Rising number of ’empty homes’ in Bolton sparks concerns

Data from the Office for National Statistics show 7,310 of 126,095 total dwellings in Bolton were unoccupied on census day in March 2021.

This means 5.8 per cent of the 126,095 total properties in the area were empty – up from 3.8 per cent in 2011, when the last survey was undertaken.

In England, the proportion of unoccupied dwellings has soared during the last decade, with 1.5 million, 6.1 per cent empty homes littered…