Property market
The five-year median is £232,000 from 2,966 recorded sales in BL8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Bury is £238,446 in June 2026, up 3.3% year on year.
BL8
UK postcode district
Part of Bury
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,566
- Current units
- 1,009
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 4
- Terminated postcode units
- 557
Postcode sectors in BL8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
20,256 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 8, Fairy Street, Bury, BL8 2QQ | 17 July 2026 | £137,000 |
| 40, Westcombe Drive, Bury, BL8 1DN | 13 July 2026 | £295,000 |
| 92, Wood Street, Elton, Bury, BL8 2QU | 10 July 2026 | £220,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 20
- Primary
- 15
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 12
- Months covered
- 8
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 11
- Criminal damage and arson 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- BL8 usual residents
- 36,145
- Age-profile population
- 35,880
Age bands in BL8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.5%
- 5,909 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- 3,731 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.5%
- 8,062 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- 9,880 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 23.1%
- 8,298 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 945 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 8.7%
In this district, 885 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 778 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
MILE LANE HEALTH CENTRE
80 MILE LANE, BURY, BL8 2JR
ODS code P83612
TOWER FAMILY HEALTHCARE
16 MARKET STREET, TOTTINGTON, BURY, BL8 4AD
ODS code P83012
WOODBANK SURGERY
2 HUNSTANTON DRIVE, BURY, BL8 1EG
ODS code P83017
Evidence in context
Schools
20 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
12 published events cover 8 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 11 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.