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Whitefield

Whitefield is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 23,545. It has around 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 29 restaurants and cafés, along with 67 bus stops and Clifton railway station 3.3 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Whitefield area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bury area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 193,851 residents at roughly 1,949 people per km².

Council
Bury
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Bury South
Police force
Greater Manchester
30/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 279th of 294 English council areas — better than 5% of them.

Low crime23
Home affordability67
Affordable rents58
Good schools6
Life expectancy24
Low deprivation35
Employment25
Low council tax20

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

11°CClear

  • Today: 18° / 10° · 71% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:34

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

55US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

165 reported road collisions (2024)

46 killed or seriously injured · 212 casualties · 8.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

333 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 251 rated 4–5 ★ (203 top)
  • 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Clifton (3.2 km)
  • 56 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Clifton (3.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£238,446 average 3.3% YoY

Across Bury · to 2026-06

Detached£405,531
Semi-detached£266,129
Terraced£198,808
Flat£132,500

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£969 average monthly rent 1.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £686
  • 2 bed £888
  • 3 bed £1,064

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (7.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (2.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 181.7p · Asda (10.7 km)

68 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

89 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Morrisons Whitefield (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches31
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

193,851 residents in Bury · 1,949/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 110 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

10% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,555 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (36% of 85,370)

A £1,703
B £1,987
C £2,271
D £2,555
E £3,123
F £3,691
G £4,259
H £5,110

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

91 schools · 28,108 pupils

64 primary · 14 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 32 of 43 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

80inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Hazel Wood High SchoolGood
  • Parrenthorn High SchoolGood
  • St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
  • The Heys SchoolGood
  • Unsworth AcademyGood
  • Bury Church of England High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Manchester Mesivta SchoolRequires improvement
  • Philips High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Tottington High SchoolRequires improvement
  • St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
  • Star Radcliffe Academy
  • The Derby High School
  • The Elton High School
  • Woodhey High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bury

Care & health services

206 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes53
  • GP practices36
  • Dentists46
  • Homecare agencies54
  • Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bury

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (All Saints, Whitefield)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

168 applications decided

80.4% granted · 135 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 31
  • Con 3
  • Ref 6
  • Oth 11

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools14
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens1422
  • Restaurants & cafés34

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,750 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

76 jobs advertised · £31,493 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Amazon Now E-Bike Delivery Partner - Earn £13 - £15 per hour*, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Whitefield – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£725 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,068 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 90,853 certificates

11.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 82.3 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 57.4 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bury South:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • All Saints' Church, Stand · 0.1 km

    All Saints' Church or Stand Church is an active Anglican parish church in Stand, Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England. It is in the deanery of Radcliffe and Prestwich, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of…

  • Whitefield, Greater Manchester · 0.2 km

    Whitefield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It lies on undulating ground above the Irwell Valley, along the south bank of the River Irwell, 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Bury…

  • Whitefield tram stop · 0.3 km

    Whitefield tram stop is in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England, on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system.

  • Whitefield Town Hall · 0.4 km

    Whitefield Town Hall was a municipal building off Pinfold Lane, Whitefield, a town in Greater Manchester in England. The building, which served as the offices and meeting place of Whitefield Urban District Council, wa…

  • Besses United Reformed Church · 0.4 km

    Besses United Reformed Church is designated a Grade II building by Historic England. It is situated between Bury New Road and Bury Old Road at Besses o' th' Barn, an area of Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England.

  • Philips High School · 0.4 km

    Philips High School is a community secondary school in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Whitefield?
Whitefield is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Bury local authority.
What is the population of Whitefield?
Whitefield has an approximate settlement population of 23,545.
How deprived is Whitefield?
The Bury local authority, which includes Whitefield, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.