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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006985

Longsight East

Longsight East is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,280 residents in Manchester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Manchester
9,280

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,512

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

13,238.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

35.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

35.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.0%

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.

Sparkhill South, Birmingham7,599 residents · 53.7% owned · 35.2% no carNelson West, Pendle9,518 residents · 57.3% owned · 31.0% no carGreet & Mid Sparkhill, Birmingham8,307 residents · 55.8% owned · 31.6% no carBordesley, Birmingham15,720 residents · 48.7% owned · 36.0% no carBirchfield East, Birmingham10,398 residents · 51.1% owned · 35.7% no carGirlington, Bradford8,291 residents · 55.1% owned · 37.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Longsight East

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

Tenure

Private rented42.3%
1,063 households
Owned35.5%
891 households
Social rented21.5%
539 households
Shared ownership0.5%
13 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Longsight East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced59.4%
1,493 households
Semi-detached20.5%
516 households
Detached7.8%
196 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.1%
179 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.7%
69 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.5%
38 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
16 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
5 households
Longsight East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.5%
1,144 households
No cars or vans in household35.6%
894 households
2 cars or vans in household14.5%
365 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.3%
109 households
Longsight East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms39.5%
992 households
3 bedrooms38.6%
970 households
4 or more bedrooms15.7%
394 households
1 bedroom6.2%
156 households
Longsight East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65%
1,633 households
One-person household17.7%
444 households
Other household types17.3%
436 households
Longsight East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household17.7%
444 households
2 people in household17.2%
433 households
4 people in household17.2%
433 households
5 people in household15.1%
379 households
3 people in household14%
353 households
6 people in household8.7%
220 households
7 people in household5.2%
130 households
8 or more people in household4.9%
123 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Longsight East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1528.4%
2,638 residents
15–2924.3%
2,252 residents
30–4422.6%
2,100 residents
45–6418.8%
1,740 residents
65 and over5.9%
544 residents
Longsight East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh73.7%
6,836 residents
White10.6%
984 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8.6%
801 residents
Other ethnic group4.1%
379 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3%
281 residents
Longsight East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications31%
2,009 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above24%
1,554 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.3%
858 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.6%
817 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%
744 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.6%
296 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3%
197 residents aged 16 and over
Longsight East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive49.6%
3,213 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)46.1%
2,985 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.3%
279 residents aged 16 and over
Longsight East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed26.1%
1,689 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students15.9%
1,030 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14%
904 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.8%
698 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.6%
688 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.8%
503 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.8%
440 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.4%
282 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.7%
239 residents aged 16 and over
Longsight East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.6%
4,602 residents
Good health32.8%
3,042 residents
Fair health12.5%
1,160 residents
Bad health3.7%
346 residents
Very bad health1.4%
130 residents
Longsight East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.1%
8,082 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.9%
1,199 residents
Longsight East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension38.5%
968 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension30.4%
764 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.8%
572 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.8%
197 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
11 households
Longsight East · 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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