Charlestown

Manchester · North West · population 10,497 · 6 LSOAs

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

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,325 of 6,856 in England
  • #776 of 932 in North West
  • #39 of 59 in Manchester
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,477
Median age (est.)38
Density4,468per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above26%
No car or van35%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 12%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 41%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 41%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 19%Other: 12%
One person 36%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 19%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Caring & leisure15%
Professional14%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Skilled trades9%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 69%Asian: 8%Black: 17%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 69%Asian 8%Black 17%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 28% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 23%

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

Charlestown is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,325 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #39 of 59 in Manchester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (62) but weak on Health (5). Typical homes here, about £202,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 34% in five years (from 84 sales), 19% below the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,271 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 10 · #6,181
Employment 7 · #6,360
Education 19 · #5,537
Health 5 · #6,497
Crime 6 · #6,455
Housing & access 13 · #5,982
Living environment 62 · #2,582

House prices ?

£202,500median (12m) · -1.2% yr · n=84
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£202,50084-1.2%+33.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£223,25046+3.2%+40.4%
Terraced£188,55022-5.7%+34.7%
Flat£117,50012-6.0%+30.6%
This area£202,500
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)£30,271±£4,274 · #6,343 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,727
Price-to-income ?6.7×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Charlestown 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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