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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001097

Woodhouse Park & Airport

Woodhouse Park & Airport is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,566 residents in Manchester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Manchester
8,566

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,527

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,015.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

37.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

35.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.8%

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.

Partington, Trafford8,189 residents · 51.0% owned · 27.2% no carLangley & Wood Side, Rochdale12,281 residents · 43.6% owned · 36.0% no carHattersley, Tameside7,681 residents · 44.3% owned · 32.8% no carSpeke West & Airport, Liverpool7,829 residents · 47.8% owned · 37.7% no carMalinslee, Telford and Wrekin8,336 residents · 39.6% owned · 30.5% no carInce-in-Makerfield, Wigan8,122 residents · 45.4% owned · 32.6% no car

Most similar within Manchester

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Newall Green, Manchester9,033 residents · 35.4% owned · 35.4% no carWythenshawe East & Peel Hall, Manchester8,022 residents · 48.7% owned · 31.3% no carBenchill North & Sharston, Manchester9,896 residents · 32.1% owned · 36.5% no carBoothroyden & Higher Blackley, Manchester8,434 residents · 41.6% owned · 36.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Woodhouse Park & Airport

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

Tenure

Social rented45.1%
1,590 households
Owned37.1%
1,309 households
Private rented16.6%
584 households
Shared ownership1.1%
39 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Woodhouse Park & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced37.7%
1,330 households
Semi-detached36.3%
1,281 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement18.7%
659 households
Detached4.5%
160 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.2%
76 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
14 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Woodhouse Park & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.3%
1,597 households
No cars or vans in household35.8%
1,261 households
2 cars or vans in household15.3%
541 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.6%
128 households
Woodhouse Park & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms53.7%
1,895 households
2 bedrooms35%
1,235 households
4 or more bedrooms7.5%
264 households
1 bedroom3.8%
133 households
Woodhouse Park & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.9%
2,147 households
One-person household30.4%
1,071 households
Other household types8.8%
309 households
Woodhouse Park & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household30.4%
1,071 households
2 people in household29.4%
1,037 households
3 people in household19.5%
689 households
4 people in household13.5%
476 households
5 people in household5%
175 households
6 people in household1.5%
53 households
7 people in household0.5%
19 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Woodhouse Park & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.2%
1,816 residents
15–2918.6%
1,593 residents
30–4423.2%
1,988 residents
45–6424%
2,059 residents
65 and over13%
1,110 residents
Woodhouse Park & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White81.9%
7,015 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.3%
541 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.3%
452 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.9%
418 residents
Other ethnic group1.6%
141 residents
Woodhouse Park & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications27.6%
1,830 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.8%
1,381 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.7%
1,041 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.8%
982 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.6%
837 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
376 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
182 residents aged 16 and over
Woodhouse Park & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.7%
3,893 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.4%
2,609 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
128 residents aged 16 and over
Woodhouse Park & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20%
1,325 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.5%
962 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.9%
921 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.3%
881 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.2%
807 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.5%
500 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.2%
477 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.5%
431 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.8%
321 residents aged 16 and over
Woodhouse Park & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.2%
3,872 residents
Good health31.4%
2,688 residents
Fair health15%
1,284 residents
Bad health6%
514 residents
Very bad health2.4%
208 residents
Woodhouse Park & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.4%
6,633 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.6%
1,933 residents
Woodhouse Park & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension35.8%
1,262 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.3%
1,209 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.7%
764 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8%
282 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
10 households
Woodhouse Park & Airport · 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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