Neighbourhood · Manchester · North West
Abbey Hey
Manchester 021 · 5 sub-areas · 10,468 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Investors / BTL (78/100)Watch-out: Families (51/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartile
Abbey Hey is a green, lower-density part of Manchester — parks within walking distance of most addresses, a slower weekday rhythm, and a population skewed toward longer-tenure households rather than transient renters. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children; the rental market is active and turnover is high — people move through rather than stay.
Crime / 1k / yr
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GM via IMD proxy
Liveability
85/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Abbey Hey?
A snapshot of Abbey Hey
4 parks and 2 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,347 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Abbey Hey in Manchester
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Abbey Hey?
- The median monthly rent across Abbey Hey is £1,347.
- How safe is Abbey Hey?
- Abbey Hey has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Abbey Hey?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 10 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Abbey Hey?
- There are 21 schools within 2 km of Abbey Hey, of which 50% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1822 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Abbey Hey?
- The most common council tax band in Abbey Hey is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,548. Council tax is set by Manchester council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Abbey Hey to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Abbey Hey to central London is approximately 129 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Abbey Hey?
- 100% of premises in Abbey Hey are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Abbey Hey?
- Abbey Hey sits in IMD decile 1 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Abbey Hey?
- 45% of households in Abbey Hey are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Abbey Hey?
- The average property price across Manchester (the local authority covering Abbey Hey) is approximately £251,461, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Abbey Hey a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Mixed — jobs and residents are roughly balanced. (0.82 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £30,067.)
- Which local areas are part of Abbey Hey?
- Abbey Hey contains 5 local areas: Manchester 021A, Manchester 021C, Manchester 021E, Manchester 021B, Manchester 021D.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Abbey Hey
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Abbey Hey?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Abbey Hey is £1,347. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- What schools are near Abbey Hey?
- 50% of schools within 2 km of Abbey Hey are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Abbey Hey?
- Public-transport commute time from Abbey Hey to central London is approximately 129 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Abbey Hey different from the rest of Manchester?
- Abbey Hey contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Abbey Hey rank in Manchester?
- Abbey Hey scores 85/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Manchester, see the Cities table on the Manchester page.
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