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Withington ward, Manchester

Withington is one of 32 electoral wards of Manchester City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 15,439 residents in 5,538 households — 8,325 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Manchester Withington constituency.

Residents, 202115,439council ward average 17,248
Households5,5382.79 residents per household
Density8,325/ km²about 1.85 km² · Manchester 4,773
Aged 65+8.1%Manchester: 9.4% · under 16: 11.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.4% · 532
5–93.6% · 563
10–154.0% · 623
16–196.1% · 943
20–2435.5% · 5,473
25–3416.2% · 2,507
35–4913.7% · 2,112
50–649.3% · 1,430
65–744.5% · 689
75–842.5% · 393
85+1.1% · 173

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van35.7% · 1,975
1 car or van40.8% · 2,260
2 cars or vans17.8% · 988
3 or more5.7% · 315
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright16.9% · 935
With mortgage18.7% · 1,037
Shared ownership0.4% · 22
Social rented15.7% · 868
Private rented48.3% · 2,675
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house3.7% · 205
Semi-detached house43.0% · 2,381
Terraced house19.5% · 1,079
Purpose-built flat22.5% · 1,243
Converted house8.9% · 492
Other conversion1.6% · 91
Above shop / office0.7% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
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.