Manchester Factsheet

Area

• Area 1090km²
  
• Local Authorities Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford
  

Business and innovation

• Business Churn Rate (%) 2019 1.12 (55/63)
  
• Business Closures (per 10,000 population) 2019 60.37 (4/63)
  
• Business Start-ups (per 10,000 population) 2019 65.38 (10/63)
  
• Business stock (per 10,000 population) 2019 445.25 (12/63)
  
• GDP per worker (£) 2018 58,070 (37/62)
  
• Patent Applications (per 100,000 of population) 2018 6.01 (47/63)
  

Demographics

• People Born Outside the UK (%) 2011 13.19 (23/63)
  
• Population Aged 0-17 (%) 2019 22.96 (15/63)
  
• Population Aged 18-29 (%) 2019 17.33 (24/63)
  
• Population Aged 30-44 (%) 2019 20.41 (16/63)
  
• Population Aged 45-66 (%) 2019 25.61 (45/63)
  
• Population Aged 67+ (%) 2019 13.7 (44/63)
  

Exports

• Exports per job (£) 2017 11,160 (34/62)
  
• Goods exports per job (£) 2017 5,170 (44/62)
  
• Services exports per job (£) 2017 5,990 (24/62)
  

Housing

• Households in Social Rentership (%) 2011 22.36 (15/63)
  
• Households Renting Privately or Living Rent-Free (%) 2011 18.02 (35/63)
  
• Households that Own or Part-Own Their Home (%) 2011 59.62 (46/63)
  
• Housing Affordability Ratio 2020 7.68 (31/62)
  
• Housing Stock 2019 1,076,830 (2/63)
  
• Mean house price (£) 2020 208,483.15 (33/62)
  

Industrial Structure

• Manufacturing (%) 2019 6.97 (36/62)
  
• Other Private Services (%) 2019 46.74 (13/62)
  
• Other Sectors (%) 2019 5.85 (36/62)
  
• Private Knowledge Intensive Business Services (%) 2019 15.75 (14/62)
  
• Public Services (%) 2019 24.7 (50/62)
  

Jobs and Employment

• Claimant Count (%) January 2021 7.8 (11/63)
  
• Employment Rate (%) 2018 71.8 (46/63)
  
• Private Sector Jobs 2019 963,000 (2/62)
  
• Publicly Funded Jobs 2019 318,000 (2/62)
  
• Ratio of Private to Public Sector Employment 2019 3.03 (13/62)
  
• Youth Claimant Count (%) November 2020 8.73 (19/63)
  

Size

• GDP (£ billion) 2018 73 (2/62)
  
• Population 2019 2,507,020 (3/63)
  
• Total Jobs 2019 1,276,560 (2/62)
  

Skills, Wages and Inequality

• Average Weekly Workplace Earnings (£) 2020 504.04 (23/63)
  
• Gini coefficient 2016 0.39 (37/58)
  
• Pupils achieving 9-4 grades in Maths & English at GCSE (%) 2019 61.65 (28/55)
  
• Working Age Population with a Qualification at NVQ4 or Above (%) 2019 38 (25/63)
  
• Working Age Population with No Formal Qualifications (%) 2019 9.5 (17/63)
  

Travel and Environment

• CO2 Emissions per Capita (tons) 2018 4.26 (33/63)
  
• Commuting by Bicycle (%) 2011 2.13 (36/63)
  
• Commuting by Bus, Train or Metro (%) 2011 15.25 (18/63)
  
• Commuting by Other Methods (%) 2011 0.45 (31/63)
  
• Commuting by Private Vehicle (%) 2011 63.86 (38/63)
  
• Commuting on Foot (%) 2011 10.1 (34/63)
  
• Number of days of poor air quality 2019 31 (12/63)
  
• People who Work from Home (%) 2011 8.2 (24/59)
  
• Ultrafast Broadband (%) 2019 74.06 (43/63)
  

Welfare

• Total welfare spend (£ million) 2014 8,480.58 (3/62)
  
• Welfare Spend Per Capita (£) 2014 3,516 (21/62)