Benchill South & Wythenshawe Central
Manchester · North West · population 10,085 · 5 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #6,764 of 6,856 in England
- #905 of 932 in North West
- #57 of 59 in Manchester
- Most deprived 10% in England
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Elementary 22% · Caring & leisure 15% · Professional 12%
All occupation groups
| Elementary | 22% |
| Caring & leisure | 15% |
| Professional | 12% |
| Sales & customer service | 11% |
| Skilled trades | 9% |
| Process & plant | 9% |
| Associate professional | 9% |
| Administrative | 8% |
| Managers & directors | 5% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 45% · No religion 42% · Muslim 6%
Born outside the UK: 21%
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 South & Wythenshawe Central is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,764 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #57 of 59 in Manchester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (71) but weak on Health (1). Typical homes here sold for about £210,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 35 sales), 16% below the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,448 a year, among England's lowest.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £210,000 | 35 | +5.0% | +18.3% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
| Semi-detached | £235,000 | 17 | +17.5% | +29.5% |
| Terraced | £212,500 | 12 | 0.0% | +19.7% |
| Flat | £128,000 | 6 | -0.8% | — |
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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 ?
- #6,647 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 South & Wythenshawe Central 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.
- Sheerness EastSwale1£206,000
- Winson Green & Gib HeathBirmingham1£158,500
- Manningham & Lister ParkBradford1£151,000
- Fairfield West & Newsham ParkLiverpool1£145,000
- SculcoatesKingston upon Hull, City of1£103,000
- Park EndMiddlesbrough1£85,000