# M12

Postcode district covering Manchester, West Gorton and Belle Vue, in Manchester.

M12 is a postcode district covering Manchester, West Gorton and Belle Vue, in Manchester. Median sale price £192,500 in 2025. About 20,556 people.

Postcode district. Code M12. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [M](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an M12 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £192,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in M12 was £192,500 in 2025. Joint 334th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m12#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 19,242** (2021). M12 had 19,242 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,243rd least populated of 2,756. 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/postcode/m12#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 37%** (2022). About 37% of people in M12 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/postcode/m12#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.8%** (January 2026). In M12, 91.8% 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/postcode/m12#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=M12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 37% of people in M12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=M12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 78 homes were sold in M12 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=M12) (Census 2021, England and Wales): M12 had 19,242 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=M12) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Manchester, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is M12.

## How M12 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | M12 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £192,500 | 6th cheapest | 40 postcode districts, M · 2025 |
| Population | 19,242 | 12th least populated | 45 postcode districts, M · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 37% | 15th most people in radon Affected Areas | 45 postcode districts, M · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.8% | 15th lowest | 45 postcode districts, M · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of M12?

M12 had 19,242 usual residents at the census.
M12 is the 1,243rd least populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in M12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so M12 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in M12

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Manchester 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/neighbourhood/e01005061) | 1,792 | – | 1 | 84.6% |
| [Manchester 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/neighbourhood/e01005067) | 2,075 | – | 1 | 85.2% |
| [Manchester 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/neighbourhood/e01005232) | 1,926 | – | 1 | 95.7% |
| [Manchester 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/neighbourhood/e01005235) | 2,079 | – | 1 | 99.2% |
| [Manchester 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/neighbourhood/e01005239) | 1,803 | – | 1 | 90.8% |
| [Manchester 063B](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/neighbourhood/e01005233) | 2,937 | – | 1 | 97.7% |
| [Manchester 063C](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/neighbourhood/e01034137) | 1,732 | – | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Manchester 064B](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/neighbourhood/e01034138) | 1,385 | – | 1 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Manchester Rusholme](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/manchester-rusholme): Afzal Khan (Labour), MP since July 2024. 48% of the people here.
- [Gorton and Denton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/gorton-and-denton): Hannah Spencer (Green Party), MP since February 2026. 45% of the people here.
- [Manchester Central](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/manchester-central): Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 6.9% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in M12

[Belle Vue & West Gorton](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/belle-vue-and-west-gorton), [Longsight East](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/longsight-east)

## Postcode sectors in M12

[M12 0 (11 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m12-0), [M12 4 (180 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m12-4), [M12 5 (218 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m12-5), [M12 6 (97 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m12-6)

## Council

[Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)

## Towns in M12

[Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)

## Postcode districts next to M12

[M1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m1), [M4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m4), [M11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m11), [M13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m13), [M18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m18), [M19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m19)

## Nearest rail stations

[Ashburys (800 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1944,53.4716), [Ardwick (1.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.2143,53.4716), [Belle Vue (1.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1805,53.4624), [Velopark (1.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1930,53.4823)

## More in the M postcode area

[All M postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## M12 in brief

M12 is a postcode district covering Manchester, West Gorton and Belle Vue, in Manchester.
About 20,556 people lived in M12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £192,500 in 2025 across 78 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in M12 was £192,500 in 2025.
M12 had 19,242 usual residents at the census.
About 37% of people in M12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In M12, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: M12
- Postcode area: [M](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m)
- Constituency: [Manchester Rusholme †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/manchester-rusholme)
- Council: [Manchester †](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)
- Area: 4.18 km²
- People, mid-2024: 20,556*
- Neighbourhoods: 8
- Output areas: 52

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[M13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m13), [M18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m18), [M11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m11), [M4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m4), [M1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m1), [M19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m19)

## Latest updates for M12

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/M12

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m12, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m12#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 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m12