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Electoral wardE05011370
Longsight ward, Manchester
Longsight is one of 32 electoral wards of Manchester City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 20,875 residents in 6,473 households — 7,272 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gorton and Denton constituency.
Residents, 202120,875council ward average 17,248
Households6,4733.22 residents per household
Density7,272/ km²about 2.87 km² · Manchester 4,773
Aged 65+7.0%Manchester: 9.4% · under 16: 29.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.3% · 1,728
5–99.1% · 1,895
10–1512.0% · 2,502
16–196.6% · 1,387
20–247.1% · 1,487
25–3414.3% · 2,979
35–4921.9% · 4,562
50–6413.7% · 2,870
65–744.1% · 866
75–842.1% · 442
85+0.7% · 155
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van37.2% · 2,411
1 car or van43.6% · 2,822
2 cars or vans15.6% · 1,007
3 or more3.6% · 233
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Manchester overall: 37.2% owned, 29.5% social rented, 32.3% private rented.
Owned outright12.3% · 796
With mortgage19.8% · 1,284
Shared ownership1.0% · 64
Social rented37.2% · 2,407
Private rented29.4% · 1,906
Lives rent free0.2% · 16
Type of home
Detached house7.2% · 466
Semi-detached house39.3% · 2,543
Terraced house36.0% · 2,331
Purpose-built flat13.2% · 855
Converted house2.7% · 175
Other conversion0.4% · 23
Above shop / office1.0% · 67
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 14
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011370- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Constituency
- Gorton and Denton
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 8 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.