Manchester

16°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 23° / 14° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:29

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Rusholme · Greater Manchester

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

720 reported road collisions (2024)

251 killed or seriously injured · 892 casualties · 13 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 338 rated 4–5 ★ (231 top)
• 32 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

£251,250 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Manchester · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,365 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £998
• 2 bed £1,227
• 3 bed £1,425

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (5.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (9.4 km)

72 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 35 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 2 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

43% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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 · 96,844 pupils

137 primary · 30 secondary · 52 other

Ofsted: 55 of 73 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (75%)

184inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Manchester

585 CQC-registered services

• Care homes86
• GP practices139
• Dentists140
• Homecare agencies127
• Hospitals & hospices19

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Manchester

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

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

457 applications decided

88.8% granted · 406 granted, 51 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Afzal Khan

Labour

Manchester Rusholme

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 63
• LD 4
• Grn 21
• Ref 7

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

• Schools25
• GPs & clinics9
• Pharmacies9
• Supermarkets12
• Parks & greens1870
• Restaurants & cafés187

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

16,641 jobs advertised · £48,712 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Technician, Roadside Technician - Oldham/Bury, Roadside Technician

Source: Adzuna

£716 median full-time weekly pay

6% 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 40% · Wind 32% · Imports 12% · Gas 10%

45 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:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership359 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s235 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks155 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership150 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Sever UK-Iran ties, withdraw recognition of Iran’s regime & expel all diplomats147 local signatures · 26,542 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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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