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Cheetham ward, Manchester

Cheetham is one of 32 electoral wards of Manchester City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 21,475 residents in 6,953 households — 6,374 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Manchester Central constituency.

Residents, 202121,475council ward average 17,248
Households6,9533.09 residents per household
Density6,374/ km²about 3.37 km² · Manchester 4,773
Aged 65+6.0%Manchester: 9.4% · under 16: 26.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.7% · 1,650
5–98.1% · 1,750
10–1510.4% · 2,226
16–195.7% · 1,234
20–248.2% · 1,758
25–3420.0% · 4,285
35–4922.2% · 4,757
50–6411.8% · 2,531
65–743.5% · 754
75–841.9% · 400
85+0.6% · 128

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van39.7% · 2,762
1 car or van44.2% · 3,075
2 cars or vans13.6% · 946
3 or more2.4% · 170
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright13.5% · 937
With mortgage16.0% · 1,113
Shared ownership0.5% · 38
Social rented27.1% · 1,882
Private rented42.6% · 2,960
Lives rent free0.3% · 23

Type of home

Detached house6.3% · 441
Semi-detached house24.9% · 1,733
Terraced house30.4% · 2,110
Purpose-built flat34.9% · 2,423
Converted house1.3% · 87
Other conversion1.0% · 70
Above shop / office0.6% · 40
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 47
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.