Is View Street in Bolton a nice place to live?

View Street is classified by the ONS as Pakistani Communities. View Street is in the top 30% of highest crime postcodes (see map). The road is one of the most deprived in the country

Geography

View Street is located in the Rumworth ward of the Bolton district in Greater Manchester.
Coordinates 53.567323, -2.444509
Grid Ref SD706079
Suburb Daubhill
Constituency Bolton South East
Postcodes BL3 6LE, BL3 6LJ, BL3 6LZ

House Prices

The average house price in View Street is 52.99% lower than the rest of Bolton. The last sale we have on record is 5 View Street, that sold for £90,000. The average house price in Bolton is £137,689 as of June 2023.

Average House Prices

Recent sales in View Street

Date No. Type Price
31/01/2020 5 Terrace £90,000

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Crime in View Street, Greater Manchester

There were no street crime incidents recorded by Greater-manchester Police in View Street during September 2024.

Crime Deprivation

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) government statistics have a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal crime. We have taken the lower super output area (LSOA) that includes View Street and compared that to the average for the Rumworth ward.

You are less likely to be a victim of personal crime in View Street, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Rumworth ward

Social economic statistics for View Street

These statistics are taken from the English Index of Multiple Deprivation's decile figures, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. As these are decile figures, a score of 1 for example would mean View Street is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean View Street is in the top 10% of least deprived LSOAs in the country.

Income Deprivation

The Income Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of the population in and around View Street experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around View Street are in the top 10% of most income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around View Street involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in View Street are in the top 10% of the most employment deprived in the country

Health & Disability Deprivation

The Health Deprivation and Disability Domain measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health. This does not include aspects of behaviour or the environment that may be lead to predicted future health and disability problems.
Residents in View Street are in the top 20% of the most health & disability deprived in the country

Index of Multiple Deprivation

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall relative measure of deprivation constructed by combining seven measures of deprivation. It encapsulates a broad socio-economic view of View Street, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in View Street are in the top 10% of the most deprived in the country

2021 Census for View Street

We chosen some choice data from the 2021 census, that will hopefully give you socio-economic a snapshot of View Street.

Unemployment in View Street

The census is now the only reliable source to find the proportion of residents that are unemployed or under-employed as the Department for Work and pensions no longer do so and haven't since the introduction of Universal Credit.
2.89% of View Street residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in View Street

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of View Street. The proportion of retirees on View Street is 9.92% lower than the national average of 18.6%.
8.68% of View Street residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in View Street

The proportion of home owners on View Street is 2.71% lower than the national average of 62%. 21.24% of properties in View Street are private rented and 19.47% are social rented.
59.29% of residents of View Street own their home

Country of Birth of View Street residents

The proportion if View Street residents born in the UK is 34.47% lower than the England national average of 82.65%. 51.82% of View Street residents were born outside the UK.
48.18% of View Street residents were born in the UK

View Street Summary

With house prices in View Street less than the average for Greater Manchester and very high levels of income depirvation, this is an indicator of a very poor road. View Street is the the top 10% of income deprivated streets in England. View Street has a lower level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in View Street maybe easier than surrounding areas.

View Street has very high levels of employment deprivation, suggesting that finding work in the local area maybe harder compared to the rest of the country.

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