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.
High street businesses
Bury has 190 hairdressers and beauty salons, 80 pubs and bars, 90 licensed restaurants, 170 takeaways on the ONS business register (2025). Compare across the UK.
Rounded to the nearest 5, which is how ONS protects individual businesses from being identified.
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.
Common questions
What is the population of Bury?
198,921, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Bury local authority area. This page charts the full annual series back to 2001, so the figure sits in its twenty-year context rather than alone.
Is Bury growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 10.1% since 2001, from 180,655 to 198,921. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.