Housing in BL3 3BB
What the homes in BL3 3BB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Lever Edge
- Council
- Bolton
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,102 (2024)
BL3 3BBBolton
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (56.2%). Flats make up 20.9%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
27.7% of households in the BL3 3BB area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 11.3% of households, well below the England figure of 20.5%. 15.6% own outright and 12.1% with a mortgage.
- Owned27.7%61.3%
- Shared ownership0%1%
- Private rented11.3%20.5%
- Social rented59.9%17.1%
- Lives rent free1%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 3.0 people living in it. 31.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (29.5%). 38.5% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Bolton
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Bolton (August 2026, +11.1% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around BL3 3BB (Lever Edge) (about 2,102 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.