Chorlton South

Manchester · North West · population 7,368 · 5 LSOAs

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

53Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,240 of 6,856 in England
  • #356 of 932 in North West
  • #6 of 59 in Manchester
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,420
Median age (est.)37
Density5,734per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above61%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 36%45–64 24%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 9%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 7%Other: 18%
One person 31%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 7%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 39% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional39%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Caring & leisure5%
Elementary5%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 70%Asian: 20%Black: 3%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 70%Asian 20%Black 3%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 25% · Muslim 20%

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

Chorlton South sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,240 of 6,856 in England, and #6 of 59 in Manchester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (94) but weak on Living environment (11). Typical homes here, about £450,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 45% in five years (from 86 sales) — roughly 1.8× the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,213 a year, in the top third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 62 · #2,617
Employment 59 · #2,822
Education 94 · #382
Health 31 · #4,749
Crime 42 · #4,001
Housing & access 54 · #3,131
Living environment 11 · #6,072

House prices ?

£450,000median (12m) · +11.1% yr · n=86
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£450,00086+11.1%+45.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£580,00040+30.3%+48.3%
Terraced£450,000250.0%+28.6%
Flat£205,75020+1.9%+11.2%
This area£450,000
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)£44,213±£6,347 · #2,266 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,384
Price-to-income ?10.2×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 ?

32Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Chorlton 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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