Manchester

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• Today: 12° / 8° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:29

9h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

• 7.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Rusholme · Greater Manchester

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

712 reported road collisions (2025)

261 killed or seriously injured · 848 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 333 rated 4–5 ★ (229 top)
• 46 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Ardwick (2.1 km)
• 82 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£256,760 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Manchester · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,373 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,003
• 2 bed £1,233
• 3 bed £1,433

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.1 times median annual pay (6.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

4,637 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (5.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (7.9 km)

33 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 36 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: MFG Shell Rusholme (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres8
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches108
• Playgrounds20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

551,937 residents in Manchester · 4,773/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 70%
• 65+: 9%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK59,941
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK71,756
• Net moves−11,815

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 2 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

41% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,312 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (55% of 252,780)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

219 schools · 96,378 pupils

136 primary · 30 secondary · 53 other

Ofsted: 57 of 75 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

187 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Manchester

591 CQC-registered services

• Care homes88
• GP practices141
• Dentists142
• Homecare agencies124
• Hospitals & hospices19

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Manchester

• Not in the Green Belt
• 86 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

403 applications decided

92.8% granted · 374 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Afzal Khan

Labour

Manchester Rusholme

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 64
• LD 4
• Grn 21
• Ref 7

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools25
• GPs & clinics9
• Pharmacies9
• Supermarkets12
• Parks & greens1870
• Restaurants & cafés186

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

29,740 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

13,341 jobs advertised · £47,572 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Choose when you work!, Night Supervisor

Source: Adzuna

£716 median full-time weekly pay

6.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,885 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

54% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 339,861 certificates

14% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 46% · Wind 31% · Gas 12% · Imports 11%

46 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.1 yrs women · 77.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.7 women · 56.7 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.0
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday6.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

8 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in M14

• Mauldeth Medical Centre
• Surrey Lodge Practice
• Bodey Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Manchester Rusholme:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks263 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements127 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND97 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Disapprove the draft Equality Act 2010 guidance laid on 21 May 202671 local signatures · 27,626 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 63 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Rusholme · 0.2 km

  Rusholme is an area of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England, two miles south of the city centre. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 13,643. Rusholme is bounded by Chorlton-on-Medlock to the north,…

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  Xaverian College · 0.3 km

  Xaverian College is a Roman Catholic college located in Rusholme, Manchester, England, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the city centre. Established in 1862, it is recognised as being one of the most oversubscr…

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  Hulme Hall, Manchester · 0.4 km

  Hulme Hall is a traditional hall of residence at the University of Manchester situated at the Victoria Park Campus in Rusholme, Manchester. It houses 300 students and has a range of facilities including the John Harts…

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  Hardy's Well · 0.5 km

  Hardy's Well was a public house on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme, an area of Manchester, England. Established around 1837 as the Birch Villa, later the Birch Villa Hotel, it was renamed Hardy's Well in the late 20th centu…

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  Greygarth Hall · 0.5 km

  Greygarth Hall is a catered inter-university hall of residence for men, situated in Victoria Park, south Manchester, England. It is one of the halls on the "Rusholme campus" close to the famous Curry Mile. Greygarth H…

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  Holy Trinity Platt Church · 0.5 km

  Holy Trinity Platt Church, is in Platt Fields Park in Rusholme, Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Hulme, the archdeaconry of Manchester, and the diocese of Manchester. The c…

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