Manchester Factsheet

Area

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

Business and innovation

• Business Churn Rate (%) 2017 7.3 (16/61)
  
• Business Closures (per 10,000 population) 2017 60.93 (8/62)
  
• Business Start-ups (per 10,000 population) 2017 90.27 (2/62)
  
• Business stock (per 10,000 population) 2017 401.79 (11/62)
  
• GVA per worker (£) 2017 50,436.99 (33/62)
  
• Patent Applications (per 100,000 of population) 2017 9.53 (46/63)
  

Demographics

• People Born Outside the UK (%) 2011 13.19 (23/63)
  
• Population Aged 0-17 (%) 2017 22.91 (15/63)
  
• Population Aged 18-29 (%) 2017 17.58 (24/63)
  
• Population Aged 30-44 (%) 2017 20.15 (18/63)
  
• Population Aged 45-64 (%) 2017 24.01 (41/63)
  
• Population Aged 65+ (%) 2017 15.35 (42/63)
  

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 2018 7.49 (31/62)
  
• Housing Stock 2017 1,058,640 (2/63)
  
• Mean house price (£) 2018 197,431.2 (34/62)
  

Industrial Structure

• Manufacturing (%) 2017 7.89 (31/62)
  
• Other Private Services (%) 2017 46.02 (18/62)
  
• Other Sectors (%) 2017 5.68 (40/62)
  
• Private Knowledge Intensive Business Services (%) 2017 15.11 (17/62)
  
• Public Services (%) 2017 25.3 (49/62)
  

Jobs and Employment

• Claimant Count (%) August 2019 3.9 (12/63)
  
• Employment Rate (%) 2017 72.5 (39/63)
  
• Private Sector Jobs 2017 913,500 (2/62)
  
• Publicly Funded Jobs 2017 309,000 (3/62)
  
• Ratio of Private to Public Sector Employment 2017 2.96 (15/62)
  
• Youth Claimant Count (%) August 2019 4.17 (17/63)
  

Size

• GVA (£ billion) 2017 61.63 (2/62)
  
• Population 2017 2,474,150 (3/63)
  
• Total Jobs 2017 1,222,000 (2/62)
  

Skills, Wages and Inequality

• Average Weekly Workplace Earnings (£) 2018 525.6 (23/63)
  
• Gini coefficient 2016 0.39 (37/58)
  
• Pupils achieving 9-4 grades in Maths & English at GCSE (%) 2017 61.6 (25/55)
  
• Working Age Population with a Qualification at NVQ4 or Above (%) 2017 36.1 (25/63)
  
• Working Age Population with No Formal Qualifications (%) 2017 9.9 (20/63)
  

Travel and Environment

• CO2 Emissions per Capita (tons) 2016 4.54 (31/63)
  
• 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)
  
• People who Work from Home (%) 2011 8.2 (24/59)
  
• Ultrafast Broadband (%) 2018 70.98 (43/63)
  

Welfare

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