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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001076

Fallowfield Central

Fallowfield Central is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,275 residents in Manchester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Manchester
11,275

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,797

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,299.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

25.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

40.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.8%

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.

Lenton & Dunkirk, Nottingham10,990 residents · 18.3% owned · 41.8% no carCathays North, Cardiff9,568 residents · 27.9% owned · 32.0% no carHyde Park Corner & Woodhouse Cliff, Leeds13,634 residents · 19.2% owned · 43.4% no carWavertree South, Liverpool10,802 residents · 31.1% owned · 43.7% no carHyde Park, Leeds8,131 residents · 11.3% owned · 43.2% no carCathays South & Bute Park, Cardiff12,253 residents · 15.4% owned · 49.1% no car

Most similar within Manchester

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Ladybarn, Manchester9,729 residents · 30.8% owned · 39.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Fallowfield Central

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

Tenure

Private rented63.8%
1,785 households
Owned25.8%
723 households
Social rented9.7%
270 households
Shared ownership0.4%
11 households
Lives rent free0.3%
8 households
Fallowfield Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced33.5%
939 households
Semi-detached30.6%
857 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement25.2%
704 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.4%
150 households
Detached3.8%
105 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
29 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
14 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Fallowfield Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household40.3%
1,128 households
1 car or van in household37.7%
1,054 households
2 cars or vans in household15.2%
426 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.8%
189 households
Fallowfield Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms37%
1,036 households
3 bedrooms28.4%
794 households
2 bedrooms19.5%
545 households
1 bedroom15.1%
422 households
Fallowfield Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Other household types43.4%
1,215 households
Single family household32.8%
919 households
One-person household23.8%
665 households
Fallowfield Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household23.8%
665 households
2 people in household21.7%
607 households
3 people in household15.2%
424 households
4 people in household14%
391 households
5 people in household11.1%
310 households
6 people in household8%
223 households
7 people in household3.9%
109 households
8 or more people in household2.4%
67 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Fallowfield Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 157.4%
838 residents
15–2970.2%
7,915 residents
30–4410.9%
1,230 residents
45–647.9%
894 residents
65 and over3.6%
404 residents
Fallowfield Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White65%
7,328 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh20.3%
2,284 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.7%
638 residents
Other ethnic group4.9%
558 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.1%
467 residents
Fallowfield Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications57.1%
5,940 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above26.8%
2,781 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications7%
732 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications4.1%
422 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.5%
257 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.5%
157 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1%
107 residents aged 16 and over
Fallowfield Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive58.3%
6,065 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)22.8%
2,369 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student18.9%
1,963 residents aged 16 and over
Fallowfield Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students66.4%
6,900 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.3%
761 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.1%
634 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.6%
483 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.8%
395 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations3.8%
394 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations3.5%
361 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers3.4%
351 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.1%
117 residents aged 16 and over
Fallowfield Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.6%
6,049 residents
Good health35%
3,942 residents
Fair health8.8%
993 residents
Bad health2%
225 residents
Very bad health0.6%
66 residents
Fallowfield Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.1%
9,595 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.9%
1,677 residents
Fallowfield Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40.7%
1,137 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.6%
1,050 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.9%
500 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.6%
102 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
7 households
Fallowfield Central · 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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