
HOUGH FOLD WAY, HARWOOD, BOLTON, BL2 3HQ
ODS code P82016
THE ALASTAIR ROSS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BREIGHTMENT HEALTH CENTRE, BREIGHTMET FOLD LANE, BREIGHTMET, BOLTON, BL2 6NT
ODS code P82018
THE DUNSTAN PARTNERSHIP
BREIGHTMET HEALTH CENTRE, BREIGHTMET FOLD LANE, BREIGHTMET, BOLTON, BL2 6NT
ODS code P82001
TONGE FOLD HEALTH CENTRE
HILTON ST, TONGE FOLD, BOLTON, BL2 6DY
ODS code P82011
Evidence in context
Schools
21 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
9 published events cover 8 months, averaging 1 event per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.