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Openshaw & Gorton North

Manchester · North West · population 11,107 · 6 LSOAs

Postcode M11 · M18 · M35 · M43

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

2Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,695 of 6,856 in England
  • #872 of 932 in North West
  • #52 of 59 in Manchester
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,962
Median age (est.)34
Density5,682per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above27%
No car or van44%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 13%25–44 29%45–64 23%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 38%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 38%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 21%Other: 14%
One person 32%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 21%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 21% · Professional 15% · Caring & leisure 15%

All occupation groups
Elementary21%
Professional15%
Caring & leisure15%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional9%
Process & plant9%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades8%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 54%Asian: 12%Black: 24%Mixed: 5%Other: 5%
White 54%Asian 12%Black 24%Mixed 5%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 28% · Muslim 14%

Born outside the UK: 35%

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

Openshaw & Gorton North is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,695 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #52 of 59 in Manchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (28) and lowest on Housing & access (1). Typical homes here sold for about £192,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 51 sales), 23% below the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,352 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 3 · #6,634
Employment 4 · #6,593
Education 19 · #5,557
Health 4 · #6,613
Crime 2 · #6,730
Housing & access 1 · #6,764
Living environment 28 · #4,906

House prices ?

£192,000median (12m) · +1.1% yr · n=51
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£192,00051+1.1%+18.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£248,00017+15.3%+27.8%
Terraced£172,50028-1.4%+27.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£192,000
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)£30,352±£4,313 · #6,331 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£23,438
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

6Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Openshaw & Gorton 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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Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Abbey Hey Droylsden West (Tameside) Droylsden Central (Tameside) Gorton South Audenshaw (Tameside) Beswick, Eastlands & Openshaw Park

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