Bury

Metropolitan Borough in North West England

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Name	Status	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2021-03-21	Population Estimate 2024-06-30
Bury	Metropolitan Borough	180,608	185,060	193,851	198,921
Bury	Metropolitan Borough	180,610	185,060	193,846	198,921	→
North West England	Region	6,729,764	7,052,177	7,417,397	7,737,414

Source: UK Office for National Statistics.

Explanation: Parishes as at May 2025. All population and corresponding area figures of parishes are based on assigning output areas by using population-weighted centroids. Thus, slight discrepancies are possible compared to the actual parish boundaries that are depicted in the map. No population figures (and the actual area) are provided for parishes smaller than output areas.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2024)
Males	98,206
Females	100,715

Age Groups (E 2024)
0-17 years	44,768
18-64 years	117,653
65+ years	36,500

Age Distribution (E 2024)
80+ years	9,748
70-79 years	17,032
60-69 years	21,928
50-59 years	25,833
40-49 years	25,172
30-39 years	28,041
20-29 years	21,982
10-19 years	25,665
0-9 years	23,520

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	170,444
EU	7,499
Europe (other)	807
Middle East & Asia	10,966
Africa	2,818
Other country	1,318

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	160,716
Asian	20,593
Black	3,690
Arab	715
Mixed/multiple	5,123
Other ethnic group	3,014

Religion (C 2021)
Christians	94,669
Muslims	19,243
Hindus	874
Sikhs	575
Buddhists	508
Jews	10,734
Other religion	649
No religion	57,008

Located in:

Greater Manchester metropolitan county