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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001072

Whalley Range North

Whalley Range North is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,939 residents in Manchester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Manchester
8,939

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,899

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,203.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

37.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

36.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

52.5%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Edgbaston North, Birmingham9,976 residents · 37.7% owned · 38.2% no carMoseley Village, Birmingham8,651 residents · 43.4% owned · 36.2% no carAddiscombe West, Croydon11,826 residents · 37.2% owned · 50.7% no carMapperley Park, Nottingham8,745 residents · 45.7% owned · 35.8% no carOld Trafford, Trafford11,723 residents · 31.6% owned · 42.0% no carChapel Allerton South & Chapeltown, Leeds10,558 residents · 41.6% owned · 41.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Whalley Range North

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Private rented42.2%
1,644 households
Owned37.1%
1,447 households
Social rented20.1%
784 households
Shared ownership0.5%
20 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Whalley Range North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement37.2%
1,450 households
Semi-detached22.5%
876 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits17.5%
682 households
Terraced16.4%
640 households
Detached3.6%
139 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.4%
92 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
18 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Whalley Range North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.2%
1,761 households
No cars or vans in household36.6%
1,427 households
2 cars or vans in household14.6%
569 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.6%
142 households
Whalley Range North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom29.7%
1,158 households
2 bedrooms27.2%
1,059 households
3 bedrooms23.3%
907 households
4 or more bedrooms19.9%
775 households
Whalley Range North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household45.6%
1,778 households
One-person household41.9%
1,635 households
Other household types12.4%
485 households
Whalley Range North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household42%
1,636 households
2 people in household26.2%
1,021 households
3 people in household13.6%
530 households
4 people in household9.3%
363 households
5 people in household4.4%
170 households
6 people in household2.5%
97 households
8 or more people in household1.1%
41 households
7 people in household1%
40 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Whalley Range North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.7%
1,495 residents
15–2922.5%
2,009 residents
30–4429.7%
2,655 residents
45–6422.8%
2,037 residents
65 and over8.3%
740 residents
Whalley Range North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White49.2%
4,396 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh24.9%
2,223 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African11.7%
1,048 residents
Other ethnic group7.9%
706 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.3%
564 residents
Whalley Range North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above52.5%
3,864 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.1%
1,110 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.2%
901 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.5%
629 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.4%
473 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.7%
201 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
182 residents aged 16 and over
Whalley Range North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65%
4,783 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.3%
2,376 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.7%
202 residents aged 16 and over
Whalley Range North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.1%
1,556 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.7%
1,158 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.3%
979 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.7%
716 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.5%
696 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.4%
695 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.3%
685 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.8%
576 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.1%
299 residents aged 16 and over
Whalley Range North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.8%
4,453 residents
Good health32.5%
2,903 residents
Fair health11.7%
1,045 residents
Bad health4.7%
422 residents
Very bad health1.3%
115 residents
Whalley Range North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82%
7,330 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18%
1,609 residents
Whalley Range North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47.2%
1,842 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.1%
1,252 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.5%
605 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.9%
190 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Whalley Range North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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