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Whalley Range ward, Manchester

Whalley Range is one of 32 electoral wards of Manchester City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 16,557 residents in 6,619 households — 7,320 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Manchester Rusholme constituency.

Residents, 202116,557council ward average 17,248
Households6,6192.5 residents per household
Density7,320/ km²about 2.26 km² · Manchester 4,773
Aged 65+8.6%Manchester: 9.4% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.3% · 1,043
5–95.9% · 984
10–158.0% · 1,331
16–194.9% · 818
20–247.1% · 1,177
25–3420.3% · 3,354
35–4923.4% · 3,876
50–6415.4% · 2,543
65–744.8% · 792
75–842.5% · 417
85+1.3% · 221

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van36.6% · 2,423
1 car or van44.0% · 2,913
2 cars or vans15.2% · 1,007
3 or more4.2% · 276
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright16.3% · 1,076
With mortgage20.8% · 1,377
Shared ownership0.7% · 47
Social rented21.9% · 1,449
Private rented40.1% · 2,652
Lives rent free0.3% · 18

Type of home

Detached house6.0% · 400
Semi-detached house22.9% · 1,513
Terraced house22.6% · 1,493
Purpose-built flat31.9% · 2,111
Converted house14.5% · 962
Other conversion1.6% · 105
Above shop / office0.4% · 29
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.