Bolton
Typical price
£205,000
+28% on 5 years ago
Sales in the last year
3,585
September 2025 to August 2026 · prices +65% on 10 years ago
Sales take a few months to be recorded, so the latest months are still coming in and this figure will rise.
People
295,963
At the 2021 census
New-build homes sold
278
In 2025, 6% of the homes sold
Find a street in Bolton
Type a street and tap it to see its sales.
No street by that name has had a sale here in the last few years.
Prices over time
The typical sale each year in Bolton.
By type of home
The typical price of each, over the last year.
The towns in Bolton
Each town and neighbourhood with its typical price over the last two years, lowest typical price first.
Rising fastest
How much the typical price has changed in five years.
Streets
Streets of houses across the whole of Bolton, from the last five years' sales.
The market
How many homes sold in Bolton each year, and how many were new-build homes sold.
Homes sold in 2025
4,429
10% more than 2024. 1% above the ten-year average.
New-build homes sold in 2025
278
6% of the homes sold.
Whole years only: 2025 is the last full year, and nearly every sale in it has now been recorded. This year will show once it is over.
New-build homes sold counts only new homes sold to a buyer. Homes built for the council or a housing association, blocks built to rent out, and most shared ownership homes are not sold this way, so more homes are built each year than this shows.
All homes sold New-build homes sold
Living in Bolton
The best-known places, getting around and the council.
Things to do
Photo: Mark Hammond · CC BY 2.0
StadiumToughsheet Community Stadium
Photo: SG2012 · CC BY 2.0
Historic houseSmithills Hall
Visit website ↗
Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA
MuseumHall i' Th' Wood Museum
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Photo: Griffdsp · Public domain
MuseumBolton Steam Museum
Visit website ↗
Photo: University of Salford · CC BY 2.0
TheatreOctagon Theatre
Visit website ↗
Photo: Geotek · Public domain
ParkMoses Gate Country Park
Photo: Mitt Doot · CC BY 3.0
ParkLeverhulme Park
Photo: Mf taylor2000 · CC BY-SA 3.0
LakeDean Mills Reservoir
Getting around
Who lives here
The people and homes of Bolton, at the last census in 2021.
The people
295,963 people
Ages
Aged 16 and over
The homes
118,790 households
How they are held
2.5 people in a typical home. 31% live alone.
25% of households have no car.
Typical pay
£34,186 a year
Before tax, for someone living here working full time.
Full-fibre broadband
93% of homes
can get gigabit broadband.
Schools
Rated Outstanding or Good at their latest one-word Ofsted grade, given in the last five years. Ofsted stopped giving one-word grades in September 2024.
Primary
Secondary
Council tax
What each band costs in Bolton, 2026 to 2027.