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Didsbury West ward, Manchester

Didsbury West is one of 32 electoral wards of Manchester City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 15,083 residents in 7,432 households — 4,504 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Manchester Withington constituency.

Residents, 202115,083council ward average 17,248
Households7,4322.03 residents per household
Density4,504/ km²about 3.35 km² · Manchester 4,773
Aged 65+11.5%Manchester: 9.4% · under 16: 12.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 643
5–93.8% · 580
10–154.2% · 637
16–192.2% · 325
20–248.3% · 1,248
25–3428.4% · 4,285
35–4923.1% · 3,480
50–6414.3% · 2,157
65–746.0% · 902
75–843.7% · 553
85+1.8% · 272

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.3% · 1,881
1 car or van48.0% · 3,565
2 cars or vans22.9% · 1,700
3 or more3.8% · 286
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright19.5% · 1,450
With mortgage28.7% · 2,130
Shared ownership0.3% · 22
Social rented7.9% · 584
Private rented43.7% · 3,244
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house7.0% · 522
Semi-detached house20.0% · 1,486
Terraced house15.2% · 1,127
Purpose-built flat35.3% · 2,623
Converted house19.1% · 1,421
Other conversion2.7% · 199
Above shop / office0.7% · 52
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.