Electoral wardE05011366

Harpurhey ward, Manchester

Harpurhey is one of 32 electoral wards of Manchester City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 19,996 residents in 7,895 households — 4,794 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blackley and Middleton South constituency.

Residents, 202119,996council ward average 17,248

Households7,8952.53 residents per household

Density4,794/ km²about 4.17 km² · Manchester 4,773

Aged 65+9.2%Manchester: 9.4% · under 16: 28.0%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–48.3% · 1,653

5–99.2% · 1,833

10–1510.6% · 2,115

16–195.5% · 1,106

20–245.6% · 1,121

25–3414.5% · 2,894

35–4921.3% · 4,262

50–6415.9% · 3,170

65–745.6% · 1,113

75–842.9% · 571

85+0.8% · 157

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van47.5% · 3,752

1 car or van40.2% · 3,177

2 cars or vans10.9% · 860

3 or more1.3% · 106

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright12.9% · 1,015

With mortgage15.5% · 1,225

Shared ownership0.8% · 67

Social rented41.7% · 3,296

Private rented28.7% · 2,265

Lives rent free0.4% · 30

Type of home

Detached house7.6% · 598

Semi-detached house24.4% · 1,930

Terraced house39.3% · 3,104

Purpose-built flat25.9% · 2,047

Converted house1.7% · 133

Other conversion0.4% · 32

Above shop / office0.6% · 45

Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05011366
Council: Manchester City Council
Constituency: Blackley and Middleton South
Region: North West
Density rank in council: 21 of 32

Council offices in this ward

CManchester Social ServicesCouncil office · M9 4DD CManchester District CouncilCouncil office · M9 4BP

Other wards in the same constituency

CCharlestown12.6% aged 65+ · 41.7% owned17,475 CCrumpsall10.2% aged 65+ · 43.6% owned18,196 HHigher Blackley13.5% aged 65+ · 43.2% owned15,569 MMoston13.9% aged 65+ · 54.1% owned18,813

All 32 wards of Manchester

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.