Unsworth

Bury · North West · population 7,227 · 5 LSOAs

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

83Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,143 of 6,856 in England
  • #143 of 932 in North West
  • #4 of 26 in Bury
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,216
Median age (est.)47
Density1,317per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above35%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 4%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 10%Other: 18%
One person 27%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 10%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades8%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 7%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 7%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 24% · Jewish 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

Unsworth is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,143 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 26 in Bury. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (96) and lowest on Living environment (53). Typical homes here, about £317,750 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 50% in five years (from 92 sales), 27% above the wider Bury median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,898 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 77 · #1,575
Employment 70 · #2,055
Education 82 · #1,211
Health 60 · #2,720
Crime 57 · #2,932
Housing & access 96 · #252
Living environment 53 · #3,227

House prices ?

£317,750median (12m) · +8.1% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£317,75092+8.1%+50.4%
Detached£399,50037+2.4%+20.2%
Semi-detached£302,50033+5.8%+48.3%
Terraced£230,00019+9.5%+54.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£317,750
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)£38,898±£5,468 · #3,744 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,664
Price-to-income ?8.2×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Unsworth 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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