Electoral wardE05014157
Moorside ward, Bury
Moorside is one of 17 electoral wards of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,963 residents in 4,950 households — 2,734 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bury North constituency.
Residents, 202111,963council ward average 11,403
Households4,9502.42 residents per household
Density2,734/ km²about 4.38 km² · Bury 1,949
Aged 65+15.8%Bury: 18.3% · under 16: 21.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.4% · 761
5–97.2% · 860
10–157.9% · 948
16–194.7% · 557
20–245.7% · 680
25–3414.0% · 1,679
35–4919.5% · 2,336
50–6418.8% · 2,249
65–748.9% · 1,061
75–844.9% · 582
85+2.1% · 248
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van32.5% · 1,611
1 car or van43.2% · 2,140
2 cars or vans19.3% · 955
3 or more4.9% · 245
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bury overall: 66.9% owned, 14.9% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright26.7% · 1,323
With mortgage27.2% · 1,348
Shared ownership0.9% · 43
Social rented22.5% · 1,113
Private rented22.3% · 1,105
Lives rent free0.4% · 18
Type of home
Detached house6.2% · 308
Semi-detached house30.9% · 1,529
Terraced house45.4% · 2,248
Purpose-built flat14.3% · 706
Converted house2.3% · 116
Other conversion0.4% · 22
Above shop / office0.2% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014157- Constituency
- Bury North
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 17
Other wards in the same constituency
BBury East12.0% aged 65+ · 45.6% owned13,312BBury West25.8% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned10,950EElton19.1% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned11,558NNorth Manor29.3% aged 65+ · 85.8% owned9,744RRadcliffe North & Ainsworth22.1% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned12,020RRamsbottom18.8% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned11,683RRedvales13.9% aged 65+ · 54.1% owned11,717TTottington22.0% aged 65+ · 82.7% owned10,067UUnsworth21.6% 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.