Whalley Range North

Manchester · North West · population 8,902 · 5 LSOAs

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

20Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,475 of 6,856 in England
  • #622 of 932 in North West
  • #23 of 59 in Manchester
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,936
Median age (est.)35
Density8,204per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above52%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 12%25–44 40%45–64 23%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 16%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 42%
Own outright 16%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 20%Private rent 42%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 42%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 29% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 10%

All occupation groups
Professional29%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative8%
Process & plant6%
Skilled trades6%

Ethnic group

White: 49%Asian: 25%Black: 12%Mixed: 6%Other: 8%
White 49%Asian 25%Black 12%Mixed 6%Other 8%

Religion & identity

No religion 37% · Muslim 30% · Christian 23%

Born outside the UK: 33%

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

Whalley Range North is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,475 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 59 in Manchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (60) and lowest on Health (12). Typical homes here sold for about £310,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 106 sales), 24% above the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,946 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 22 · #5,331
Employment 22 · #5,379
Education 60 · #2,774
Health 12 · #5,996
Crime 22 · #5,318
Housing & access 16 · #5,770
Living environment 17 · #5,674

House prices ?

£310,000median (12m) · +32.6% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£310,000106+32.6%+9.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£425,00029-4.2%+13.0%
Terraced£337,50031+12.5%-4.9%
Flat£191,50042+12.6%+33.9%
This area£310,000
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)£32,946±£4,799 · #5,697 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,015
Price-to-income ?9.4×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Whalley Range 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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