Electoral wardE05014168
Unsworth ward, Bury
Unsworth is one of 17 electoral wards of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,034 residents in 4,754 households — 1,151 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bury North and Bury South constituencies.
Residents, 202111,034council ward average 11,403
Households4,7542.32 residents per household
Density1,151/ km²about 9.59 km² · Bury 1,949
Aged 65+21.6%Bury: 18.3% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 470
5–95.7% · 630
10–157.7% · 854
16–194.3% · 470
20–244.7% · 515
25–3410.9% · 1,204
35–4919.3% · 2,133
50–6421.6% · 2,380
65–7411.1% · 1,227
75–847.8% · 865
85+2.6% · 286
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.9% · 849
1 car or van44.0% · 2,091
2 cars or vans30.3% · 1,439
3 or more7.9% · 375
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bury overall: 66.9% owned, 14.9% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright40.0% · 1,900
With mortgage34.8% · 1,653
Shared ownership0.5% · 24
Social rented11.3% · 535
Private rented13.4% · 635
Lives rent free0.1% · 7
Type of home
Detached house24.6% · 1,169
Semi-detached house43.6% · 2,073
Terraced house20.4% · 972
Purpose-built flat10.2% · 483
Converted house0.7% · 33
Other conversion0.1% · 7
Above shop / office0.3% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014168- Constituency
- Bury North, Bury South
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 17
Other wards in the same constituency
BBesses14.7% aged 65+ · 58.4% owned11,077BBury East12.0% aged 65+ · 45.6% owned13,312BBury West25.8% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned10,950EElton19.1% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned11,558HHolyrood17.8% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned11,199MMoorside15.8% aged 65+ · 54.0% owned11,963NNorth Manor29.3% aged 65+ · 85.8% owned9,744PPilkington 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% owned11,617RRamsbottom18.8% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned11,683RRedvales13.9% aged 65+ · 54.1% owned11,717SSedgley13.4% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned13,467
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.