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Wythenshawe

Wythenshawe is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 85,000. It has two GP surgeries, one pharmacy, one supermarket, around 8 restaurants and cafés, and 69 bus stops, with Gatley station 2.1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Wythenshawe area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Manchester area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 551,937 residents at roughly 4,773 people per km².

Council
Manchester
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Wythenshawe and Sale East
Police force
Greater Manchester
24/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 289th of 294 English council areas — better than 2% of them.

Low crime1
Home affordability82
Affordable rents32
Good schools7
Life expectancy9
Low deprivation1
Employment7
Low council tax79

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

20°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 23° / 14° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:29

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Woodhouse Park · Greater Manchester

Local policing priorities

  • Reducing anti-social behaviour in and around the Civic Centre and Forum, primarily being caused by local youths. Supporting retailers to…

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

Road safety

720 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

433 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 349 rated 4–5 ★ (293 top)
  • 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Manchester Airport (1.7 km)
  • 70 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Manchester Airport (2.1 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£251,250 average 2.9% YoY

Across Manchester · to 2026-06

Detached£478,105
Semi-detached£327,725
Terraced£252,957
Flat£195,385

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (7.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (11.1 km)

49 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

67 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: GMEV PAYG Charge Point (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms2
  • Sports pitches45
  • Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,312 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,541
B £1,798
C £2,055
D £2,312
E £2,826
F £3,340
G £3,853
H £4,624

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Co-op Academy Belle VueOutstanding
  • Didsbury High SchoolOutstanding
  • CHS SouthGood
  • Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, ManchesterGood
  • Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, ManchesterGood
  • Manchester AcademyGood
  • Manchester Communication AcademyGood
  • Manchester Enterprise Academy CentralGood
  • Saint Paul's Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Trinity CofE High SchoolGood
  • Cedar Mount AcademyRequires improvement
  • Loreto High School ChorltonRequires improvement
  • The King David High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Burnage Academy for Boys
  • Chorlton High School
  • Co-op Academy Manchester
  • Co-op Academy North Manchester
  • Dean Trust Ardwick
  • Dixons Brooklands Academy
  • Dixons Newall Green Academy
  • Levenshulme High School
  • Manchester Enterprise Academy
  • Our Lady's RC High School
  • Parrs Wood High School
  • St Matthew's RC High School
  • St Peter's RC High School
  • The Barlow RC High School
  • The East Manchester Academy
  • Whalley Range 11-18 High School
  • Wright Robinson College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Manchester

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

457 applications decided

88.8% granted · 406 granted, 51 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Mike Kane

Labour

Wythenshawe and Sale East

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 63
  • LD 4
  • Grn 21
  • Ref 7

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools15
  • GPs & clinics5
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens13
  • Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

28,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

163 jobs advertised · £39,557 avg

e.g. Amazon Now E-Bike Delivery Partner - Earn £13 - £15 per hour*, Residential Support Worker, Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

79% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 38% · Wind 31% · Imports 11% · Gas 10%

44 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wythenshawe and Sale East:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Wythenshawe FM · 0.0 km

    Wythenshawe FM 97.2, also known as WFM, is a community radio station broadcasting primarily to Wythenshawe, Manchester and the surrounding south Manchester area. It is recognised as the first station of its type in th…

  • Wythenshawe Town Centre tram stop · 0.1 km

    Wythenshawe Town Centre is a tram stop on the Manchester Metrolink Airport Line. It opened on 3 November 2014. It is in Wythenshawe town centre next to shops, the library and Wythenshawe Forum. A new Wythenshawe bus s…

  • Woodhouse Park · 0.3 km

    Woodhouse Park is an area of Wythenshawe in south Manchester, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 13,519.

  • Poundswick Grammar School · 0.3 km

    Poundswick Grammar School or PGS was a mainstream secondary school in the Poundswick Corridor of "Wythenshawe" and at its peak had over 500 pupils.

  • William Temple Memorial Church, Wythenshawe · 0.3 km

    William Temple Memorial Church is a parish church in Wythenshawe, Manchester, dedicated to the bishop William Temple.

  • Wythenshawe Interchange · 0.4 km

    Wythenshawe Interchange serves the Wythenshawe area of the Manchester metropolitan borough, in Greater Manchester, England. It is operated by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), under the Bee Network brand.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Wythenshawe?
Wythenshawe is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Manchester local authority.
How deprived is Wythenshawe?
The Manchester local authority, which includes Wythenshawe, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.