Buckley Wells & Fishpool

Bury · North West · population 7,867 · 4 LSOAs

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

14Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,880 of 6,856 in England
  • #682 of 932 in North West
  • #23 of 26 in Bury
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,777
Median age (est.)36
Density3,740per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above26%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 13%25–44 28%45–64 24%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 22%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 12%Other: 16%
One person 31%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 12%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Elementary 13% · Sales & customer service 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Elementary13%
Sales & customer service13%
Process & plant12%
Caring & leisure10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors9%
Skilled trades8%

Ethnic group

White: 55%Asian: 38%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 55%Asian 38%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Muslim 39% · Christian 35% · No religion 20%

Born outside the UK: 27%

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

Buckley Wells & Fishpool is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,880 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 26 in Bury. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (67) but weak on Income (11). Typical homes here, about £199,975 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 47% in five years (from 76 sales), 20% below the wider Bury median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,421 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 11 · #6,120
Employment 15 · #5,804
Education 17 · #5,715
Health 22 · #5,318
Crime 13 · #5,941
Housing & access 67 · #2,233
Living environment 15 · #5,832

House prices ?

£199,975median (12m) · +8.1% yr · n=76
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£199,97576+8.1%+47.0%
Detached£275,0009
Semi-detached£230,00029+9.5%+35.3%
Terraced£177,00035+9.1%+51.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£199,975
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)£32,421±£4,565 · #5,845 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,554
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Buckley Wells & Fishpool 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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