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Fernhill & Pimhole

Bury · North West · population 11,499 · 6 LSOAs

Postcode BL9

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

6Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,407 of 6,856 in England
  • #801 of 932 in North West
  • #25 of 26 in Bury
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,350
Median age (est.)33
Density4,836per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above24%
No car or van39%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 13%25–44 32%45–64 22%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 38%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 18%Private rent 38%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 15%Other: 13%
One person 34%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 15%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Process & plant 14% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Process & plant14%
Professional13%
Sales & customer service13%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional9%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 50%Asian: 42%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 50%Asian 42%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Muslim 41% · Christian 30% · No religion 23%

Born outside the UK: 33%

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

Fernhill & Pimhole is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,407 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 26 in Bury. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (41) and lowest on Living environment (4). Typical homes here, about £145,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 39% in five years (from 77 sales), 42% below the wider Bury median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,369 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 5 · #6,490
Employment 11 · #6,072
Education 8 · #6,284
Health 16 · #5,777
Crime 6 · #6,407
Housing & access 41 · #4,043
Living environment 4 · #6,606

House prices ?

£145,000median (12m) · +3.6% yr · n=77
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£145,00077+3.6%+39.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£195,0005+14.7%+48.3%
Terraced£141,50052+6.4%+45.5%
Flat£140,00019+22.0%+7.1%
This area£145,000
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)£30,369±£4,240 · #6,326 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,115
Price-to-income ?4.8×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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Fernhill & Pimhole 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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Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Buckley Wells & Fishpool Whitehead Park Fairfield & Jericho Higher Woodhill Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill (Rochdale) Redvales & Hollins

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