BL8 postcode area · Bury

The BL8 postcode district spans 12 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Blackburn with Darwen, Bolton, Bury, Rossendale. Area Scores range from 14 to 96 across them. Every full BL8 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

The BL8 district contains both ends of the scale: Elton Vale at 96 out of 100 (#259 of 6,856 in England) against Buckley Wells & Fishpool at 14, an 82-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 7 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 2 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £175,000 in Whitehead Park to £370,000 in Summerseat — a 2.1× gap within the BL8 district. Note that the district straddles 4 local authorities — Blackburn with Darwen, Bolton, Bury and Rossendale — so its neighbourhoods answer to different councils.

Living here

Typical net household income£38,617a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates

Recorded crime29per 1,000 residents, 12m · excludes areas without published data

Median age (est.)46

Owner-occupied78%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in the BL8 district

£259,997median home sold over the past year · +30.3% over 5 years · +6.1% over the year · 460 sales

Detached£380,000

Semi-detached£262,750

Terraced£188,000

Flat£126,000

Bury£250,000

North West£225,000

England£300,000

Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →

Neighbourhood	Nat. rank	Area score	Median price
Elton ValeBury	259	96	£306,000
SummerseatBury	834	88	£370,000
Nuttall & TottingtonBury	1,218	82	£295,000
HarwoodBolton	1,424	79	£280,000
Walshaw & WoolfoldBury	1,630	76	£238,500
Ainsworth & Bradley FoldBury	1,876	73	£264,450
Tockholes, Edgworth & HoddlesdenBlackburn with Darwen	2,185	68	£350,000
HelmshoreRossendale	2,507	63	£260,000
RamsbottomBury	3,145	54	£243,000
Higher WoodhillBury	3,878	43	£269,000
Whitehead ParkBury	5,338	22	£175,000
Buckley Wells & FishpoolBury	5,880	14	£199,975

People living in BL8 Census 2021

Residents85,543

Median age (est.)46

Density588per km²

No qualifications15%

Degree or above35%

No car or van15%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 9%Private rent 13%

Households

One person 28%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups

Professional	22%
Managers & directors	15%
Associate professional	14%
Administrative	10%
Skilled trades	10%
Caring & leisure	8%
Sales & customer service	7%
Elementary	7%
Process & plant	6%

Ethnic group

White 90%Asian 6%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 30% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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.

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around BL8.

BL0 BL9 BL7 BL2 M26 BL11 BL78 BL1

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.