Besses
Bury · North West · population 8,610 · 5 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #5,564 of 6,856 in England
- #634 of 932 in North West
- #22 of 26 in Bury
- Most deprived 10-20%
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 17% · Caring & leisure 13% · Associate professional 12%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 17% |
| Caring & leisure | 13% |
| Associate professional | 12% |
| Elementary | 12% |
| Skilled trades | 11% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Sales & customer service | 10% |
| Managers & directors | 9% |
| Process & plant | 7% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 52% · No religion 35% · Muslim 6%
Born outside the UK: 14%
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
Besses is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,564 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 26 in Bury. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (91) but weak on Employment (13). Typical homes here, about £265,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 66% in five years (from 71 sales), 6% above the wider Bury median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,443 a year, in the bottom third of England.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £265,000 | 71 | +26.2% | +65.6% |
| Detached | £296,500 | 6 | -7.3% | +6.7% |
| Semi-detached | £280,000 | 39 | +4.0% | +47.4% |
| Terraced | £203,730 | 23 | +4.5% | +50.6% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=3) | |||
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Household income
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 ?
- #4,558 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime
No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Besses 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.
Other areas in Bury
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Vange & PitseaBasildon19£324,000
- Primrose Hill, Newsome & Berry BrowKirklees19£179,000
- Westfield & WaterthorpeSheffield19£170,000
- Shirebrook NorthBolsover19£169,500
- Conisbrough SouthDoncaster19£146,000
- Grahame ParkBarnet19£428,500