West Didsbury
Manchester · North West · population 8,284 · 5 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #3,398 of 6,856 in England
- #372 of 932 in North West
- #9 of 59 in Manchester
- Around the England average
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 42% · Associate professional 20% · Managers & directors 13%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 42% |
| Associate professional | 20% |
| Managers & directors | 13% |
| Administrative | 6% |
| Sales & customer service | 5% |
| Caring & leisure | 4% |
| Elementary | 4% |
| Skilled trades | 3% |
| Process & plant | 2% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
No religion 51% · Christian 30% · Muslim 10%
Born outside the UK: 20%
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
West Didsbury sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,398 of 6,856 in England, and #9 of 59 in Manchester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (86) but weak on Health (20). Typical homes here sold for about £327,505 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 162 sales), 31% above the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,779 a year, in the top third of England.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £327,505 | 162 | +8.3% | +9.7% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=3) | |||
| Semi-detached | £450,000 | 25 | -7.0% | +18.4% |
| Terraced | £495,000 | 45 | +1.8% | +28.6% |
| Flat | £250,000 | 89 | +3.3% | +11.4% |
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Household income
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 ?
- #2,850 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime
No recorded-crime data: the police force covering West Didsbury 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).
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Manchester
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Newquay EastCornwall50£311,875
- TotteridgeBuckinghamshire50£402,600
- Southsea Prince Albert RoadPortsmouth50£251,000
- New Farnley & Lower WortleyLeeds50£210,000
- Brook GreenHammersmith and Fulham50£682,400
- Tufnell Park WestCamden50£790,750