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Belle Vue & West Gorton

Manchester · North West · population 11,022 · 5 LSOAs

Postcode M12 · M13 · M18

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

3Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,620 of 6,856 in England
  • #854 of 932 in North West
  • #50 of 59 in Manchester
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,773
Median age (est.)32
Density4,138per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above29%
No car or van41%

Age

0–14 26%15–24 13%25–44 30%45–64 23%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 13%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 43%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 13%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 43%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 9%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 18%Other: 13%
One person 32%Couple, no children 9%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 18%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 20% · Professional 15% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary20%
Professional15%
Caring & leisure12%
Process & plant11%
Sales & customer service10%
Skilled trades8%
Associate professional8%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 31%Asian: 37%Black: 21%Mixed: 5%Other: 6%
White 31%Asian 37%Black 21%Mixed 5%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Muslim 40% · Christian 36% · No religion 17%

Born outside the UK: 44%

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

Belle Vue & West Gorton is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,620 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #50 of 59 in Manchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (47) and lowest on Health (2). Typical homes here, about £223,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 57% in five years (from 49 sales), 11% below the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,124 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 3 · #6,668
Employment 6 · #6,455
Education 16 · #5,784
Health 2 · #6,682
Crime 5 · #6,503
Housing & access 4 · #6,545
Living environment 47 · #3,638

House prices ?

£223,000median (12m) · +3.5% yr · n=49
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£223,00049+3.5%+56.8%
Detached£320,0007-13.7%+24.3%
Semi-detached£232,00019+7.4%+61.4%
Terraced£203,00019-3.3%+67.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£223,000
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)£29,124±£4,185 · #6,550 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,225
Price-to-income ?7.7×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

8Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Belle Vue & West Gorton 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).

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Nearby areas

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

Longsight East Gorton South Victoria Park & Longsight West Ardwick Beswick, Eastlands & Openshaw Park Levenshulme North & East

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