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Bury

Town

Town in Bury, North West.

Bury is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Bury add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 97% of people in Bury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£236,000
Joint 409th cheapest of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
81,115
134th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
97%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Bury compares

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

BuryMiddle
Median sale price161 towns, North West · 2025
Median sale price: every town in North West161 areas from £95,000 to £700,000. The middle area is £222,000. Bury is £236,000.
£236,000joint 63rd most expensive
Population161 towns, North West · 2021
Population: every town in North West161 areas from 7,551 to 506,564. The middle area is 22,886. Bury is 81,115.
81,11519th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares161 towns, North West · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in North West161 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 29.0%. Bury is 97.0%.
97%joint 26th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage161 towns, North West · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in North West161 areas from 35.0% to 99.6%. The middle area is 95.7%. Bury is 95.7%.
95.7%joint 80th highest

What is the population of Bury?

Bury had 81,115 usual residents at the census.

Bury is the 134th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Deprivation in Bury, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Bury has no single figure. Of its 50 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 10 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in Bury

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Bury 003D1,645No figure888.4%
Bury 003E1,524No figure690.7%
Bury 004A1,546No figure299.9%
Bury 004B1,708No figure597.4%
Bury 004C1,857No figure399.7%
Bury 004D1,472No figure598.5%
Bury 004E1,488No figure897.8%
Bury 005A1,450No figure3100.0%
Bury 005B1,238No figure999.0%
Bury 005C1,816No figure298.2%
Bury 005D1,191No figure998.5%
Bury 006A1,478No figure699.9%
Bury 006B1,481No figure10100.0%
Bury 006C2,124No figure899.1%
Bury 006D1,441No figure998.9%
Bury 006E1,530No figure598.4%
Bury 007A1,450No figure580.6%
Bury 007B1,357No figure399.3%
Bury 007C1,776No figure295.8%
Bury 007D1,899No figure197.2%
Bury 007E1,670No figure199.7%
Bury 008A1,508No figure195.7%
Bury 008B1,734No figure197.8%
Bury 008C1,812No figure194.9%
Bury 008D1,454No figure298.3%
Bury 008E2,649No figure269.7%
Bury 008F2,193No figure394.7%
Bury 009A1,546No figure298.4%
Bury 009B1,871No figure294.7%
Bury 009C2,013No figure696.8%
Bury 009D1,852No figure391.9%
Bury 010A1,413No figure10100.0%
Bury 010B1,488No figure1096.1%
Bury 010C1,565No figure9100.0%
Bury 010D1,336No figure10100.0%
Bury 010E1,533No figure999.3%
Bury 011A1,697No figure495.4%
Bury 011B1,862No figure197.4%
Bury 011C2,235No figure296.8%
Bury 011D1,985No figure299.6%
Bury 012D2,022No figure699.5%
Bury 013A1,786No figure297.7%
Bury 013B1,571No figure692.4%
Bury 013C1,786No figure496.1%
Bury 013D1,734No figure594.1%
Bury 017A1,534No figure897.9%
Bury 017B1,448No figure999.8%
Bury 017C1,272No figure899.5%
Bury 017D1,618No figure799.9%
Bury 017E1,346No figure9100.0%

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Council1

Postcode districts covering Bury3

Middle areas in Bury10

Towns near Bury6

Bury in brief

Bury is a town in Bury, North West.

About 83,243 people lived in Bury in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £236,000 in 2025 across 1,049 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in Bury was £236,000 in 2025.

Bury had 81,115 usual residents at the census.

About 97% of people in Bury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bury, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.