Bury

Metropolitan Borough in North West England

Contents: Population

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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	180,610	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	170,442
EU	7,480
Europe (other)	799
Middle East & Asia	2,826
Africa	10,972
Other country	1,315

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	160,731
Asian	20,602
Black	3,693
Arab	726
Mixed/multiple	5,081
Other ethnic group	3,023

Religion (C 2021)
Christians	94,658
Muslims	19,243
Hindus	869
Sikhs	575
Buddhists	509
Jews	10,736
Other religion	652
No religion	56,998

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