Manchester: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£479,953

Semi-detached

£329,518

Terraced

£254,936

Flat or maisonette

£195,305

First-time buyers

£237,094

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  432,676 in 1991 → 589,670 in 2024 (+36.3%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £109,443 in 2005 → £252,309 in 2026 (+130.5%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £343 in 2008 → £589 in 2025 (+71.9%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  59.3% in 2004 → 71.4% in 2023 (+20.4%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  4.7% in 2001 → 6.0% in 2025 (+27.7%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £7,219 in 1997 → £19,885 in 2024 (+175.5%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Manchester; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Job density · Economy & work1.21 jobs per resident (2024) · 12th highest of 350
• Business births · Economy & work14.6% (2024) · 11th highest of 361
• High-growth businesses · Economy & work6.9% (2024) · 21st highest of 361
• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access8 min (2019) · 26th lowest of 326

Where it ranks worst

• Children in relative poverty · Economy & work42.3% (2024/25) · 357th lowest of 363
• Life satisfaction · Health & wellbeing7.0 out of 10 (2022/23) · 352nd highest of 363
• Preventable heart deaths · Health & wellbeing47.2 per 100,000 (2022 to 2024) · 284th lowest of 292
• Claimant count · Economy & work6.0% (2025) · 341st lowest of 361

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)77.2 years · England 80.0 · 138th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)81.1 years · England 83.8 · 142nd highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)56.7 years · England 60.9 · 121st highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)57.7 years · England 61.3 · 115th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)460.5 per 100k · England 321.0 · 146th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)15.6% · England 10.4 · 142nd lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)60.9% · England 64.6 · 40th lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)60.3% · England 68.3 · 153rd highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)45.0 score · England 46.0 · 89th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)7.4% · England 5.8 · 131st lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)35.5% · England 19.8 · 148th lowest of 153