Northenden

Manchester · North West · population 6,976 · 4 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,207 of 6,856 in England
  • #450 of 932 in North West
  • #12 of 59 in Manchester
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,983
Median age (est.)41
Density1,854per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above41%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 30%45–64 27%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 18%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 9%Other: 15%
One person 36%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 9%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Skilled trades7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 7%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 4%
White 82%Asian 7%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 37% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Northenden is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,207 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 59 in Manchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (70) and lowest on Health (20). Typical homes here, about £307,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 108 sales), 23% above the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,052 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 46 · #3,672
Employment 33 · #4,570
Education 70 · #2,055
Health 20 · #5,496
Crime 23 · #5,276
Housing & access 68 · #2,157
Living environment 24 · #5,194

House prices ?

£307,500median (12m) · +9.8% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£307,500108+9.8%+36.7%
Detached£470,0008+4.4%+11.2%
Semi-detached£350,00055+9.4%+39.7%
Terraced£269,00028+8.7%+36.2%
Flat£161,00017-1.1%+19.3%
This area£307,500
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)£34,052±£4,883 · #5,322 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,967
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Northenden 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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