6,017

Households

White Brit. · 76%

Ethnicity

Christian · 51%

Religion

Most deprived 40⁠–⁠50%

Avg IMD

Not available

Crime

£225,000

Median property price · Smithills · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 141 sales

343

Postcodes

Sold prices in Smithills

England & Wales

Property sales · Smithills

HM Land Registry · Smithills

Average price

£240,705

Median price: £225,000

Median +17.0% vs prior 12 months

Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 141 sales

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Recent sale price trend

Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 5 sales · avg £192,800

X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)

£298k£243k£187k

Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Sep '26

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

Police Recorded Crime in Smithills

England & Wales

Crime data not available: Greater Manchester Police currently supplies no data to police.uk.

Demographics in Smithills

Ethnicity

Total residents: 14,920

White Brit.75.8%

Pakistani6.7%

Indian5.9%

Other White2.8%

African2.2%

+ 14 other groups · 6.5%

Religion

Total residents: 14,925

Christian51.3%

No religion29.0%

Muslim12.0%

Not answered4.6%

Hindu2.5%

+ 4 other religions · 0.7%

Age groups

Total residents: 14,930

50–6419.8%

35–4919.1%

25–3413.0%

65–749.8%

10–158.0%

+ 6 other age groups · 30.3%

Households

Total households: 6,017

One person: other16.2%

Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children15.2%

One person: aged 66+12.3%

Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.3%

Single family household, all members 66+8.5%

+ 9 other households · 37.6%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Smithills

Area IMD profile

This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.

Most deprived 40–50%

Mean decile 4.79 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)

1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived

Overall this area reads as Most deprived 40–50% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.79 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Smithills

1% of postcodes (4 of 343) are in Flood Zone 3 and 2% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

Zone 34 (1%)
Zone 28 (2%)
Zone 1331 (97%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Transport in Smithills

Nearest bus stop, Ingledene Grove, is about a minute’s walk from the centre

Bus · 30 m

Ingledene Grove
Bus
30 m
Captains Clough Road
Bus
101 m
Moss Lane
Bus
128 m
Church Road
Bus
138 m
Pool Place
Bus
237 m

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · Bus

Amenities in Bolton

GPs make up most of the mapped places

40 GPs · 10 Libraries · 4 Museums · 61 in all

GPs40
Libraries10
Museums4
Universities4
Hospitals3

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

School applications

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Last place offered

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