BL5 postcode area guide — Bolton
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BL5 postcode district in Bolton — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BL5
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
93.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
74.6%
Gigabit-capable
73.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the BL5 postcode district (Bolton) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 685 postcodes Ofcom measures in BL5, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 93.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 73.5%.
Around 0.1% of premises in BL5 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in BL5
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BL5 1AA | 100% | 86.2% |
| BL5 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| BL5 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| BL5 1AE | 100% | 0% |
| BL5 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| BL5 1AG | 100% | 100% |
| BL5 1AH | 100% | 0% |
| BL5 1AJ | 100% | 0% |
| BL5 1AL | 5.6% | 0% |
| BL5 1AN | 85.7% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Bolton
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Bolton district (137,789 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
96.9%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
90.4%
Voice indoors — all networks
98.4%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
House prices in BL5
Based on 348 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in BL5 is £210,000, down 6.7% on the previous year (£225,000).
Detached
£345,000
86 sales
Semi-detached
£230,000
119 sales
Terraced
£165,000
105 sales
Flat / maisonette
£110,000
27 sales
Latest recorded sales in BL5
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £150,000 | Terraced | Manchester Road | BL5 1EH |
| 15 May 2026 | £100,000 | Semi-detached | New Drake Green | BL5 2RF |
| 12 May 2026 | £325,000 | Detached | Landedmans | BL5 2QB |
| 8 May 2026 | £263,000 | Semi-detached | Arundale | BL5 3YB |
| 1 May 2026 | £145,000 | Semi-detached | Jutland Grove | BL5 3TA |
| 1 May 2026 | £182,500 | Terraced | Victoria Street | BL5 3AR |
| 1 May 2026 | £155,000 | Terraced | Seddon Street | BL5 3QG |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £355,000 | Detached | Allerton Close | BL5 3UG |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £275,000 | Semi-detached | Perseverance Close | BL5 3FZ |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £370,000 | Semi-detached | Selbourne Close | BL5 3UH |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Bolton demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Bolton district (295,963 residents, 118,790 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21.5% |
| 15–29 | 23.3% |
| 30–44 | 19.3% |
| 45–64 | 18.8% |
| 65+ | 17.1% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 61.5% |
| Private rented | 18.2% |
| Social rented | 9.3% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around BL5
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westhoughton High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,342 | BL5 3BZ |
| St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill | Primary | 3–11 | 445 | BL5 2JU |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 417 | BL5 3DU |
| The Gates Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 290 | BL5 3QA |
| St George's CofE Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 247 | BL5 2FB |
| St Thomas CofE Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 239 | BL5 3HP |
| Eatock Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 238 | BL5 2ER |
| St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 210 | BL5 3NZ |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in BL5
168 rated food businesses operate in BL5. 99 hold the top rating of 5, 35 are rated 4, and 4 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Air Vault Trampoline Park, Aldi, Aramark @ MBDA Bolton, B & M Bargains, B's Bakery.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in BL5
From a sample of 121 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 BL5 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band C). 58% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
15%
Band C
43%
Band D
31%
Band E
8%
Band F
2%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Bolton
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.