Property market
The five-year median is £210,000 from 3,195 recorded sales in BL6. 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.
BL6
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,433
- Current units
- 1,019
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 414
Postcode sectors in BL6
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
18,526 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 11, Harrier Close, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4GJ | 27 July 2026 | £125,000 |
| 7, Melbury Drive, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4NL | 22 July 2026 | £275,000 |
| 55, St Johns Road, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4ET | 21 July 2026 | £210,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 14
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 8
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3
- Other crime 2
- Other theft 1
- Anti social behaviour 1
- Criminal damage and arson 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- BL6 usual residents
- 31,311
- Age-profile population
- 30,998
Age bands in BL6
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 21%
4,968 residents
3,035 residents
7,824 residents
8,661 residents
6,510 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 982 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%
895 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 777 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 0 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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
KILDONAN HOUSE
RAMSBOTTOM ROAD, HORWICH, BOLTON, BL6 5NW
ODS code P82003
PIKE VIEW, DR MALHOTRA & PARTNERS
HORWICH HEALTH & WELLBEING HUB, VICTORIA ROAD, HORWICH, BOLTON, BL6 5PY
ODS code P82006
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.
Evidence in context
Schools
14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.