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Rusholme ward, Manchester

Rusholme is one of 32 electoral wards of Manchester City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 17,434 residents in 4,787 households — 8,106 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Manchester Rusholme constituency.

Residents, 202117,434council ward average 17,248
Households4,7873.64 residents per household
Density8,106/ km²about 2.15 km² · Manchester 4,773
Aged 65+6.1%Manchester: 9.4% · under 16: 15.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 792
5–95.0% · 867
10–156.0% · 1,054
16–1915.4% · 2,692
20–2422.1% · 3,849
25–3415.7% · 2,731
35–4914.7% · 2,565
50–6410.4% · 1,812
65–743.7% · 642
75–841.9% · 337
85+0.5% · 92

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van44.1% · 2,110
1 car or van36.8% · 1,764
2 cars or vans13.9% · 664
3 or more5.2% · 249
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright15.0% · 717
With mortgage16.3% · 782
Shared ownership0.4% · 17
Social rented22.5% · 1,078
Private rented45.7% · 2,189
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house3.6% · 174
Semi-detached house37.5% · 1,797
Terraced house19.2% · 918
Purpose-built flat29.6% · 1,418
Converted house7.6% · 363
Other conversion1.4% · 65
Above shop / office0.9% · 44
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
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.