Neighbourhood · Manchester · North West
Newton Heath
Manchester 011 · 5 sub-areas · 10,744 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Investors / BTL (73/100)Watch-out: Families (43/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartile
Newton Heath 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.
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 Newton Heath?
A snapshot of Newton Heath
4 parks and 1 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.
Newton Heath in Manchester
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Newton Heath?
- The median monthly rent across Newton Heath is £1,347.
- How safe is Newton Heath?
- Newton Heath 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 Newton Heath?
- 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 32 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Newton Heath?
- There are 20 schools within 2 km of Newton Heath, of which 27% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 3066 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Newton Heath?
- The most common council tax band in Newton Heath is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,601. Council tax is set by Manchester council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Newton Heath to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Newton Heath to central London is approximately 159 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 Newton Heath?
- 100% of premises in Newton Heath are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Newton Heath?
- Newton Heath 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 Newton Heath?
- 33% of households in Newton Heath 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 Newton Heath?
- The average property price across Manchester (the local authority covering Newton Heath) 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 Newton Heath 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 Newton Heath?
- Newton Heath contains 5 local areas: Manchester 011D, Manchester 011A, Manchester 011C, Manchester 011B, Manchester 011E.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Newton Heath
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Newton Heath?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Newton Heath 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 Newton Heath?
- 27% of schools within 2 km of Newton Heath are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Newton Heath?
- Public-transport commute time from Newton Heath to central London is approximately 159 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Newton Heath different from the rest of Manchester?
- Newton Heath 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 Newton Heath rank in Manchester?
- Newton Heath 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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