# Westhoughton

Town in Bolton, North West.

Westhoughton is a town in Bolton, North West. Median sale price £249,998 in 2025. About 22,743 people.

Town. Code E63001179. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)

Westhoughton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Westhoughton 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: £249,998** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Westhoughton was £249,998 in 2025. 468th 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/westhoughton#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 21,969** (2021). Westhoughton had 21,969 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 498th 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/westhoughton#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 46%** (2022). About 46% of people in Westhoughton 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/westhoughton#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.1%** (January 2026). In Westhoughton, 99.1% 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/westhoughton#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001179) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 46% of people in Westhoughton 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=E63001179) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 416 homes were sold in Westhoughton in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001179) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Westhoughton had 21,969 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E63001179) (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 Westhoughton.

## How Westhoughton compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Westhoughton | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £249,998 | 51st most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 21,969 | 78th least populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 46% | 75th most people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 99.1% | 3rd highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Westhoughton?

Westhoughton had 21,969 usual residents at the census.
Westhoughton is the 498th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Deprivation in Westhoughton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Westhoughton has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Westhoughton

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bolton 028A](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004891) | 1,540 | – | 6 | 99.7% |
| [Bolton 028B](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004893) | 1,525 | – | 10 | 98.9% |
| [Bolton 028C](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004894) | 1,925 | – | 6 | 98.5% |
| [Bolton 028E](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004901) | 1,764 | – | 10 | 99.1% |
| [Bolton 028F](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01033218) | 1,574 | – | 8 | 96.1% |
| [Bolton 031B](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004895) | 1,326 | – | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Bolton 031C](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004936) | 2,170 | – | 4 | 99.4% |
| [Bolton 031D](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004938) | 1,548 | – | 1 | 99.1% |
| [Bolton 031E](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004939) | 1,599 | – | 3 | 99.5% |
| [Bolton 035A](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004933) | 1,314 | – | 6 | 99.7% |
| [Bolton 035B](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004934) | 1,442 | – | 5 | 98.4% |
| [Bolton 035C](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004935) | 1,838 | – | 8 | 97.7% |
| [Bolton 035D](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004937) | 1,637 | – | 9 | 94.9% |
| [Bolton 035E](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/neighbourhood/e01004940) | 1,431 | – | 7 | 99.8% |

## Your MP

- [Bolton West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bolton-west): Phil Brickell (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 Westhoughton

[BL5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl5)

## Middle areas in Westhoughton

[Westhoughton Daisy Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/westhoughton-daisy-hill), [Westhoughton East](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/westhoughton-east), [Westhoughton West](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton/westhoughton-west)

## Towns near Westhoughton

[Hindley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hindley), [Atherton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/atherton), [Leigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leigh), [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bolton), [Horwich](https://openindex.co.uk/town/horwich), [Little Hulton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/little-hulton)

## Westhoughton in brief

Westhoughton is a town in Bolton, North West.
About 22,743 people lived in Westhoughton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £249,998 in 2025 across 416 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Westhoughton was £249,998 in 2025.
Westhoughton had 21,969 usual residents at the census.
About 46% of people in Westhoughton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Westhoughton, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001179
- Constituency: [Bolton West †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bolton-west)
- Council: [Bolton †](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 5.14 km²
- People, mid-2024: 22,743*
- Neighbourhoods: 14
- Output areas: 71

* 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

[Hindley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hindley), [Atherton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/atherton), [Leigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leigh), [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bolton), [Horwich](https://openindex.co.uk/town/horwich), [Little Hulton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/little-hulton)

## Latest updates for Westhoughton

- 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/E63001179

## How to cite

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

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

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