Merseybank & Barlow Moor

Manchester · North West · population 7,239 · 4 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,982 of 6,856 in England
  • #544 of 932 in North West
  • #17 of 59 in Manchester
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,880
Median age (est.)36
Density3,275per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above51%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 37%45–64 23%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 28%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 28%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 14%Other: 12%
One person 35%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 14%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 36% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional36%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary8%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service6%
Skilled trades6%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 68%Asian: 12%Black: 7%Mixed: 7%Other: 6%
White 68%Asian 12%Black 7%Mixed 7%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 39% · Christian 37% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 23%

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

Merseybank & Barlow Moor is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,982 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 59 in Manchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (63) and lowest on Crime (14). Typical homes here sold for about £308,500 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 102 sales), 23% above the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,252 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 28 · #4,934
Employment 28 · #4,968
Education 62 · #2,576
Health 20 · #5,455
Crime 14 · #5,859
Housing & access 28 · #4,947
Living environment 63 · #2,521

House prices ?

£308,500median (12m) · -0.5% yr · n=102
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£308,500102-0.5%+17.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£357,37526+1.2%+24.0%
Terraced£350,00017-8.3%+14.8%
Flat£235,00055+1.1%+23.7%
This area£308,500
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)£39,252±£5,635 · #3,637 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,316
Price-to-income ?7.9×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Merseybank & Barlow Moor 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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