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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006912

Piccadilly & Ancoats

Piccadilly & Ancoats is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,129 residents in Manchester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Manchester
10,129

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,023

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,911.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

20.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

64.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

64.3%

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.

Pier Head, Liverpool6,673 residents · 20.8% owned · 56.7% no carCity Centre & Trent Bridge, Nottingham9,213 residents · 22.1% owned · 60.1% no carButler's Wharf and Queen's Walk, Southwark5,312 residents · 31.6% owned · 67.1% no carCathedral & Kelham, Sheffield10,601 residents · 16.2% owned · 61.4% no carTower Hill & Wapping South, Tower Hamlets5,815 residents · 38.9% owned · 57.7% no carLeeds City Centre, Leeds9,531 residents · 19.4% owned · 66.9% no car

Most similar within Manchester

The closest matches in the same local authority.

City Centre North & Collyhurst, Manchester7,882 residents · 17.4% owned · 66.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Piccadilly & Ancoats

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

Tenure

Private rented69%
3,468 households
Owned20.9%
1,049 households
Social rented9.1%
458 households
Shared ownership0.9%
45 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Piccadilly & Ancoats · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement73.4%
3,688 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse21.8%
1,094 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.7%
86 households
Terraced1.3%
67 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
34 households
Semi-detached0.7%
33 households
Detached0.4%
18 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Piccadilly & Ancoats · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household64.2%
3,224 households
1 car or van in household30.6%
1,539 households
2 cars or vans in household4.7%
237 households
3 or more cars or vans in household0.5%
24 households
Piccadilly & Ancoats · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms53.4%
2,681 households
1 bedroom40.4%
2,028 households
3 bedrooms5.2%
263 households
4 or more bedrooms1.1%
53 households
Piccadilly & Ancoats · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household45%
2,260 households
Single family household35.1%
1,762 households
Other household types19.9%
1,002 households
Piccadilly & Ancoats · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household47.8%
2,400 households
1 person in household45%
2,260 households
3 people in household6%
303 households
4 people in household1%
51 households
5 people in household0.1%
5 households
6 people in household0.1%
3 households
7 people in household0%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Piccadilly & Ancoats · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 151.4%
142 residents
15–2963%
6,383 residents
30–4424.4%
2,470 residents
45–647.1%
717 residents
65 and over4.1%
419 residents
Piccadilly & Ancoats · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White66%
6,682 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh22%
2,230 residents
Other ethnic group4.8%
483 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.5%
456 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.7%
278 residents
Piccadilly & Ancoats · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above64.3%
6,417 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications21.2%
2,112 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications5.2%
514 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications4.1%
409 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
189 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications1.7%
174 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.6%
164 residents aged 16 and over
Piccadilly & Ancoats · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.4%
5,824 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34%
3,389 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student7.7%
764 residents aged 16 and over
Piccadilly & Ancoats · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students33.8%
3,375 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.2%
2,221 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22%
2,201 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6%
603 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers4%
396 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.6%
362 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.2%
317 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations3%
303 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.1%
205 residents aged 16 and over
Piccadilly & Ancoats · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.3%
5,804 residents
Good health33.5%
3,390 residents
Fair health7.2%
732 residents
Bad health1.6%
161 residents
Very bad health0.4%
42 residents
Piccadilly & Ancoats · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.7%
8,977 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.3%
1,148 residents
Piccadilly & Ancoats · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension65.2%
3,279 households
Household is deprived in one dimension26.4%
1,327 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.2%
364 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.1%
56 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Piccadilly & Ancoats · 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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