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Some 25,824 people live in this large town, in Greater Manchester, North West.
Little Hulton is easy to get around without a car: nearly a quarter of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Buying the median home, at £195,000, takes 4.4 years of household income in the Salford council area. Residents’ health trails most towns (D−): men here can expect to live to 73.7, women to 78.9. Work and incomes lag: the mean household earns £39,131 a year.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · life expectancy and incomes, ONS · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · claimants, DWP. Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Little Hulton has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects still get grades, below.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Little Hulton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Little Hulton has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects still get grades, below.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things Little Hulton does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Little Hulton’s built-up area.
9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Little Hulton.
77% of Little Hulton’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, below both Greater Manchester’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (82%). Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects nearly a tenth of the town. 5 GP practices serve the town; 78% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. A disability affects 23% of people here.
| Census 2021 | Little Hulton | Greater Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.1% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 23% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
At the town’s 9 primary schools, 58% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Bridgewater Primary School’s results beat nine in ten schools in England like it. Below are two of its 11 schools, each with why it was picked. Secondary results at the 13 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 46.8, with 48% at grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 442 | A |
| The Lowry AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 884 | C+ |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
9% of its homes were built before 1919, below Greater Manchester’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (16%) alike. Little Hulton has 2 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The owner-occupied share of households is 44%. 16% rent privately, below Greater Manchester’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. Behind the median of £195,000: 668 standard sales inside Little Hulton’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £350,000 | 121 |
| Semi-detached | £220,000 | 273 |
| Terraced | £170,000 | 239 |
| Flat or maisonette | £90,000 | 35 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 22% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 23% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Greater Manchester’s towns (24%) and below England’s towns (27%). There are 0.7 jobs in Little Hulton for each resident in work. 13% of commuters who live in Little Hulton also work there. Also worth knowing: for 35% of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, lower than both Greater Manchester’s towns (32%) and England’s towns (34%). 14% of residents have reached 65. Half of Little Hulton is older than 34.7, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Little Hulton | Greater Manchester | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 24% | 25% |
| 65+ | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.8% | 5.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 24% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Greater Manchester and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Little Hulton. Best known first.
MuseumBolton Art Gallery, Library & Museum4.1 km outside town, to the north
Garden · RHSRHS Garden Bridgewater1.9 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic house · RHSWorsley New Hall1.9 km outside town, to the south
MuseumThe Bolton Steam Museum4.8 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumWinding House3 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumLancashire Mining Museum3.1 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
13 notable people were born in Little Hulton.
Shaun Ryder: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0
Large town in Greater Manchester, England
Little Hulton is a built-up area of 25,824 people, in the Salford council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Hulton | 25,824 | — | — | D | — | D− |
| Walkden | 18,684 | 1.2 | — | D− | — | C |
| Farnworth | 28,761 | 1.3 | — | C | — | D− |
| Kearsley | 11,117 | 1.8 | — | C | — | C− |
| Worsley | 11,958 | 2 | — | D− | — | A− |
| Tyldesley | 16,205 | 2.1 | — | B− | — | C |
| Astley | 4,735 | 2.6 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Wardley | 2,298 | 2.7 | — | D− | — | C− |
Wardley has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Walkden, Farnworth, Kearsley, Worsley, Tyldesley, Astley and Wardley have no Safety Grade: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish to police.uk. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
We can’t say from police.uk: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime data there, so Little Hulton has no Safety Grade. Greater Manchester Police’s own figures cover whole boroughs, not towns.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £195,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £90,000, terraced houses £170,000, semi-detached houses £220,000 and detached houses £350,000. Household incomes are lower than in 96% of UK towns, so cost of living grades D.
Band D council tax in Little Hulton is £2,594 for 2026–27, more than in 84% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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