BL9 postcode area guide — Bury
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BL9 postcode district in Bury — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BL9
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
87.9%
Gigabit-capable
86.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BL9 postcode district (Bury) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,314 postcodes Ofcom measures in BL9, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 86.5%.
Around 0% of premises in BL9 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in BL9
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BL9 0AD | 50% | 35.3% |
| BL9 0AH | 60% | 40% |
| BL9 0AJ | 100% | 94.7% |
| BL9 0AL | 100% | 25% |
| BL9 0AN | 50% | 50% |
| BL9 0AP | 100% | 100% |
| BL9 0AQ | 100% | 0% |
| BL9 0AR | 100% | 100% |
| BL9 0AS | 100% | 100% |
| BL9 0AY | 100% | 78.6% |
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Mobile signal around Bury
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Bury district (92,083 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
96.6%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
96.5%
Voice indoors — all networks
97.4%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
House prices in BL9
Based on 552 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in BL9 is £205,000, up 2.5% on the previous year (£200,000).
Detached
£355,000
78 sales
Semi-detached
£240,000
164 sales
Terraced
£164,000
228 sales
Flat / maisonette
£125,000
48 sales
Latest recorded sales in BL9
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2026 | £285,000 | Semi-detached | Ajax Drive | BL9 8EE |
| 18 May 2026 | £317,500 | Semi-detached | Burnley Road | BL9 5JY |
| 14 May 2026 | £145,000 | Other | St Johns Gardens | BL9 0QY |
| 8 May 2026 | £190,000 | Terraced | Birchfield Avenue | BL9 7JF |
| 8 May 2026 | £189,950 | Semi-detached | Inglewhite Close | BL9 9NT |
| 8 May 2026 | £200,000 | Terraced | Horne Street | BL9 9HS |
| 8 May 2026 | £405,000 | Detached | Burndale Drive | BL9 8EN |
| 8 May 2026 | £322,500 | Semi-detached | Heathfield Road | BL9 8HB |
| 8 May 2026 | £325,000 | Detached | Leyton Drive | BL9 9SL |
| 1 May 2026 | £155,000 | Terraced | Maxwell Street | BL9 7QA |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Bury demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Bury district (193,851 residents, 80,696 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20.1% |
| 15–29 | 22.3% |
| 30–44 | 19.6% |
| 45–64 | 19.7% |
| 65+ | 18.3% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 66.9% |
| Private rented | 17.8% |
| Social rented | 6.6% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around BL9
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bury Grammar Schools | Not applicable | 3–18 | 1,234 | BL9 0HN |
| St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,027 | BL9 0TZ |
| Unsworth Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 953 | BL9 8LP |
| Bury Church of England High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 802 | BL9 0TS |
| Hazel Wood High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 671 | BL9 7QT |
| East Ward Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 474 | BL9 7QZ |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 465 | BL9 9JQ |
| St Thomas Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 459 | BL9 7EY |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in BL9
423 rated food businesses operate in BL9. 299 hold the top rating of 5, 43 are rated 4, and 24 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: A & B Trading, Admiral, Al Bosco, Aldi Stores Limited, Alexander Care Home.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in BL9
From a sample of 227 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 BL9 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 44% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
7%
Band C
38%
Band D
42%
Band E
10%
Band F
3%
Band G
0%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Bury
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.