Manchester City Council

The Council and democracy Census 2021 - Education Summary

Ward data

Majority of the population in Fallowfield are students at 54.7% (7,796 people). The ward with the highest number of students is Ardwick at 9,411 students (47.3% of it’s population).

Didsbury West, Ancoats & Beswick, Chorlton, and Didsbury East all have over 80% of their population as non-students, with Didsbury West the highest at 85.2% (12,299 people).

Over 70% of every ward in Manchester has at least one qualification.

29% of Miles Platting and Newton Heath have no qualifications (4,290 people). Didsbury West has the highest proportion of its population with level 4 qualifications and above (9,396 people).

Qualification data was collected for all usual residents aged 16 and over. School children and full-time student data was collected for all usual residents aged 5 and over.

WardTotalNo qualifications Level 1 and entry levelLevel 2 Apprenticeship Level 3Level 4 or aboveOther qualifications
Ancoats & Beswick13,010​​1,733​​ ​520​​ ​915​​ ​266​​ ​1,564​​7,801​​211
Ardwick17,164​​2,969​​ ​1,095​​1,472​​430​​ ​4,554​​6,111​​533
Baguley12,387​​3,008​​ ​1,391​​1,805​​656​​ ​2,010​​3,199​​318
Brooklands12,045​​2,518​​ ​1,253​​1,732​​626​​ ​1,895​​3,745​​276
Burnage14,068​​3,198​​ ​1,345​​1,767​​531​​ ​2,121​​4,698​​408
Charlestown13,202​​3,326​​ ​1,384​​1,792​​776​​ ​1,925​​3,619​​380
Cheetham15,848​​3,958​​ ​1,537​​1,731​​471​​ ​1,987​​5,564​​600
Chorlton10,760​​1,004​​ ​420​​ ​779​​ ​236​​ ​1,169​​​6,990​​162
Chorlton Park14,146​​2,137​​ ​895​​ ​1,368​​363​​ ​1,794​​7,301​​288
Clayton & Openshaw14,763​​4,007​​ ​1,518​​1,861​​729​​ ​1,963​​4,183​​502
Crumpsall13,188​3,649​​ ​1,475​​1,480​​534​​ ​1,727​​3,781​​542
Deansgate13,377​​437​​ ​254​​ ​705​​ ​177​​ ​3,427​​8,055​ ​322
Didsbury East12,043​​1,183​​ ​575​​ ​1,009​​266​​ ​1,321​​7,490​​199
Didsbury West13,223​​​924​​ ​401​​ ​740​​ ​188​​ ​1,375​​9,394​​201
Fallowfield12,705​​1,764​​ ​660​​ ​823​​ ​266​​ ​5,562​​3,393​ ​237
Gorton & Abbey Hey15,432​​4,334​​ ​1,676​​2,066​​891​​ ​2,005​​3,811​​649
Harpurhey14,395​​4,134​​ ​1,497​​1,854​​659​​ ​1,777​​3,930​ ​544
Higher Blackley11,905​​3,340​​ ​1,299​​1,632​​647​​ ​1,827​​2,829​ ​331
Hulme17,267​​1,609​​ ​797​1,153​​322​​ ​5,146​​7,920​ ​320
Levenshulme14,657​​3,366​​ ​1,360​​1,605​​439​​ ​1,907​​5,416​ ​564
Longsight14,749​​4,325​​ ​1,600​​1,955​​509​​ ​1,880​​3,862​​618
Miles Platting & Newton Heath14,604​​4,286​​ ​1,550​​1,759​​823​​ ​1,902​​3,900​​384
Moss Side15,874​​3,520​​ ​1,344​​1,551​​420​​ ​3,299​​5,247​​493
Moston14,312​​3,519​​ ​1,619​​1,872​​890​​ ​2,262​3,728​​422
Northenden11,552​​​2,623​​ ​1,185​​​1,449​​607​1,646​​3,751​​​291
Old Moat13,118​​1,760​​ ​758​​ ​994​​ ​305​​ ​3,643​​5,403​ ​255
Piccadilly11,378​​593​​ ​260​​ ​528​​ ​199​​ ​2,155​​7,400​​243
Rusholme14,721​​2,444​​ ​891​​ ​1,104​ ​216​​5,096​​4,546​ ​424
Sharston13,224​​3,549​​ ​1,456​​1,855​ ​665​​ ​1,978​​3,326​ ​395
Whalley Range13,201​​2,288​​ ​910​​ ​1,225​ ​334​​ ​1,691​​6,410​ ​343
Withington13,721​​1,295​​ ​607​​ ​808​​ ​228​​ ​5,211​​5,360​​212
Woodhouse Park11,920​​3,312​​ ​1,456​​1,777​​654​​ ​1,803​​2,598​ ​320

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