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Electoral wardE05011351

Ardwick ward, Manchester

Ardwick is one of 32 electoral wards of Manchester City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 21,044 residents in 6,738 households — 5,201 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Manchester Rusholme constituency.

Residents, 202121,044council ward average 17,248
Households6,7383.12 residents per household
Density5,201/ km²about 4.05 km² · Manchester 4,773
Aged 65+5.2%Manchester: 9.4% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 1,158
5–95.9% · 1,231
10–157.1% · 1,491
16–1911.9% · 2,497
20–2419.5% · 4,113
25–3417.8% · 3,750
35–4916.2% · 3,408
50–6410.9% · 2,303
65–742.9% · 606
75–841.7% · 360
85+0.6% · 125

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van50.4% · 3,397
1 car or van38.9% · 2,624
2 cars or vans8.7% · 585
3 or more2.0% · 132
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Manchester overall: 37.2% owned, 29.5% social rented, 32.3% private rented.

Owned outright7.6% · 514
With mortgage12.8% · 864
Shared ownership0.3% · 20
Social rented46.0% · 3,101
Private rented32.9% · 2,219
Lives rent free0.3% · 19

Type of home

Detached house5.7% · 386
Semi-detached house18.9% · 1,272
Terraced house37.4% · 2,518
Purpose-built flat32.6% · 2,198
Converted house4.3% · 287
Other conversion0.6% · 38
Above shop / office0.6% · 38
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.