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Higher Woodhill

Bury · North West · population 5,674 · 4 LSOAs

Postcode BL8

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

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,878 of 6,856 in England
  • #414 of 932 in North West
  • #11 of 26 in Bury
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,695
Median age (est.)44
Density2,455per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above33%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 26%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 16%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 13%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 13%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional13%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 8%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 8%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 30% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Higher Woodhill is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,878 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 26 in Bury. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (82) and lowest on Employment (32). Typical homes here sold for about £269,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 52 sales), 8% above the wider Bury median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,208 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 41 · #4,029
Employment 32 · #4,639
Education 47 · #3,659
Health 37 · #4,310
Crime 45 · #3,768
Housing & access 42 · #3,988
Living environment 82 · #1,266

House prices ?

£269,000median (12m) · +4.5% yr · n=52
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£269,00052+4.5%+24.5%
Detached£342,50022-5.3%+4.6%
Semi-detached£237,50016+2.7%+17.6%
Terraced£222,5009+9.3%+85.4%
Flat£140,0005——
This area£269,000
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)£39,208±£5,587 · #3,656 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,658
Price-to-income ?6.9×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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Higher Woodhill 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.

Walshaw & Woolfold Walmersley & Limefield Whitehead Park Fernhill & Pimhole Nuttall & Tottington Elton Vale

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