Heaton
Suburb · 4,850 residents
69Good
Good · better than 8 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- 7 GP practices within a short walk
- 100% of schools are rated Good or better by Ofsted
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Food & drink scores 35, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Heaton
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Heaton a good place to live?
Heaton scores 69/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for health (73) and schools (71).
It scores lowest on food & drink (35).
Safety isn't scored here: street-level police data for the area is incomplete, so the overall score leaves it out.
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Heaton in North West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Heaton
Heaton's streets are dominated by semis and detached houses with the kind of gardens that need a proper mower, and the mix of ages you pass on a walk to the shops tells you this is a settled place rather than a stopover — people move here and stay, they don't just pass through on the way up the ladder.
The housing picture backs that up. Semi-detached homes are the most common sale, most of it leasehold, and a median house price of £267,500 sits close to the national figure but comfortably above the regional one — this is a suburb that costs more than the Bolton average by a fair margin, roughly a third higher than the borough as a whole, so a For Sale board here is selling into a market that's pricier than its surroundings but not London-adjacent. Detached houses trade close to the national median, but semis in Heaton actually fetch more locally than semis nationally, which suggests the area's reputation carries some weight of its own. Schools-wise, Devonshire Road Primary holds a Good rating, and with a median age of 42 — older than both the regional and national norms — this reads as a place for people who've already done their moving around and are raising families or settling into a quieter stretch of life rather than young professionals chasing a first rung.