BL3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bolton, Willows and Daubhill, in Bolton.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BL3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 97% of people in BL3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BL3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of BL3?
BL3 had 72,147 usual residents at the census.
BL3 is the 36th most populated of 2,756 in the UK.
Deprivation in BL3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BL3 has no single figure. Of its 40 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 16 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BL3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton 016D | 2,090 | No figure | 1 | 65.0% |
| Bolton 018A | 1,745 | No figure | 2 | 100.0% |
| Bolton 018B | 2,010 | No figure | 1 | 98.6% |
| Bolton 019F | 2,298 | No figure | 3 | 92.7% |
| Bolton 020A | 1,461 | No figure | 7 | 99.8% |
| Bolton 020B | 1,744 | No figure | 6 | 99.5% |
| Bolton 021A | 1,990 | No figure | 1 | 99.8% |
| Bolton 021B | 1,794 | No figure | 1 | 94.3% |
| Bolton 021C | 2,293 | No figure | 1 | 99.5% |
| Bolton 021D | 1,691 | No figure | 1 | 88.9% |
| Bolton 021E | 1,575 | No figure | 1 | 98.5% |
| Bolton 022A | 1,845 | No figure | 1 | 95.5% |
| Bolton 022B | 2,402 | No figure | 1 | 82.5% |
| Bolton 022C | 1,746 | No figure | 2 | 100.0% |
| Bolton 022D | 1,786 | No figure | 2 | 100.0% |
| Bolton 023A | 2,017 | No figure | 1 | 97.6% |
| Bolton 023B | 1,458 | No figure | 1 | 98.2% |
| Bolton 023C | 1,641 | No figure | 2 | 100.0% |
| Bolton 023D | 1,658 | No figure | 2 | 99.3% |
| Bolton 023E | 1,697 | No figure | 3 | 99.6% |
| Bolton 024A | 1,539 | No figure | 2 | 99.8% |
| Bolton 024B | 1,435 | No figure | 6 | 100.0% |
| Bolton 024C | 1,955 | No figure | 4 | 99.9% |
| Bolton 024D | 1,170 | No figure | 8 | 99.8% |
| Bolton 024E | 1,274 | No figure | 8 | 99.4% |
| Bolton 024F | 1,467 | No figure | 3 | 99.3% |
| Bolton 024G | 1,225 | No figure | 8 | 100.0% |
| Bolton 025A | 1,410 | No figure | 1 | 100.0% |
| Bolton 025B | 2,282 | No figure | 1 | 100.0% |
| Bolton 025C | 1,732 | No figure | 2 | 92.0% |
| Bolton 025D | 2,074 | No figure | 1 | 99.9% |
| Bolton 025E | 1,657 | No figure | 2 | 100.0% |
| Bolton 026A | 1,754 | No figure | 1 | 94.6% |
| Bolton 026B | 1,827 | No figure | 4 | 99.0% |
| Bolton 026C | 1,530 | No figure | 6 | 80.3% |
| Bolton 026D | 2,370 | No figure | 1 | 99.5% |
| Bolton 027A | 1,604 | No figure | 2 | 94.8% |
| Bolton 029A | 2,939 | No figure | 4 | 100.0% |
| Bolton 030C | 1,596 | No figure | 4 | 98.5% |
| Bolton 030D | 1,615 | No figure | 6 | 99.7% |
MPs for BL3
- Yasmin QureshiLabourMP for Bolton South and Walkden56% of BL3’s postcodes
- Phil BrickellLabourMP for Bolton West24% of BL3’s postcodes
- Kirith EntwistleLabourMP for Bolton North East19% of BL3’s postcodes
- Christian WakefordLabourMP for Bury South0.1% of BL3’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in BL38
Postcode sectors in BL36
Council1
Towns in BL33
Postcode districts next to BL36
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BL postcode area2
BL3 in brief
BL3 is a postcode district covering Bolton, Willows and Daubhill, in Bolton.
About 76,432 people lived in BL3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £187,000 in 2025 across 501 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in BL3 was £187,000 in 2025.
BL3 had 72,147 usual residents at the census.
About 97% of people in BL3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BL3, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.