Household and ward data

530,150 people live in residential households (96%), 21,800 live in communal establishments (4%).

115,850 people live in a household occupied by one family, the most common household type.

71,600 households (33%) are occupied by just one person, the most common household size, as in 2011 (72,250 households).

Over a quarter of 1-person households are occupied by someone aged 66 and over.

Just under 31,000 households (14%) are occupied by a lone parent, of which 20,250 have dependent children rather than non-dependent children.

The largest changes in household size since 2011 are in 4-person households (+2,750) and 5-person households (+2,600).

Household Type	Family Type	Composition	Number of residents
Total All households			214,734
One-person household			71,577
One-person household:	Aged 66 years and over		18,712
One-person household:	Other		52,865
Single family household			115,845
Single family household:	All aged 66 years and over		6,339
Single family household:	Married or civil partnership couple		48,691
Single family household:	Married or civil partnership couple:	No children	13,055
Single family household:	Married or civil partnership couple:	Dependent children	28,116
Single family household:	Married or civil partnership couple:	All children non-dependent	7,520
Single family household:	Cohabiting couple family		26,033
Single family household:	Cohabiting couple family:	No children	16,569
Single family household:	Cohabiting couple family:	With dependent children	8,075
Single family household:	Cohabiting couple family:	All children non-dependent	1,389
Single family household:	Lone parent family		30,969
Single family household:	Lone parent family:	With dependent children	20,225
Single family household:	Lone parent family:	All children non-dependent	10,744
Single family household:	Other single-family household		3,813
Single family household:	Other single-family household:	Other family composition	3,813
Other household types			27,312
Other household types:		With dependent children	8,270
Other household types:		Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over	19,042

Cheetham has the highest ward population (21,450), Piccadilly has the smallest population (11,671) but a high density.

Longsight has the highest number of people living in residential households (20,817), Deansgate has the smallest number (10,148).

Hulme has the highest number of residents living in communal establishments (3,759) followed by Ardwick (3,650) and Deansgate (3,543).

Gorton & Abbey Hey has the highest number of households (8,352), Fallowfield the lowest (4,314).

Ward	Female total	Male total	Persons total
Ancoats & Beswick	6932	7890	14822
Ardwick	10600	10442	21042
Baguley	8271	7793	16064
Brooklands	7942	7293	15235
Burnage	9558	8947	18505
Charlestown	8998	8475	17473
Cheetham	10272	11202	21474
Chorlton	6505	6337	12842
Chorlton Park	9178	8414	17592
Clayton & Openshaw	10211	9818	20029
Crumpsall	9018	9178	18196
Deansgate	6349	7349	13698
Didsbury East	7437	7269	14706
Didsbury West	7491	7588	15079
Fallowfield	7704	7166	14870
Gorton & Abbey Hey	10627	10361	20988
Harpurhey	10179	9820	19999
Higher Blackley	8106	7464	15570
Hulme	9565	9922	19487
Levenshulme	9717	9930	19647
Longsight	10434	10436	20870
Miles Platting & Newton Heath	9780	9495	19275
Moss Side	10798	10477	21275
Moston	9808	9003	18811
Northenden	7720	7344	15064
Old Moat	7967	7398	15365
Piccadilly	5000	6661	11661
Rusholme	8566	8868	17434
Sharston	9131	8313	17444
Whalley Range	8155	8403	16558
Withington	7780	7658	15438
Woodhouse Park	8075	7339	15414
Total	277874	274053	551927

The Council and democracy Census 2021 - Demography Summary