Withington West

Manchester · North West · population 6,787 · 4 LSOAs

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

50Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,446 of 6,856 in England
  • #377 of 932 in North West
  • #10 of 59 in Manchester
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,670
Median age (est.)30
Density7,514per km²
No qualifications8%
Degree or above63%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 22%25–44 40%45–64 17%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 47%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 11%Private rent 47%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 15%Lone parent: 6%Other: 22%
One person 36%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 15%Lone parent 6%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 39% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional39%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Caring & leisure6%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 78%Asian: 9%Black: 3%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 78%Asian 9%Black 3%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 30% · Muslim 9%

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

Withington West sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,446 of 6,856 in England, and #10 of 59 in Manchester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (77) but weak on Living environment (15). Typical homes here, about £306,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 103 sales), 22% above the wider Manchester median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,393 a year, in the top third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 60 · #2,713
Employment 64 · #2,438
Education 77 · #1,561
Health 26 · #5,036
Crime 33 · #4,591
Housing & access 66 · #2,336
Living environment 15 · #5,832

House prices ?

£306,000median (12m) · +14.0% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£306,000103+14.0%+27.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£505,00020+31.2%-14.0%
Terraced£586,00028+50.2%+50.3%
Flat£220,75052+0.1%+14.1%
This area£306,000
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)£45,393±£6,616 · #1,984 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,753
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Withington 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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