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Ardwick

Manchester · North West · population 10,718 · 6 LSOAs

Postcode M1 · M12 · M13 · M18 · M60

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

9Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,209 of 6,856 in England
  • #742 of 932 in North West
  • #32 of 59 in Manchester
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,138
Median age (est.)28
Density3,922per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above40%
No car or van49%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 23%25–44 32%45–64 19%65+ 6%

Tenure

Own outright: 8%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 55%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 8%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 55%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 8%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 17%Other: 18%
One person 34%Couple, no children 8%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 17%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Elementary 17% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Elementary17%
Caring & leisure12%
Sales & customer service11%
Associate professional10%
Administrative7%
Process & plant6%
Skilled trades6%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 28%Asian: 33%Black: 24%Mixed: 6%Other: 10%
White 28%Asian 33%Black 24%Mixed 6%Other 10%

Religion & identity

Muslim 33% · Christian 31% · No religion 25%

Born outside the UK: 49%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Ardwick is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,209 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #32 of 59 in Manchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (39) and lowest on Health (5). Typical homes here sold for about £267,000 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 25 sales), 7% above the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,635 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 8 · #6,277
Employment 14 · #5,893
Education 37 · #4,310
Health 5 · #6,510
Crime 12 · #6,051
Housing & access 8 · #6,325
Living environment 39 · #4,166

House prices ?

£267,000median (12m) · +12.2% yr · n=25
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£267,00025+12.2%-6.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£300,00013+9.1%+5.6%
Flat£162,0007-6.9%+42.1%
This area£267,000
Manchester£250,000
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£29,635±£4,293 · #6,466 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,226
Price-to-income ?9.0×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

18Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Ardwick has not published usable street-level data for this period, so no rate or comparison is shown (a zero here would be misleading, not reassuring).

Official sources

Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Victoria Park & Longsight West Piccadilly & Ancoats New Islington South & Bradford University North & Whitworth Street Belle Vue & West Gorton Hulme & University

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