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BL0

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Ramsbottom and Edenfield, in Bury and Rossendale.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BL0 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in BL0 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£264,500
Joint 859th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
17,303
1,128th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
86.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How BL0 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

BL0Middle
Median sale price10 postcode districts, BL · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in BL10 areas from £183,500 to £281,000. The middle area is £234,000. BL0 is £264,500.
£264,5002nd most expensive
Population10 postcode districts, BL · 2021
Population: every postcode district in BL10 areas from 15,135 to 72,147. The middle area is 35,992. BL0 is 17,303.
17,3032nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares10 postcode districts, BL · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in BL10 areas from 50.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 96.5%. BL0 is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage10 postcode districts, BL · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in BL10 areas from 83.3% to 97.3%. The middle area is 94.2%. BL0 is 86.1%.
86.1%2nd lowest

What is the population of BL0?

BL0 had 17,303 usual residents at the census.

BL0 is the 1,128th least populated of 2,756 in the UK.

Deprivation in BL0, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BL0 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in BL0

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Bury 001A1,465No figure675.3%
Bury 001B1,494No figure382.9%
Bury 001C1,494No figure796.0%
Bury 001D1,835No figure894.1%
Bury 001E1,534No figure494.6%
Bury 002A1,504No figure899.6%
Bury 002B1,278No figure698.2%
Bury 003A1,362No figure1099.6%
Rossendale 008A1,35458.3 per 1,000577.7%
Rossendale 008B2,25331.2 per 1,000760.2%

MPs for BL0

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in BL02

Postcode sectors in BL02

Councils BL0 covers2

Towns in BL01

Postcode districts next to BL03

More in the BL postcode area2

BL0 in brief

BL0 is a postcode district covering Ramsbottom and Edenfield, in Bury and Rossendale.

About 17,561 people lived in BL0 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £264,500 in 2025 across 291 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in BL0 was £264,500 in 2025.

BL0 had 17,303 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in BL0 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In BL0, 86.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.