"To be and to feel economically secure is to live with dignity,
to be able to seize opportunities and to have a sense of hope
for the future. That requires sufficient and predictable resources,
of income and wealth, in relation to the costs and burdens of life.
But it also rests on secure work and a secure home, on education,
on good health, and on support and time for caring. It is sustained
by relationships of family, friends and community." — Graeme Cooke,
Director of Insight and Policy, JRF.
This is the Economic Insecurity spotlight page for Bolton.
Proportion of the population living in fuel poverty
Poverty index
This map shows the result of creating a poverty index for economic insecurity
by combining a number of leading indicators of poverty into a single number in the range 0 to 1.
A score closer to 0 means that the model is suggesting lower levels of economic insecurity in this area.
Astley Bridge
0.531Bradshaw
0.531Breightmet
0.531Bromley Cross
0.531Crompton
0.531Farnworth
0.531Great Lever
0.531Halliwell
0.531Harper Green
0.531Heaton and Lostock
0.531Horwich and Blackrod
0.531Horwich North East
0.531Hulton
0.531Kearsley
0.531Little Lever and Darcy Lever
0.531Rumworth
0.531Smithills
0.531Tonge with the Haulgh
0.531Westhoughton North and Chew Moor
0.531Westhoughton South
0.531
In the context of this model, a value closer to 1 indicates that a given place tends to rank higher relative to other places in metrics that
we have identified as contributing to economic insecurity. This does not necessarily mean that you are more likely to experience poverty in those
places, however.
How we calculate the index
The highest and lowest values will score 1 and 0, respectively, and everything else will fall
somewhere in between.
We create an average index across 6 metrics
economic inactivity
unemployment
mean weekly wage
median weekly wage
claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16-64
proportion of households that are fuel poor
This is a proof of concept. You can see the code and read more about the logic to create these stats here.
Key indicators
The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Bolton.
This chart shows the percentage of households in fuel poverty across the different
areas in Bolton.
In Bolton 18718
of 121321 households are in fuel poverty.
Astley Bridge
12.4% of households are fuel poorBradshaw
10.8% of households are fuel poorBreightmet
14.0% of households are fuel poorBromley Cross
9.2% of households are fuel poorCrompton
22.5% of households are fuel poorFarnworth
20.5% of households are fuel poorGreat Lever
22.0% of households are fuel poorHalliwell
22.5% of households are fuel poorHarper Green
16.0% of households are fuel poorHeaton and Lostock
8.8% of households are fuel poorHorwich and Blackrod
13.1% of households are fuel poorHorwich North East
11.7% of households are fuel poorHulton
16.0% of households are fuel poorKearsley
13.0% of households are fuel poorLittle Lever and Darcy Lever
10.8% of households are fuel poorRumworth
28.1% of households are fuel poorSmithills
15.1% of households are fuel poorTonge with the Haulgh
20.8% of households are fuel poorWesthoughton North and Chew Moor
9.2% of households are fuel poorWesthoughton South
9.2% of households are fuel poor
Percentage of people in low income households by their savings and investments
What's on this chart?
This chart shows the poverty rates by the savings and investments of adults in the family in Bolton.
The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household
income (after housing costs) in latest prices.
Percentage of jobs below living wage by gender and hours
What's on this chart?
This chart shows the percentage of jobs that are paid below living wage in Bolton.
Percentages can add to more than 100 as "All sexes" includes those already counted in "Men" and "Women".
This chart shows the gender pay gap as a percentage differenece in Bolton.
Gender pay gap (GPG) is calculated as the difference between average hourly earnings
(excluding overtime) of men and women as a proportion of average hourly earnings
(excluding overtime) of men. For example, a 4% GPG denotes that women earn 4% less, on
average, than men. Conversely, a -4% GPG denotes that women earn 4% more, on average, than men.
-301215369Part-TimeFull-TimeAllMedian gap (%)
All: 2.2Median gap (%)
Full-Time: 2.6Median gap (%)
Part-Time: -1.6Mean gap (%)
All: 12.1Mean gap (%)
Full-Time: 12.9Mean gap (%)
Part-Time: 0Go to the start of bar chart
People in low income households by ethnic group
What's on this chart?
This chart shows the poverty rates by ethnic group in Bolton.
The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.
These statistics have been three-year averaged and rounded according to the guidance on
statXplore.
This method helps smooth erratic series and so give more robust estimates as the FRS sample size
and coverage issues mean that single year results broken down below the level of UK region are
unlikely to be reliable.
This chart shows the poverty rates by marital/cohabiting status in Bolton.
The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.
These statistics have been three-year averaged and rounded according to the guidance on
statXplore.