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Tonge

Middle area

East Bolton. 9,847 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Tonge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£168,000
Joint 782nd cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,178
Joint 1,921st most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Tonge

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 Tonge compares

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

TongeMiddle
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. Tonge is £168,000.
£168,00011th cheapest
Population35 middle areas, Bolton · 2021
Population: every middle area in Bolton35 areas from 6,106 to 10,773. The middle area is 8,465. Tonge is 9,178.
9,1789th most 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%. Tonge is 100.0%.
100%joint most 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%. Tonge is 98.2%.
98.2%10th highest

What is the population of Tonge?

Tonge had 9,178 usual residents at the census.

Tonge is the joint 1,921st most 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 Tonge 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
Tonge in brief

The median price paid for a home in Tonge was £168,000 in 2025.

Tonge had 9,178 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Tonge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Tonge, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.