Black Lane

Bury · North West · population 7,775 · 5 LSOAs

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

42Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,953 of 6,856 in England
  • #424 of 932 in North West
  • #12 of 26 in Bury
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,674
Median age (est.)42
Density2,441per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above24%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 9%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 13%Other: 15%
One person 30%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 13%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 13% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Elementary10%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 33% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Black Lane is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,953 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 26 in Bury. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (82) and lowest on Health (29). Typical homes here sold for about £190,000 over the past year, up 25% across five years (from 94 sales), 24% below the wider Bury median of £250,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,148 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,232 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 42 · #3,974
Employment 38 · #4,248
Education 41 · #4,049
Health 29 · #4,851
Crime 37 · #4,344
Housing & access 82 · #1,198
Living environment 35 · #4,481

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,00094+5.6%+24.6%
Detached£295,00018+8.9%+15.5%
Semi-detached£205,00037-0.4%+28.1%
Terraced£156,00036+10.6%+35.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£190,000
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)£33,232±£4,662 · #5,594 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,135
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

83Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Black Lane 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).

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