Bury population, 2001–2024
Bury has an estimated population of 198,921 (mid-2024), up 10.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Bury local authority area.
198,921
population, mid-2024
+10.1%
since 2001
+5.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (198,921)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 198,921 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 196,719 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 195,046 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 193,866 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 193,604 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 193,763 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 192,900 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 191,896 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 190,470 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 189,254 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 188,406 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 187,093 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 186,632 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 185,422 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 184,755 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 183,885 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 183,000 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 182,713 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 181,809 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 181,028 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 180,999 | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 181,405 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 181,084 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 180,655 | — |
Food businesses
Bury has 293 takeaways, 300 restaurants and cafés and 68 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.98 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 14.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Bury local authority area (code E08000002), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.