Whitefield East

Bury · North West · population 5,699 · 4 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,968 of 6,856 in England
  • #541 of 932 in North West
  • #20 of 26 in Bury
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,680
Median age (est.)40
Density2,876per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above34%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 31%45–64 26%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 20%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 11%Other: 12%
One person 39%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 11%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 9%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 3%
White 82%Asian 9%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 32% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Whitefield East is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,968 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 26 in Bury. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (97) but weak on Crime (17). Typical homes here, about £238,250 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 78 sales), in line with the wider Bury median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,833 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 33 · #4,570
Employment 21 · #5,420
Education 50 · #3,405
Health 20 · #5,496
Crime 17 · #5,708
Housing & access 97 · #176
Living environment 22 · #5,324

House prices ?

£238,250median (12m) · +3.6% yr · n=78
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£238,25078+3.6%+30.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£254,00030+1.6%+32.3%
Terraced£223,00035+11.1%+46.7%
Flat£160,0009+30.6%-15.8%
This area£238,250
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)£33,833±£4,809 · #5,397 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,984
Price-to-income ?7.0×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Whitefield East 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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