Benchill North & Sharston
Manchester · North West · population 9,928 · 5 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #6,531 of 6,856 in England
- #829 of 932 in North West
- #45 of 59 in Manchester
- Most deprived 10% in England
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Elementary 17% · Professional 16% · Caring & leisure 13%
All occupation groups
| Elementary | 17% |
| Professional | 16% |
| Caring & leisure | 13% |
| Sales & customer service | 11% |
| Associate professional | 10% |
| Administrative | 9% |
| Skilled trades | 8% |
| Process & plant | 8% |
| Managers & directors | 8% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 43% · No religion 42% · Muslim 8%
Born outside the UK: 20%
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
Benchill North & Sharston is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,531 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #45 of 59 in Manchester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (68) but weak on Health (2). Typical homes here, about £240,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 42% in five years (from 76 sales), in line with the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,275 a year, in the bottom third of England.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £240,000 | 76 | +4.3% | +42.0% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=4) | |||
| Semi-detached | £249,500 | 30 | +4.0% | +37.1% |
| Terraced | £247,500 | 22 | +0.6% | +46.4% |
| Flat | £157,500 | 20 | -1.5% | +21.2% |
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Household income
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 ?
- #6,147 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime
No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Benchill North & Sharston 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.
Other areas in Manchester
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- StechfordBirmingham5£227,000
- Seacroft SouthLeeds5£210,000
- Low HillWolverhampton5£165,000
- PalfreyWalsall5£152,000
- Abbey HultonStoke-on-Trent5£151,250
- Bentley & Toll BarDoncaster5£120,000