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Elton Vale

Bury · North West · population 7,351 · 5 LSOAs

Postcode BL8

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

96Area Score / 100 ?
  • #259 of 6,856 in England
  • #30 of 932 in North West
  • #1 of 26 in Bury
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,334
Median age (est.)52
Density2,522per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above35%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 27%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 57%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 6%
Own outright 57%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 4%Private rent 6%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 6%Other: 23%
One person 25%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 6%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional15%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 65% · No religion 25% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Elton Vale is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #259 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #1 of 26 in Bury. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (95) and lowest on Health (70). Typical homes here sold for about £306,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 92 sales), 22% above the wider Bury median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,495 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 95 · #313
Employment 85 · #1,006
Education 94 · #423
Health 70 · #2,089
Crime 86 · #937
Housing & access 76 · #1,671
Living environment 92 · #567

House prices ?

£306,000median (12m) · +5.5% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£306,00092+5.5%+24.1%
Detached£368,75038+5.4%+22.9%
Semi-detached£273,50047+11.2%+36.8%
Terraced£300,0007——
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£306,000
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)£38,495±£5,415 · #3,870 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,875
Price-to-income ?7.9×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Elton Vale 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.

Ainsworth & Bradley Fold Walshaw & Woolfold Whitehead Park Black Lane Higher Woodhill Breightmet North (Bolton)

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