BL4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Farnworth, Highfield and Dixon Green, 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 BL4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 96% of people in BL4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BL4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of BL4?
BL4 had 35,271 usual residents at the census.
BL4 is the 639th most populated of 2,756 in the UK.
Deprivation in BL4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BL4 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BL4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton 027B | 1,481 | No figure | 2 | 98.7% |
| Bolton 027C | 1,537 | No figure | 1 | 95.7% |
| Bolton 027D | 1,902 | No figure | 1 | 97.4% |
| Bolton 029B | 1,694 | No figure | 2 | 97.6% |
| Bolton 029C | 2,021 | No figure | 2 | 100.0% |
| Bolton 029D | 1,669 | No figure | 4 | 99.1% |
| Bolton 029E | 1,479 | No figure | 5 | 84.7% |
| Bolton 032A | 1,586 | No figure | 1 | 98.3% |
| Bolton 032B | 1,506 | No figure | 1 | 96.8% |
| Bolton 032C | 1,470 | No figure | 3 | 96.3% |
| Bolton 032D | 1,847 | No figure | 2 | 98.3% |
| Bolton 032E | 1,795 | No figure | 2 | 97.9% |
| Bolton 033A | 1,962 | No figure | 1 | 99.1% |
| Bolton 033B | 1,436 | No figure | 1 | 99.4% |
| Bolton 033C | 1,586 | No figure | 1 | 99.7% |
| Bolton 033D | 1,755 | No figure | 2 | 100.0% |
| Bolton 033E | 1,967 | No figure | 2 | 99.3% |
| Bolton 034C | 1,597 | No figure | 2 | 99.6% |
| Bolton 034D | 1,310 | No figure | 2 | 94.8% |
| Bolton 034E | 1,296 | No figure | 6 | 97.3% |
| Bolton 034F | 1,397 | No figure | 3 | 100.0% |
MPs for BL4
- Yasmin QureshiLabourMP for Bolton South and Walkden98% of BL4’s postcodes
- Phil BrickellLabourMP for Bolton West2.1% of BL4’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 BL45
Postcode sectors in BL45
Council1
Towns in BL42
Postcode districts next to BL46
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BL postcode area2
BL4 in brief
BL4 is a postcode district covering Farnworth, Highfield and Dixon Green, in Bolton.
About 36,861 people lived in BL4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £183,500 in 2025 across 370 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in BL4 was £183,500 in 2025.
BL4 had 35,271 usual residents at the census.
About 96% of people in BL4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BL4, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.