East Didsbury

Manchester · North West · population 8,201 · 5 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,185 of 6,856 in England
  • #247 of 932 in North West
  • #2 of 59 in Manchester
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,039
Median age (est.)38
Density3,066per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above56%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 32%45–64 24%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 5%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 26%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 37% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional37%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors15%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary5%
Caring & leisure5%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 67%Asian: 22%Black: 2%Mixed: 5%Other: 5%
White 67%Asian 22%Black 2%Mixed 5%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 38% · No religion 32% · Muslim 20%

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

East Didsbury is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,185 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 59 in Manchester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (93) but weak on Living environment (26). Typical homes here sold for about £376,500 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 88 sales), 51% above the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,796 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 70 · #2,041
Employment 71 · #1,965
Education 93 · #478
Health 50 · #3,419
Crime 38 · #4,255
Housing & access 64 · #2,466
Living environment 26 · #5,091

House prices ?

£376,500median (12m) · -1.2% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£376,50088-1.2%+10.7%
Detached£635,0009-12.0%+33.7%
Semi-detached£378,00053-5.5%+11.2%
Terraced£400,0009+23.1%
Flat£295,00017-1.7%+3.5%
This area£376,500
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)£42,796±£6,167 · #2,639 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,427
Price-to-income ?8.8×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 ?

59Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering East Didsbury 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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