BL5 3PQ

Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill · Bolton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bolton
Local authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton West
Postcode district
BL5
Postcode sector
BL5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL5 3PJ 43 m
BL5 3PH 56 m
BL5 3AD 71 m
BL5 3PG 101 m
BL5 3NE 111 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL5 3PQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL5
Postcode sector
BL5 3
Latitude
53.561874
Longitude
-2.530718
British National Grid easting
364,944
British National Grid northing
407,380

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Bolton · E08000001
Parish or community
E04000003
Westminster constituency
Bolton West · E14001112
Output area
E00024229
Lower layer super output area
Bolton 031A · E01004776
Middle layer super output area
Bolton 031 · E02001014

Postcode source versions

Explore BL5

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, St Johns Avenue, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3PQ 10 January 2020 £123,000
10, St Johns Avenue, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3PQ 15 February 2019 £115,000
10, St Johns Avenue, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3PQ 10 July 2015 £93,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
39
Secondary
4
  1. The Gates Primary School

    Community school

    768 m
  2. Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km
  3. St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

11 female, 15 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.6
BL5 3 residents
12,379

Age bands in BL5 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

2,039 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,251 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.9%

3,193 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

3,670 residents

Age 65 and over
20.8%

2,660 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BL5 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

14

within 5 km

  • STABLE FOLD SURGERY

    119 CHURCH STREET, WESTHOUGHTON, BOLTON, BL5 3SF

    ODS code P82005

    1.2 km

  • UNSWORTH GROUP PRACTICE

    PETER HOUSE, CAPTAIN LEES ROAD, WESTHOUGHTON, BOLTON, BL5 3UB

    ODS code P82015

    1.9 km

  • ASPULL SURGERY

    ASPULL HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, HAIGH ROAD, ASPULL, WIGAN, WN2 1XH

    ODS code P92015

    3.8 km

  • KILDONAN HOUSE

    RAMSBOTTOM ROAD, HORWICH, BOLTON, BL6 5NW

    ODS code P82003

    3.8 km

  • PENNYGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    109 LADIES LANE, HINDLEY, WIGAN, WN2 2QG

    ODS code P92016

    3.9 km

  • PIKE VIEW, DR MALHOTRA & PARTNERS

    HORWICH HEALTH & WELLBEING HUB, VICTORIA ROAD, HORWICH, BOLTON, BL6 5PY

    ODS code P82006

    4.1 km

  • DR VASANTH

    ATHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, NELSON STREET, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0LE

    ODS code P92635

    4.3 km

  • MEADOWVIEW SURGERY

    ORMEROD HOUSE, ATHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, NELSON ST, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0LE

    ODS code P92626

    4.3 km

  • DEANE CLINIC 1

    HORSFIELD STREET, DEANE, BOLTON, BL3 4LU

    ODS code P82660

    4.4 km

  • ORIENT HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    216 WIGAN ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5QE

    ODS code P82624

    4.7 km

  • DR TUN & PARTNERS

    HINDLEY HEALTH CENTRE, 17 LIVERPOOL ROAD, HINDLEY, WIGAN, WN2 3HQ

    ODS code P92004

    4.8 km

  • ST HELENS ROAD PRACTICE

    GARNET FOLD PRACTICE, 374-376 ST. HELENS ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 3RR

    ODS code P82009

    4.8 km

  • BEE FOLD MEDICAL CENTRE

    25 BEE FOLD LANE, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0BD

    ODS code P92633

    5.0 km

  • HEATON MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 LUCY STREET, HEATON, BOLTON, BL1 5PU

    ODS code P82031

    5.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • St Johns Avenue

    BCT · Wingates

    0.0 miles
  • St Johns Avenue

    BCT · Wingates

    0.0 miles
  • Church Lane

    BCT · Wingates

    0.1 miles
  • Church Lane

    BCT · Wingates

    0.2 miles
  • Holden Lea

    BCT · Wingates

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 031A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,752 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

51 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 4 secondary schools. The Gates Primary School is the nearest published school at 768 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other crime with 1 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.