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Besses

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South east Bury. About 11,272 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.5 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 79% of people in Besses live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
11,083
1,958th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
79%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Besses compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

BessesMiddle
Population17 wards, Bury · 2021
Population: every ward in Bury17 areas from 9,748 to 13,475. The middle area is 11,286. Besses is 11,083.
11,0836th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 wards, Bury · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Bury17 areas from 33.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Besses is 79.0%.
79%4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage17 wards, Bury · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Bury17 areas from 87.9% to 99.0%. The middle area is 95.8%. Besses is 99.0%.
99.0%highest
Claimant rate17 wards, Bury · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Bury17 areas from 1.8% to 8.1%. The middle area is 3.7%. Besses is 4.6%.
4.6%6th highest

What is the population of Besses?

Besses had 11,083 usual residents at the census.

Besses is the 1,958th most populated of 8,397 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Bury

These figures are published for the whole of Bury, not for each ward, so they describe all of Bury and not Besses alone. See Bury

Average house price
£242,437
Up 2.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,767
87th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.8×
Joint 148th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
24.0
Joint 89th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Besses in brief

Besses had 11,083 usual residents at the census.

About 79% of people in Besses live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Besses, 99.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Besses, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.