Walmersley & Limefield
Bury · North West · population 8,038 · 5 LSOAs
Postcode BL9
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #4,378 of 6,856 in England
- #475 of 932 in North West
- #16 of 26 in Bury
- More deprived (bottom 40%)
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 19% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 19% |
| Associate professional | 13% |
| Managers & directors | 12% |
| Caring & leisure | 12% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Skilled trades | 10% |
| Elementary | 9% |
| Sales & customer service | 8% |
| Process & plant | 8% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 53% · No religion 28% · Muslim 13%
Born outside the UK: 10%
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
Walmersley & Limefield is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,378 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 26 in Bury. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (56) and lowest on Health (24). Typical homes here, about £226,250 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 46% in five years (from 124 sales), 10% below the wider Bury median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,537 a year, in the bottom third of England.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £226,250 | 124 | -5.7% | +46.0% |
| Detached | £360,000 | 19 | +7.0% | +44.0% |
| Semi-detached | £230,000 | 64 | -9.3% | +29.6% |
| Terraced | £200,000 | 34 | +8.1% | +37.9% |
| Flat | £130,000 | 7 | +4.0% | +22.9% |
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Household income
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 ?
- #2,209 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime
No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Walmersley & Limefield 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.
Other areas in Bury
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Rothwell InnerLeeds36£230,340
- ThornesWakefield36£220,000
- Dordon, Hurley & Wood EndNorth Warwickshire36£237,000
- Weston ClarenceNorth Somerset36£282,500
- South Norwood HillCroydon36£350,000
- Bishop's Castle, Brockton & ChirburyShropshire36£351,600