REVEALED: most deprived areas of city
NEW MAP SHOWS PLACES FACING HARDEST STRUGGLE
A NEW map released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) shows which areas of Manchester suffer from the most deprivation.
The map, which covers the whole of the UK, uses data collected in the 2021 census. Using four different categories of deprivation – employment, education, health and housing – the map shows what percentage of people in each MSOA (Middle Layer Super Output Area) struggle the most, as the cost of living crisis continues to hit families.
The interactive map shows that south Manchester neighbourhoods Longsight East, Victoria Park and Longsight West, then Fallowfield Central, have the highest proportion of people living in deprived circumstances – 38.5 per cent, 38 per cent and 37.6 per cent respectively.
Close behind is Crumpsall North and Heaton Park in north Manchester which sees 36.7 per cent of residents suffering from at least one area of deprivation in either their housing, health, employment or education.
The least deprived area is Deansgate and Castlefield – with only 23.3 per cent of residents living in any form of deprivation, with West Didsbury close behind (23.6 per cent).
And a number of formerly deprived areas near the city centre – such as Collyhurst, Piccadilly and Ancoats, New Islington and Bradford and Miles Platting – are now among some of the least deprived neighbourhoods in the city, perhaps owing to the level of gentrification happening.
A household is defined as deprived in an education dimension if no member has at least a level two education (five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C/ 9 to 4) and no 16-18 year old is in fulltime education. Employment deprivation is defined by a household member, not in full-time education, being unemployed or disabled. A household is defined as having health deprivation if a family member is disabled. A home labelled as household deprived means their accommodation is overcrowded, in a shared dwelling or has no central heating.