Harpurhey North

Manchester · North West · population 8,561 · 4 LSOAs

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

2Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,702 of 6,856 in England
  • #875 of 932 in North West
  • #53 of 59 in Manchester
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,427
Median age (est.)33
Density5,040per km²
No qualifications30%
Degree or above26%
No car or van44%

Age

0–14 27%15–24 12%25–44 29%45–64 22%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 38%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 25%Private rent 38%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 20%Other: 14%
One person 33%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 20%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 21% · Caring & leisure 16% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary21%
Caring & leisure16%
Professional12%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 47%Asian: 20%Black: 22%Mixed: 5%Other: 6%
White 47%Asian 20%Black 22%Mixed 5%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · Muslim 24% · No religion 21%

Born outside the UK: 40%

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

Harpurhey North is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,702 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #53 of 59 in Manchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (17) and lowest on Crime (1). Typical homes here, about £172,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 56% in five years (from 43 sales), 31% below the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,875 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 3 · #6,641
Employment 4 · #6,579
Education 15 · #5,852
Health 3 · #6,620
Crime 1 · #6,785
Housing & access 6 · #6,442
Living environment 17 · #5,708

House prices ?

£172,000median (12m) · -3.1% yr · n=43
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£172,00043-3.1%+56.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£230,75010+28.2%+62.5%
Terraced£168,50026-2.3%+68.5%
Flat£121,5006
This area£172,000
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)£29,875±£4,276 · #6,421 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£23,617
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

6Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Harpurhey North 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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