Electoral wardE05014152
Besses ward, Bury
Besses is one of 17 electoral wards of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,077 residents in 4,630 households — 4,354 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bury South constituency.
Residents, 202111,077council ward average 11,403
Households4,6302.39 residents per household
Density4,354/ km²about 2.54 km² · Bury 1,949
Aged 65+14.7%Bury: 18.3% · under 16: 21.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 662
5–96.6% · 727
10–159.0% · 997
16–194.9% · 539
20–245.4% · 593
25–3414.3% · 1,582
35–4921.0% · 2,324
50–6418.2% · 2,019
65–747.6% · 840
75–845.4% · 601
85+1.7% · 191
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.4% · 1,224
1 car or van46.2% · 2,139
2 cars or vans21.7% · 1,007
3 or more5.6% · 260
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bury overall: 66.9% owned, 14.9% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright28.3% · 1,308
With mortgage30.2% · 1,397
Shared ownership0.3% · 16
Social rented25.2% · 1,166
Private rented16.0% · 742
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house10.3% · 475
Semi-detached house42.7% · 1,977
Terraced house32.4% · 1,501
Purpose-built flat13.8% · 637
Converted house0.2% · 8
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.6% · 27
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014152- Constituency
- Bury South
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 17
Other wards in the same constituency
BBury West25.8% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned10,950HHolyrood17.8% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned11,199PPilkington Park24.1% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned9,884RRadcliffe East13.9% aged 65+ · 59.0% owned11,278RRadcliffe North & Ainsworth22.1% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned12,020RRadcliffe West14.2% aged 65+ · 53.1% owned11,617SSedgley13.4% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned13,467SSt. Mary's17.5% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned11,279UUnsworth21.6% aged 65+ · 74.7% owned11,034
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.