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Electoral wardE05011372
Moss Side ward, Manchester
Moss Side is one of 32 electoral wards of Manchester City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 21,277 residents in 7,269 households — 12,963 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Manchester Rusholme constituency.
Residents, 202121,277council ward average 17,248
Households7,2692.93 residents per household
Density12,963/ km²about 1.64 km² · Manchester 4,773
Aged 65+6.1%Manchester: 9.4% · under 16: 25.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.3% · 1,553
5–98.3% · 1,761
10–159.8% · 2,086
16–197.1% · 1,514
20–2415.7% · 3,330
25–3416.5% · 3,502
35–4918.8% · 3,995
50–6410.5% · 2,238
65–743.3% · 696
75–842.0% · 425
85+0.8% · 175
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van50.3% · 3,657
1 car or van38.8% · 2,819
2 cars or vans9.1% · 662
3 or more1.8% · 131
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Manchester overall: 37.2% owned, 29.5% social rented, 32.3% private rented.
Owned outright9.6% · 696
With mortgage11.2% · 816
Shared ownership0.7% · 52
Social rented42.9% · 3,117
Private rented35.3% · 2,570
Lives rent free0.3% · 20
Type of home
Detached house7.0% · 512
Semi-detached house14.8% · 1,076
Terraced house56.3% · 4,092
Purpose-built flat16.1% · 1,173
Converted house3.3% · 242
Other conversion1.1% · 78
Above shop / office1.1% · 83
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 14
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011372- Council
- Manchester City Council
- Constituency
- Manchester Rusholme
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 1 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.