Rusholme West & Moss Side East

Manchester · North West · population 12,846 · 7 LSOAs

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

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,277 of 6,856 in England
  • #759 of 932 in North West
  • #36 of 59 in Manchester
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,493
Median age (est.)25
Density14,288per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above35%
No car or van51%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 29%25–44 31%45–64 14%65+ 5%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 44%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 30%Private rent 44%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 8%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 16%Other: 26%
One person 28%Couple, no children 8%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 16%Other 26%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Elementary 18% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Elementary18%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service11%
Process & plant7%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades7%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 32%Asian: 30%Black: 21%Mixed: 6%Other: 12%
White 32%Asian 30%Black 21%Mixed 6%Other 12%

Religion & identity

Muslim 43% · Christian 25% · No religion 21%

Born outside the UK: 47%

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 West & Moss Side East is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,277 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #36 of 59 in Manchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (22) and lowest on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here, about £217,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 38% in five years (from 63 sales), 13% below the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,752 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 9 · #6,222
Employment 17 · #5,708
Education 22 · #5,324
Health 10 · #6,161
Crime 9 · #6,243
Housing & access 8 · #6,325
Living environment 8 · #6,270

House prices ?

£217,500median (12m) · +6.1% yr · n=63
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£217,50063+6.1%+38.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£220,00060+7.3%+38.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£217,500
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)£32,752±£4,721 · #5,750 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,515
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Rusholme West & Moss Side 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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