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Longsight

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North east Manchester. About 22,072 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 7% of people in Longsight live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
20,870
154th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
7%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
10.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Longsight compares

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

LongsightMiddle
Population32 wards, Manchester · 2021
Population: every ward in Manchester32 areas from 11,663 to 21,479. The middle area is 17,436. Longsight is 20,870.
20,8705th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares32 wards, Manchester · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Manchester32 areas from 0.0% to 85.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Longsight is 7.0%.
7%9th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage32 wards, Manchester · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Manchester32 areas from 67.5% to 98.4%. The middle area is 94.6%. Longsight is 98.1%.
98.1%joint 2nd highest
Claimant rate32 wards, Manchester · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Manchester32 areas from 1.1% to 10.9%. The middle area is 5.8%. Longsight is 10.4%.
10.4%2nd highest

What is the population of Longsight?

Longsight had 20,870 usual residents at the census.

Longsight is the 154th most populated of 8,397 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Manchester

These figures are published for the whole of Manchester, not for each ward, so they describe all of Manchester and not Longsight 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
Longsight in brief

Longsight had 20,870 usual residents at the census.

About 7% of people in Longsight live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Longsight, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Longsight, 10.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.