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Outwood Gate

Bury · North West · population 7,389 · 4 LSOAs

Postcode BL3 · M25 · M26 · M45

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,680 of 6,856 in England
  • #503 of 932 in North West
  • #17 of 26 in Bury
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,487
Median age (est.)38
Density1,554per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above28%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 15%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 15%Other: 14%
One person 28%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 15%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary11%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 4%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 4%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 34% · Jewish 8%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Outwood Gate is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,680 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 26 in Bury. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (76) but weak on Crime (19). Typical homes here, about £240,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 40% in five years (from 79 sales), in line with the wider Bury median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,764 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 31 · #4,742
Employment 26 · #5,043
Education 34 · #4,529
Health 26 · #5,084
Crime 19 · #5,537
Housing & access 76 · #1,657
Living environment 45 · #3,755

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · +15.9% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,00079+15.9%+40.4%
Detached£365,00019+14.8%+40.4%
Semi-detached£240,00033+9.1%+34.1%
Terraced£183,00022+10.9%+30.7%
Flat£140,0005+7.7%+30.8%
This area£240,000
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)£36,764±£5,179 · #4,443 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,275
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

59Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Outwood Gate 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.

Radcliffe Whitefield West & Park Lane Black Lane Bank Top & Radcliffe Ees Little Lever (Bolton) Kearsley & Stoneclough (Bolton)

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