Neighbourhood · Manchester · North West
Strangeways
Manchester 058 · 4 sub-areas · 9,382 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Investors / BTL (84/100)Watch-out: Families (71/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartile
Strangeways 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.
Liveability
85/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Strangeways?
A snapshot of Strangeways
3 parks and 4 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; 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 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Strangeways in Manchester
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Strangeways?
- The median monthly rent across Strangeways is £1,347.
- How safe is Strangeways?
- Strangeways 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 Strangeways?
- 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 19 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Strangeways?
- There are 28 schools within 2 km of Strangeways, of which 34% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 688 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Strangeways?
- The most common council tax band in Strangeways is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,643. Council tax is set by Manchester council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Strangeways to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Strangeways to central London is approximately 140 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 Strangeways?
- 100% of premises in Strangeways are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Strangeways?
- Strangeways 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 Strangeways?
- 21% of households in Strangeways 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 Strangeways?
- The average property price across Manchester (the local authority covering Strangeways) 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 Strangeways 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 Strangeways?
- Strangeways contains 4 local areas: Manchester 058C, Manchester 058D, Manchester 058B, Manchester 058A.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Strangeways
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Strangeways?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Strangeways 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 Strangeways a safe place to live?
- Strangeways 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 Strangeways?
- 34% of schools within 2 km of Strangeways are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Strangeways?
- Public-transport commute time from Strangeways to central London is approximately 140 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Strangeways different from the rest of Manchester?
- Strangeways contains 4 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 Strangeways rank in Manchester?
- Strangeways 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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