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Whitefield East

Middle area

South Bury. 5,781 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.0 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 73% of people in Whitefield East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£240,000
Joint 2,422nd cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
5,679
Joint 2,355th least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
73%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Whitefield East

Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019, so there is no figure for Greater Manchester.

How Whitefield East compares

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

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Median sale price26 middle areas, Bury · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Bury26 areas from £145,000 to £365,000. The middle area is £255,000. Whitefield East is £240,000.
£240,000joint 10th cheapest
Population26 middle areas, Bury · 2021
Population: every middle area in Bury26 areas from 5,679 to 11,350. The middle area is 7,409. Whitefield East is 5,679.
5,679least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares26 middle areas, Bury · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Bury26 areas from 16.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Whitefield East is 73.0%.
73%4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage26 middle areas, Bury · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Bury26 areas from 79.8% to 99.4%. The middle area is 96.2%. Whitefield East is 97.0%.
97.0%12th highest

What is the population of Whitefield East?

Whitefield East had 5,679 usual residents at the census.

Whitefield East is the joint 2,355th least populated of 9,448 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Bury

These figures are published for the whole of Bury, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Bury and not Whitefield East 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
Whitefield East in brief

The median price paid for a home in Whitefield East was £240,000 in 2025.

Whitefield East had 5,679 usual residents at the census.

About 73% of people in Whitefield East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Whitefield East, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.