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Electoral wardE05011374

Northenden ward, Manchester

Northenden is one of 32 electoral wards of Manchester City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 15,064 residents in 6,072 households — 2,871 people per km², the 26th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wythenshawe and Sale East constituency.

Residents, 202115,064council ward average 17,248
Households6,0722.48 residents per household
Density2,871/ km²about 5.25 km² · Manchester 4,773
Aged 65+13.5%Manchester: 9.4% · under 16: 23.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.3% · 1,102
5–97.5% · 1,126
10–158.5% · 1,284
16–194.5% · 674
20–245.6% · 837
25–3415.1% · 2,270
35–4920.9% · 3,152
50–6417.2% · 2,591
65–747.8% · 1,173
75–844.0% · 605
85+1.7% · 252

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van31.1% · 1,891
1 car or van44.9% · 2,727
2 cars or vans19.4% · 1,176
3 or more4.6% · 278
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright21.4% · 1,299
With mortgage24.9% · 1,511
Shared ownership0.7% · 40
Social rented35.9% · 2,179
Private rented17.1% · 1,036
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house8.2% · 496
Semi-detached house48.2% · 2,924
Terraced house25.0% · 1,519
Purpose-built flat15.8% · 959
Converted house1.4% · 82
Other conversion0.4% · 25
Above shop / office1.0% · 58
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 9
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.