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Ainsworth & Bradley Fold

Bury · North West · population 6,125 · 4 LSOAs

Postcode BL2 · BL8 · M26

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

73Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,876 of 6,856 in England
  • #213 of 932 in North West
  • #7 of 26 in Bury
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,181
Median age (est.)45
Density932per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above33%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 23%45–64 31%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 42%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 42%Social rent 7%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 23%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional14%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 30% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Ainsworth & Bradley Fold is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,876 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 26 in Bury. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (82) and lowest on Crime (47). Typical homes here sold for about £264,450 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 83 sales), 6% above the wider Bury median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,005 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 82 · #1,266
Employment 66 · #2,301
Education 69 · #2,123
Health 56 · #3,007
Crime 47 · #3,638
Housing & access 52 · #3,295
Living environment 54 · #3,138

House prices ?

£264,450median (12m) · -1.6% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£264,45083-1.6%-2.0%
Detached£359,00033+2.4%+8.8%
Semi-detached£239,00028-4.4%+22.6%
Terraced£195,00021-4.9%+23.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£264,450
Bury£250,000
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£39,005±£5,436 · #3,718 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,999
Price-to-income ?6.8×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Ainsworth & Bradley Fold has not published usable street-level data for this period, so no rate or comparison is shown (a zero here would be misleading, not reassuring).

Official sources

Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Elton Vale Black Lane Breightmet North (Bolton) Whitehead Park Radcliffe Walshaw & Woolfold

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