Burnage South

Manchester · North West · population 9,033 · 5 LSOAs

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

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,305 of 6,856 in England
  • #768 of 932 in North West
  • #38 of 59 in Manchester
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,969
Median age (est.)34
Density6,608per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above28%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 14%25–44 28%45–64 23%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 47%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 47%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 9%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 25%Other: 13%
One person 25%Couple, no children 9%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 25%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Elementary 15% · Caring & leisure 14%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Elementary15%
Caring & leisure14%
Associate professional12%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades8%
Managers & directors8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 55%Asian: 27%Black: 6%Mixed: 7%Other: 5%
White 55%Asian 27%Black 6%Mixed 7%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 39% · Muslim 29% · No religion 25%

Born outside the UK: 26%

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

Burnage South is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,305 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #38 of 59 in Manchester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (68) but weak on Income (6). Typical homes here, about £285,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 48 sales), 14% above the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,056 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 6 · #6,476
Employment 6 · #6,442
Education 14 · #5,914
Health 6 · #6,462
Crime 11 · #6,092
Housing & access 35 · #4,447
Living environment 68 · #2,212

House prices ?

£285,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=48
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£285,00048+5.6%+31.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£286,50034+6.1%+30.2%
Terraced£281,00012-2.7%+27.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£285,000
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)£31,056±£4,480 · #6,180 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,360
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

14Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Burnage South 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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