Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 3 min4:40 am – 9:42 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 28 min8:23 am – 3:51 pm
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People8,704 residentsin the Little Hulton North census areaMedian age 32.73,466 households32% of homes owner-occupied15% owned outright51% social rented, 15% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting10.3% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 3,181 in work, 15% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 20%, health and social work 19%, construction 9%Getting to work: 17% work from home, 60% go by car, 11% take public transport, 11% walk or cycle65% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages21% of adults hold a degree or higher26% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 89%3% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C1,085 mm of rain a year, 30 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December37 days of air frost, 8 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesPeel Parkpark · under a mile · 7 haBlackleach Country Parkpark · 1.1 mi · 31 haAshton Fieldpark · under a mile · 8 haGreat Lever and Farnworth Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 22 haCorrie Street Allotmentsallotments · under a mileBridgeman Parkplaying field · 1.4 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes185 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197016 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197613 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 202647 mi away, Silverdale, LancashireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 12 · PM2.5 6.9 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband100% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,734 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation106 m348 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 72 to 119 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBolton Royal Hospital1.4 miGP surgeryCleggs Lane Medical Practice/12932 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyTims & Parker Pharmacy18 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistCleggs Lane Dental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi49 schools34 primary, 8 secondary, 1 independent, 4 special, 2 nurseryPrimarySt Paul's Peel CofE Primary Schoolages 3-11, 311 pupilsright herePrimaryDukesgate Academyages 3-11, 227 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryStar Salford Academyages 11-16, 389 pupilsunder a mileCollegeBolton College2.8 miUniversityUniversity of Greater Manchester2.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN14 miRailway stationWalkden1.5 miMetroRadcliffe (Manchester Metrolink)4.7 miBus stationBolton Interchange2.8 miFerryLiverpool Belfast Ferry Terminal Bootle25 miBus stops155 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the M38 postcode district.
