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Electoral wardE05011365
Gorton & Abbey Hey ward, Manchester
Gorton & Abbey Hey is one of 32 electoral wards of Manchester City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 20,988 residents in 8,353 households — 5,395 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gorton and Denton constituency.
Residents, 202120,988council ward average 17,248
Households8,3532.51 residents per household
Density5,395/ km²about 3.89 km² · Manchester 4,773
Aged 65+10.5%Manchester: 9.4% · under 16: 26.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.5% · 1,789
5–98.3% · 1,752
10–159.6% · 2,017
16–194.9% · 1,022
20–246.0% · 1,256
25–3414.6% · 3,063
35–4920.8% · 4,366
50–6416.8% · 3,521
65–746.1% · 1,275
75–843.3% · 683
85+1.2% · 244
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van44.3% · 3,701
1 car or van41.7% · 3,485
2 cars or vans11.3% · 946
3 or more2.6% · 221
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Manchester overall: 37.2% owned, 29.5% social rented, 32.3% private rented.
Owned outright17.4% · 1,450
With mortgage17.8% · 1,487
Shared ownership1.3% · 111
Social rented30.3% · 2,534
Private rented32.8% · 2,741
Lives rent free0.3% · 29
Type of home
Detached house5.4% · 451
Semi-detached house28.1% · 2,345
Terraced house47.3% · 3,954
Purpose-built flat16.1% · 1,343
Converted house1.8% · 154
Other conversion0.5% · 38
Above shop / office0.8% · 64
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011365- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Constituency
- Gorton and Denton
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 16 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.