Clayton Vale

Manchester · North West · population 9,003 · 5 LSOAs

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

1Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,791 of 6,856 in England
  • #913 of 932 in North West
  • #58 of 59 in Manchester
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,934
Median age (est.)34
Density4,902per km²
No qualifications31%
Degree or above24%
No car or van46%

Age

0–14 26%15–24 14%25–44 25%45–64 24%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 13%Mortgage/shared: 13%Social rent: 55%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 13%Mortgage/shared 13%Social rent 55%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 8%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 25%Other: 12%
One person 34%Couple, no children 8%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 25%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 21% · Caring & leisure 18% · Sales & customer service 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary21%
Caring & leisure18%
Sales & customer service11%
Process & plant11%
Professional10%
Skilled trades8%
Associate professional8%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 58%Asian: 8%Black: 25%Mixed: 6%Other: 3%
White 58%Asian 8%Black 25%Mixed 6%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 27% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 31%

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

Clayton Vale is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,791 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #58 of 59 in Manchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (37) and lowest on Health (1). Typical homes here, about £183,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 41% in five years (from 22 sales), 27% below the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £27,162 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 2 · #6,737
Employment 2 · #6,750
Education 11 · #6,106
Health 1 · #6,764
Crime 3 · #6,675
Housing & access 3 · #6,675
Living environment 37 · #4,324

House prices ?

£183,000median (12m) · +3.1% yr · n=22
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£183,00022+3.1%+40.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£213,5006+13.0%+55.8%
Terraced£175,50016+0.3%+40.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£183,000
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)£27,162±£3,881 · #6,748 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,474
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 ?

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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Clayton Vale 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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