Rusholme East

Manchester · North West · population 12,975 · 5 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,599 of 6,856 in England
  • #640 of 932 in North West
  • #24 of 59 in Manchester
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,994
Median age (est.)24
Density7,781per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above29%
No car or van47%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 45%25–44 24%45–64 13%65+ 6%

Tenure

Own outright: 14%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 48%
Own outright 14%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 23%Private rent 48%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 8%Other: 29%
One person 33%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 8%Other 29%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Elementary 17% · Sales & customer service 13%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Elementary17%
Sales & customer service13%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant8%
Managers & directors7%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades6%

Ethnic group

White: 41%Asian: 41%Black: 7%Mixed: 5%Other: 6%
White 41%Asian 41%Black 7%Mixed 5%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Muslim 39% · No religion 29% · Christian 21%

Born outside the UK: 42%

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

Rusholme East is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,599 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 59 in Manchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Employment (40) and lowest on Crime (11). Typical homes here, about £229,914 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 41% in five years (from 33 sales), 8% below the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,859 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 29 · #4,893
Employment 40 · #4,132
Education 29 · #4,845
Health 15 · #5,852
Crime 11 · #6,106
Housing & access 11 · #6,085
Living environment 14 · #5,914

House prices ?

£229,914median (12m) · +33.3% yr · n=33
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£229,91433+33.3%+41.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£342,00013+19.0%+52.0%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Flat£155,00017-2.1%+18.3%
This area£229,914
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)£30,859±£4,658 · #6,229 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,048
Price-to-income ?7.5×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 Rusholme East 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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