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Victoria Park & Longsight West

Manchester · North West · population 12,184 · 5 LSOAs

Postcode M12 · M13 · M14

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

10Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,140 of 6,856 in England
  • #729 of 932 in North West
  • #31 of 59 in Manchester
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,565
Median age (est.)25
Density10,235per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above32%
No car or van51%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 37%25–44 29%45–64 14%65+ 5%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 11%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 55%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 11%Social rent 23%Private rent 55%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 8%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 8%Other: 29%
One person 33%Couple, no children 8%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 8%Other 29%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Elementary 19% · Sales & customer service 13%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Elementary19%
Sales & customer service13%
Associate professional10%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant9%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades6%
Managers & directors4%

Ethnic group

White: 33%Asian: 46%Black: 10%Mixed: 5%Other: 6%
White 33%Asian 46%Black 10%Mixed 5%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Muslim 45% · No religion 23% · Christian 20%

Born outside the UK: 48%

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

Victoria Park & Longsight West is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,140 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #31 of 59 in Manchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (26) and lowest on Health (4). Typical homes here sold for about £180,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 23 sales), 28% below the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,330 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 14 · #5,893
Employment 23 · #5,276
Education 26 · #5,036
Health 4 · #6,558
Crime 20 · #5,468
Housing & access 9 · #6,264
Living environment 6 · #6,435

House prices ?

£180,000median (12m) · -19.4% yr · n=23
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£180,00023-19.4%+6.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£225,0007-15.1%—
Terraced£223,7508+1.0%+46.2%
Flat£135,0008+12.5%—
This area£180,000
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)£28,330±£4,168 · #6,648 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,101
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

28Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Victoria Park & Longsight West 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.

Rusholme East Rusholme West & Moss Side East Longsight East Ardwick Fallowfield Central Belle Vue & West Gorton

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