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Fairfield & Jericho

Bury · North West · population 8,215 · 5 LSOAs

Postcode BL9

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

7Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,360 of 6,856 in England
  • #786 of 932 in North West
  • #24 of 26 in Bury
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,151
Median age (est.)37
Density1,894per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above21%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 38%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 38%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 17%Other: 12%
One person 33%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 17%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Professional14%
Caring & leisure14%
Associate professional10%
Process & plant10%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 77%Asian: 11%Black: 6%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 77%Asian 11%Black 6%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 33% · Muslim 12%

Born outside the UK: 17%

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

Fairfield & Jericho is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,360 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 26 in Bury. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (52) and lowest on Crime (4). Typical homes here, about £172,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 38% in five years (from 54 sales), 31% below the wider Bury median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,968 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 9 · #6,257
Employment 6 · #6,462
Education 11 · #6,072
Health 8 · #6,318
Crime 4 · #6,551
Housing & access 52 · #3,288
Living environment 31 · #4,714

House prices ?

£172,000median (12m) · -2.3% yr · n=54
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£172,00054-2.3%+37.6%
Detached£338,0006+12.7%-19.1%
Semi-detached£210,00017+9.8%+51.1%
Terraced£154,00028+0.7%+40.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£172,000
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)£29,968±£4,200 · #6,406 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,736
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 ?

21Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Fairfield & Jericho 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.

Fernhill & Pimhole Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill (Rochdale) Walmersley & Limefield Buckley Wells & Fishpool Heywood Town (Rochdale) Higher Woodhill

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