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Electoral wardE05014154

Bury West ward, Bury

Bury West is one of 17 electoral wards of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,950 residents in 4,643 households — 3,093 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bury North and Bury South constituencies.

Residents, 202110,950council ward average 11,403
Households4,6432.36 residents per household
Density3,093/ km²about 3.54 km² · Bury 1,949
Aged 65+25.8%Bury: 18.3% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.8% · 528
5–95.6% · 613
10–157.1% · 774
16–194.3% · 466
20–244.2% · 465
25–3410.4% · 1,138
35–4918.1% · 1,980
50–6419.8% · 2,166
65–7413.0% · 1,427
75–849.6% · 1,048
85+3.2% · 345

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.6% · 819
1 car or van40.4% · 1,876
2 cars or vans32.9% · 1,530
3 or more9.1% · 421
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Bury overall: 66.9% owned, 14.9% social rented, 17.7% private rented.

Owned outright45.3% · 2,105
With mortgage33.3% · 1,544
Shared ownership0.3% · 12
Social rented9.5% · 439
Private rented11.6% · 537
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house38.1% · 1,769
Semi-detached house35.1% · 1,631
Terraced house17.2% · 797
Purpose-built flat8.2% · 383
Converted house0.6% · 26
Other conversion0.3% · 12
Above shop / office0.6% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.