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Newton Heath

Middle area

North Manchester. 10,744 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 21% of people in Newton Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£188,875
1,232nd cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,688
Joint 1,426th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
21%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Newton Heath

Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019, so there is no figure for Greater Manchester.

How Newton Heath compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price59 middle areas, Manchester · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Manchester59 areas from £154,000 to £467,250. The middle area is £237,500. Newton Heath is £188,875.
£188,8758th cheapest
Population59 middle areas, Manchester · 2021
Population: every middle area in Manchester59 areas from 5,653 to 15,014. The middle area is 9,280. Newton Heath is 9,688.
9,68823rd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares59 middle areas, Manchester · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Manchester59 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Newton Heath is 21.0%.
21%12th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage59 middle areas, Manchester · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Manchester59 areas from 60.4% to 99.6%. The middle area is 94.5%. Newton Heath is 94.4%.
94.4%28th lowest

What is the population of Newton Heath?

Newton Heath had 9,688 usual residents at the census.

Newton Heath is the joint 1,426th most populated of 9,448 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Manchester

These figures are published for the whole of Manchester, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Manchester and not Newton Heath alone. See Manchester

Average house price
£256,760
Up 2.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,278
102nd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.1×
Joint 167th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
38.7
Joint 3rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Newton Heath in brief

The median price paid for a home in Newton Heath was £188,875 in 2025.

Newton Heath had 9,688 usual residents at the census.

About 21% of people in Newton Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Newton Heath, 94.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.