Ramsbottom

Bury · North West · population 8,998 · 6 LSOAs

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

54Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,145 of 6,856 in England
  • #344 of 932 in North West
  • #8 of 26 in Bury
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,040
Median age (est.)44
Density797per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above38%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 12%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 11%Other: 14%
One person 33%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 11%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors14%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service7%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 37% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Ramsbottom sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,145 of 6,856 in England, and #8 of 26 in Bury. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (69) and lowest on Living environment (18). Typical homes here sold for about £243,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 139 sales), in line with the wider Bury median of £250,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,105 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £39,082 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 62 · #2,596
Employment 57 · #2,925
Education 69 · #2,103
Health 49 · #3,487
Crime 42 · #3,940
Housing & access 43 · #3,912
Living environment 18 · #5,585

House prices ?

£243,000median (12m) · -0.7% yr · n=139
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£243,000139-0.7%+15.7%
Detached£416,25018+0.3%+38.8%
Semi-detached£284,95021-5.0%+21.3%
Terraced£226,00086+5.1%+26.4%
Flat£132,50014+2.7%-44.2%
This area£243,000
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)£39,082±£5,457 · #3,693 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,901
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

84Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Ramsbottom 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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