# Farnworth

Town in Bolton, North West.

Farnworth is a town in Bolton, North West. Median sale price £175,750 in 2025. About 30,381 people.

Town. Code E63001172. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)

Farnworth is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Farnworth add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £175,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Farnworth was £175,750 in 2025. Joint 134th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/farnworth#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 28,761** (2021). Farnworth had 28,761 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 387th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/farnworth#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 95%** (2022). About 95% of people in Farnworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/farnworth#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.4%** (January 2026). In Farnworth, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/farnworth#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001172) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 95% of people in Farnworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001172) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 270 homes were sold in Farnworth in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001172) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Farnworth had 28,761 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E63001172) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Bolton, where most of this town lies. The outline is Farnworth.

## How Farnworth compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Farnworth | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £175,750 | 31st cheapest | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 28,761 | 61st most populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 95% | joint 33rd most people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.4% | joint 39th highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Farnworth?

Farnworth had 28,761 usual residents at the census.
Farnworth is the 387th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Deprivation in Farnworth, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Farnworth has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Farnworth

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bolton 027A](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004814) | 1,604 | – | 2 | 94.8% |
| [Bolton 027B](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004855) | 1,481 | – | 2 | 98.7% |
| [Bolton 027C](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004856) | 1,537 | – | 1 | 95.7% |
| [Bolton 027D](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004857) | 1,902 | – | 1 | 97.4% |
| [Bolton 029B](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004872) | 1,694 | – | 2 | 97.6% |
| [Bolton 029C](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004873) | 2,021 | – | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Bolton 029D](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004875) | 1,669 | – | 4 | 99.1% |
| [Bolton 029E](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004880) | 1,479 | – | 5 | 84.7% |
| [Bolton 032A](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004858) | 1,586 | – | 1 | 98.3% |
| [Bolton 032B](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004859) | 1,506 | – | 1 | 96.8% |
| [Bolton 032C](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004860) | 1,470 | – | 3 | 96.3% |
| [Bolton 032D](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004902) | 1,847 | – | 2 | 98.3% |
| [Bolton 033A](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004861) | 1,962 | – | 1 | 99.1% |
| [Bolton 033B](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004862) | 1,436 | – | 1 | 99.4% |
| [Bolton 033C](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004863) | 1,586 | – | 1 | 99.7% |
| [Bolton 033D](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004874) | 1,755 | – | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Bolton 033E](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004876) | 1,967 | – | 2 | 99.3% |

## Your MP

- [Bolton South and Walkden](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bolton-south-and-walkden): Yasmin Qureshi (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)

## Postcode districts covering Farnworth

[BL3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl3), [BL4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl4)

## Middle areas in Farnworth

[Farnworth North](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/farnworth-north), [Farnworth South](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/farnworth-south), [Harper Green](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/harper-green), [Highfield & New Bury](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/highfield-and-new-bury)

## Towns near Farnworth

[Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bolton), [Kearsley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kearsley), [Little Hulton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/little-hulton), [Little Lever](https://openindex.co.uk/town/little-lever), [Walkden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/walkden), [Atherton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/atherton)

## Farnworth in brief

Farnworth is a town in Bolton, North West.
About 30,381 people lived in Farnworth in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £175,750 in 2025 across 270 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Farnworth was £175,750 in 2025.
Farnworth had 28,761 usual residents at the census.
About 95% of people in Farnworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Farnworth, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001172
- Constituency: [Bolton South and Walkden †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bolton-south-and-walkden)
- Council: [Bolton †](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 5.34 km²
- People, mid-2024: 30,381*
- Neighbourhoods: 17
- Output areas: 84

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Kearsley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kearsley), [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bolton), [Little Hulton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/little-hulton), [Little Lever](https://openindex.co.uk/town/little-lever), [Walkden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/walkden), [Atherton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/atherton)

## Latest updates for Farnworth

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001172

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/farnworth, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/farnworth#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/farnworth