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Electoral wardE05011355
Charlestown ward, Manchester
Charlestown is one of 32 electoral wards of Manchester City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 17,475 residents in 7,030 households — 4,559 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blackley and Middleton South constituency.
Residents, 202117,475council ward average 17,248
Households7,0302.49 residents per household
Density4,559/ km²about 3.83 km² · Manchester 4,773
Aged 65+12.6%Manchester: 9.4% · under 16: 24.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.0% · 1,218
5–98.1% · 1,410
10–159.4% · 1,641
16–195.3% · 918
20–245.4% · 942
25–3413.3% · 2,332
35–4921.7% · 3,787
50–6417.3% · 3,018
65–746.9% · 1,197
75–844.2% · 742
85+1.5% · 266
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van35.5% · 2,494
1 car or van43.8% · 3,079
2 cars or vans17.4% · 1,223
3 or more3.3% · 234
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Manchester overall: 37.2% owned, 29.5% social rented, 32.3% private rented.
Owned outright18.7% · 1,314
With mortgage23.0% · 1,620
Shared ownership0.7% · 49
Social rented41.4% · 2,907
Private rented15.7% · 1,103
Lives rent free0.5% · 37
Type of home
Detached house7.3% · 512
Semi-detached house48.4% · 3,401
Terraced house19.5% · 1,368
Purpose-built flat22.7% · 1,597
Converted house1.6% · 114
Other conversion0.1% · 10
Above shop / office0.4% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011355- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Constituency
- Blackley and Middleton South
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 22 of 32
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.