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Electoral wardE05011359
Clayton & Openshaw ward, Manchester
Clayton & Openshaw is one of 32 electoral wards of Manchester City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 20,030 residents in 7,709 households — 4,046 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Manchester Central constituency.
Residents, 202120,030council ward average 17,248
Households7,7092.6 residents per household
Density4,046/ km²about 4.95 km² · Manchester 4,773
Aged 65+9.3%Manchester: 9.4% · under 16: 26.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.7% · 1,542
5–98.6% · 1,722
10–1510.0% · 2,002
16–196.2% · 1,248
20–246.4% · 1,282
25–3415.3% · 3,064
35–4921.2% · 4,252
50–6415.3% · 3,060
65–745.6% · 1,116
75–842.8% · 570
85+0.9% · 172
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van42.6% · 3,283
1 car or van44.0% · 3,389
2 cars or vans11.6% · 892
3 or more1.9% · 145
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Manchester overall: 37.2% owned, 29.5% social rented, 32.3% private rented.
Owned outright13.3% · 1,028
With mortgage15.8% · 1,221
Shared ownership1.2% · 92
Social rented41.0% · 3,163
Private rented28.4% · 2,188
Lives rent free0.2% · 17
Type of home
Detached house5.6% · 432
Semi-detached house32.1% · 2,476
Terraced house42.4% · 3,269
Purpose-built flat16.9% · 1,305
Converted house1.9% · 149
Other conversion0.2% · 18
Above shop / office0.7% · 56
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011359- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Constituency
- Manchester Central
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 25 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.