BL8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bury, Elton and Tottington, in Bury.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BL8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BL8, 94.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BL8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of BL8?
BL8 had 36,713 usual residents at the census.
BL8 is the 567th most populated of 2,756 in the UK.
Deprivation in BL8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BL8 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BL8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bury 001F | 1,218 | No figure | 9 | 83.4% |
| Bury 002C | 1,480 | No figure | 9 | 90.0% |
| Bury 002D | 1,657 | No figure | 10 | 91.2% |
| Bury 003C | 1,477 | No figure | 8 | 53.8% |
| Bury 003D | 1,645 | No figure | 8 | 88.4% |
| Bury 003E | 1,524 | No figure | 6 | 90.7% |
| Bury 005A | 1,450 | No figure | 3 | 100.0% |
| Bury 005B | 1,238 | No figure | 9 | 99.0% |
| Bury 005C | 1,816 | No figure | 2 | 98.2% |
| Bury 005D | 1,191 | No figure | 9 | 98.5% |
| Bury 006A | 1,478 | No figure | 6 | 99.9% |
| Bury 006B | 1,481 | No figure | 10 | 100.0% |
| Bury 006C | 2,124 | No figure | 8 | 99.1% |
| Bury 006D | 1,441 | No figure | 9 | 98.9% |
| Bury 006E | 1,530 | No figure | 5 | 98.4% |
| Bury 009A | 1,546 | No figure | 2 | 98.4% |
| Bury 009B | 1,871 | No figure | 2 | 94.7% |
| Bury 009C | 2,013 | No figure | 6 | 96.8% |
| Bury 009D | 1,852 | No figure | 3 | 91.9% |
| Bury 010A | 1,413 | No figure | 10 | 100.0% |
| Bury 010B | 1,488 | No figure | 10 | 96.1% |
| Bury 010C | 1,565 | No figure | 9 | 100.0% |
| Bury 010D | 1,336 | No figure | 10 | 100.0% |
| Bury 010E | 1,533 | No figure | 9 | 99.3% |
MPs for BL8
- Mr James FrithLabourMP for Bury North99% of BL8’s postcodes
- Andy MacNaeLabourMP for Rossendale and Darwen0.8% of BL8’s postcodes
- Christian WakefordLabourMP for Bury South0.4% of BL8’s postcodes
- Kirith EntwistleLabourMP for Bolton North East0.1% of BL8’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
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Council1
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Nearest rail stations4
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BL8 in brief
BL8 is a postcode district covering Bury, Elton and Tottington, in Bury.
About 36,741 people lived in BL8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £260,000 in 2025 across 506 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in BL8 was £260,000 in 2025.
BL8 had 36,713 usual residents at the census.
In BL8, 94.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BL8, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.