# Longsight East

East Manchester. 9,601 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.7 square kilometres.

Longsight East, Manchester: 9,601 people (mid-2024); median sale price £195,000 (2025).

Middle area. Code E02006985. In: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west) › [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £195,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Longsight East was £195,000 in 2025. Joint 1,366th cheapest of 7,259. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/longsight-east#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 9,280** (2021). Longsight East had 9,280 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,833rd most populated of 9,448. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/longsight-east#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Longsight East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/longsight-east#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.3%** (January 2026). In Longsight East, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/longsight-east#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E02006985) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Longsight East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E02006985) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 39 homes were sold in Longsight East in 2025.
- [Population by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E02006985) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Longsight East had 9,280 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E02006985) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Manchester. The outline is Longsight East.

## Recorded crime in Longsight East


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

## How Longsight East compares

Each middle area against every other middle area the measure covers.

| Measure | Longsight East | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £195,000 | 11th cheapest | 59 middle areas, Manchester · 2025 |
| Population | 9,280 | 30th most populated | 59 middle areas, Manchester · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 59 middle areas, Manchester · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.3% | joint 17th highest | 59 middle areas, Manchester · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Longsight East?

Longsight East had 9,280 usual residents at the census.
Longsight East is the 1,833rd 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 Longsight East alone. [See Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)

- **Average house price: £252,309** (July 2026). Manchester’s average house price was £252,309 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 1.2% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,278** (2025). Full-time workers living in Manchester earned a median of £36,278 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 102nd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.0×** (2025). A home in Manchester costs 7.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 158th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 38.7** (2025). Manchester has a deprivation score of 38.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 3rd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Longsight East in brief

The median price paid for a home in Longsight East was £195,000 in 2025.
Longsight East had 9,280 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Longsight East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Longsight East, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Middle area
- Code: E02006985
- Ward: [Longsight †](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/ward/longsight)
- Constituency: [Gorton and Denton †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/gorton-and-denton)
- Council: [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 0.70 km²
- People, mid-2024: 9,601*
- Neighbourhoods: 4
- Output areas: 23

* People: worked out by Open Index by adding up the neighbourhood estimates inside this area.
† Best fit: the ward and constituency this middle area mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Belle Vue & West Gorton](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/belle-vue-and-west-gorton), [Victoria Park & Longsight West](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/victoria-park-and-longsight-west), [Levenshulme North & East](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/levenshulme-north-and-east), [Gorton South](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/gorton-south), [Levenshulme Central](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/levenshulme-central), [Fallowfield Central](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/fallowfield-central)

## Latest updates for Longsight East

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E02006985

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/longsight-east, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/longsight-east#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/longsight-east
