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Electoral wardE05011367
Higher Blackley ward, Manchester
Higher Blackley is one of 32 electoral wards of Manchester City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 15,569 residents in 6,398 households — 2,123 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blackley and Middleton South constituency.
Residents, 202115,569council ward average 17,248
Households6,3982.43 residents per household
Density2,123/ km²about 7.33 km² · Manchester 4,773
Aged 65+13.5%Manchester: 9.4% · under 16: 23.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 1,026
5–97.6% · 1,186
10–159.3% · 1,449
16–195.2% · 812
20–245.6% · 879
25–3413.7% · 2,138
35–4919.9% · 3,105
50–6418.4% · 2,865
65–747.9% · 1,234
75–844.2% · 653
85+1.4% · 222
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van35.0% · 2,242
1 car or van45.7% · 2,924
2 cars or vans15.5% · 991
3 or more3.8% · 241
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Manchester overall: 37.2% owned, 29.5% social rented, 32.3% private rented.
Owned outright21.2% · 1,355
With mortgage22.0% · 1,410
Shared ownership0.8% · 51
Social rented37.0% · 2,370
Private rented18.6% · 1,190
Lives rent free0.4% · 24
Type of home
Detached house7.6% · 484
Semi-detached house43.8% · 2,801
Terraced house27.6% · 1,768
Purpose-built flat19.2% · 1,227
Converted house1.3% · 85
Other conversion0.1% · 9
Above shop / office0.2% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011367- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Constituency
- Blackley and Middleton South
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 31 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.