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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006902

City Centre North & Collyhurst

City Centre North & Collyhurst is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,882 residents in Manchester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Manchester
7,882

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,357

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,792.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

17.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

66.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

61.2%

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.

Greengate & Blackfriars, Salford8,024 residents · 16.1% owned · 59.7% no carAlbert Dock & Queen's Dock, Liverpool7,232 residents · 20.6% owned · 45.9% no carTemple Meads, Bristol, City of10,108 residents · 17.2% owned · 55.2% no carCentral, Birmingham6,145 residents · 17.5% owned · 60.8% no carLadywood - Summer Hill, Birmingham7,904 residents · 20.9% owned · 48.5% no carShoreditch, Hackney5,949 residents · 16.2% owned · 81.1% no car

Most similar within Manchester

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Hulme Park & St George's, Manchester6,983 residents · 20.9% owned · 50.4% no carNew Islington South & Bradford, Manchester5,653 residents · 27.4% owned · 50.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in City Centre North & Collyhurst

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

Tenure

Private rented63%
2,747 households
Social rented18.6%
810 households
Owned17.4%
760 households
Shared ownership0.8%
35 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
City Centre North & Collyhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement75.6%
3,293 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse10.5%
456 households
Terraced6.5%
283 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3.3%
144 households
Semi-detached2.4%
103 households
Detached0.9%
38 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
37 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
2 households
City Centre North & Collyhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household66.1%
2,882 households
1 car or van in household29%
1,264 households
2 cars or vans in household4.3%
189 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.5%
22 households
City Centre North & Collyhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms52.3%
2,278 households
1 bedroom37.2%
1,619 households
3 bedrooms9.3%
404 households
4 or more bedrooms1.3%
56 households
City Centre North & Collyhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household44.9%
1,956 households
Single family household36.8%
1,603 households
Other household types18.3%
795 households
City Centre North & Collyhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household44.9%
1,956 households
2 people in household44%
1,915 households
3 people in household7.8%
339 households
4 people in household2.3%
102 households
5 people in household0.6%
28 households
6 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
7 people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
City Centre North & Collyhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 156.6%
524 residents
15–2950.3%
3,969 residents
30–4427.4%
2,159 residents
45–6412.3%
968 residents
65 and over3.3%
263 residents
City Centre North & Collyhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White70.7%
5,577 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10.7%
840 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.9%
543 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.7%
525 residents
Other ethnic group5%
398 residents
City Centre North & Collyhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above61.2%
4,481 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.6%
998 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.2%
673 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.2%
530 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4%
296 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.4%
173 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
173 residents aged 16 and over
City Centre North & Collyhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)69.7%
5,102 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive24.7%
1,812 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.6%
411 residents aged 16 and over
City Centre North & Collyhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.9%
1,749 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.2%
1,476 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students16.8%
1,233 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.8%
720 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.4%
614 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.4%
472 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.1%
445 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.1%
377 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.2%
238 residents aged 16 and over
City Centre North & Collyhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.6%
4,301 residents
Good health33.9%
2,673 residents
Fair health8.1%
638 residents
Bad health2.5%
196 residents
Very bad health0.9%
72 residents
City Centre North & Collyhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.3%
6,800 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.7%
1,082 residents
City Centre North & Collyhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.9%
2,521 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29%
1,262 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.5%
416 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.5%
151 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
City Centre North & Collyhurst · 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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