Hulme & University

Manchester · North West · population 12,098 · 5 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,865 of 6,856 in England
  • #527 of 932 in North West
  • #15 of 59 in Manchester
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,067
Median age (est.)24
Density6,465per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above39%
No car or van54%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 44%25–44 29%45–64 12%65+ 3%

Tenure

Own outright: 7%Mortgage/shared: 11%Social rent: 39%Private rent: 43%
Own outright 7%Mortgage/shared 11%Social rent 39%Private rent 43%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 14%Lone parent: 12%Other: 24%
One person 38%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 14%Lone parent 12%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Elementary 16% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Elementary16%
Associate professional16%
Sales & customer service13%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors6%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 48%Asian: 19%Black: 18%Mixed: 8%Other: 8%
White 48%Asian 19%Black 18%Mixed 8%Other 8%

Religion & identity

No religion 39% · Christian 27% · Muslim 19%

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

Hulme & University is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,865 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 59 in Manchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (55) and lowest on Health (11). Typical homes here sold for about £171,000 over the past year, down 23% across five years (from 54 sales), 32% below the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,477 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 39 · #4,152
Employment 49 · #3,515
Education 55 · #3,062
Health 11 · #6,078
Crime 19 · #5,551
Housing & access 12 · #6,058
Living environment 40 · #4,145

House prices ?

£171,000median (12m) · -10.0% yr · n=54
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£171,00054-10.0%-22.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£238,0008-14.1%+25.3%
Flat£160,00041-3.0%-28.1%
This area£171,000
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)£32,477±£5,021 · #5,830 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,953
Price-to-income ?5.3×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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Hulme & University 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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