Neighbourhood · Manchester · North West
Ardwick
Manchester 018 · 6 sub-areas · 11,324 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Young professionals (96/100)Watch-out: Families (65/100)Liveability 88/100 · Top quartile
Ardwick 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 population skews young, with a high concentration of 18- to 34-year-olds.
Liveability
88/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Ardwick?
A snapshot of Ardwick
The area is unusually green for its density — 5 parks and 4 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; The streets feel safe by national standards — police-recorded crime is well below the country-wide median; 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 6 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Ardwick in Manchester
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Ardwick?
- The median monthly rent across Ardwick is £1,347.
- How safe is Ardwick?
- Ardwick 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 Ardwick?
- 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 9 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Ardwick?
- There are 23 schools within 2 km of Ardwick, of which 30% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1466 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Ardwick?
- The most common council tax band in Ardwick is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,659. Council tax is set by Manchester council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Ardwick to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Ardwick 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 Ardwick?
- 100% of premises in Ardwick are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Ardwick?
- Ardwick 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 Ardwick?
- 24% of households in Ardwick 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 Ardwick?
- The average property price across Manchester (the local authority covering Ardwick) 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 Ardwick 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 Ardwick?
- Ardwick contains 6 local areas: Manchester 018D, Manchester 018C, Manchester 018F, Manchester 018G, Manchester 018E…
FAQ
Frequently asked about Ardwick
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Ardwick?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Ardwick 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.
- Is Ardwick a safe place to live?
- Ardwick has a safety score of 100/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Ardwick?
- 30% of schools within 2 km of Ardwick are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Ardwick?
- Public-transport commute time from Ardwick to central London is approximately 129 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Ardwick different from the rest of Manchester?
- Ardwick contains 6 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 Ardwick rank in Manchester?
- Ardwick scores 88/100 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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