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Blackrod & Butterwick Fields

Middle area

West Bolton. 6,349 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 8.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 88% of people in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£237,500
Joint 2,385th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
6,303
3,215th least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
88%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
91.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields

Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019, so there is no figure for Greater Manchester.

Crime across Bolton

How Blackrod & Butterwick Fields compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price35 middle areas, Bolton · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Bolton35 areas from £107,000 to £335,000. The middle area is £200,000. Blackrod & Butterwick Fields is £237,500.
£237,5009th most expensive
Population35 middle areas, Bolton · 2021
Population: every middle area in Bolton35 areas from 6,106 to 10,773. The middle area is 8,465. Blackrod & Butterwick Fields is 6,303.
6,3032nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares35 middle areas, Bolton · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Bolton35 areas from 20.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Blackrod & Butterwick Fields is 88.0%.
88%11th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage35 middle areas, Bolton · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Bolton35 areas from 71.2% to 99.7%. The middle area is 96.8%. Blackrod & Butterwick Fields is 91.5%.
91.5%4th lowest

What is the population of Blackrod & Butterwick Fields?

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields had 6,303 usual residents at the census.

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields is the 3,215th least populated of 9,448 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Bolton

These figures are published for the whole of Bolton, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Bolton and not Blackrod & Butterwick Fields alone. See Bolton

Average house price
£204,379
Up 5.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,186
36th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.0×
Joint 93rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
31.4
30th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Blackrod & Butterwick Fields in brief

The median price paid for a home in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields was £237,500 in 2025.

Blackrod & Butterwick Fields had 6,303 usual residents at the census.

About 88% of people in Blackrod & Butterwick Fields live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Blackrod & Butterwick Fields, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.