# M21 7LY: area report for a postcode in Manchester

M21 7LY is a postcode in Manchester.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Manchester. Open the map at M21 7LY for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester) › [M21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m21) › [M21 7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m21-7)

## Around this postcode

- **No street-level crime here**: Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019 (only August 2022), so there are no map points in Greater Manchester. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.2686,53.4295,M217LY
- **Barlow Moor Road, 370 m**: About 5 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.2686,53.4295,M217LY
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 260 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.2686,53.4295,M217LY
- **No property in M21 7LY listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.2686,53.4295,M217LY
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Manchester 037A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.2686,53.4295,M217LY
- **£252,309 average price**: For the whole of Manchester, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.2686,53.4295,M217LY
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 270 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.2686,53.4295,M217LY
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 310 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.2686,53.4295,M217LY
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at M21 7LY**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.2686,53.4295,M217LY
- **Low road and rail noise at M21 7LY**: Road 54 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.2686,53.4295,M217LY
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.2686,53.4295,M217LY
- **16.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.2686,53.4295,M217LY

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Barlow Hall Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/barlow-hall-primary-school-e144128) | Primary | 260 m (3 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, January 2025 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Chorlton Park Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chorlton-park-primary-e142343) | Primary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2024 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Manchester Secondary PRU](https://openindex.co.uk/school/manchester-secondary-pru-e136743) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 480 m (6 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), June 2024 | – |
| [Loreto High School Chorlton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/loreto-high-school-chorlton-e105574) | Secondary | 610 m (8 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), May 2024 | Attainment 8 of 42.3 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Chorlton High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chorlton-high-school-e139148) | Secondary | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 54.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Ambrose RC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-ambrose-rc-primary-school-e105520) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2023 | 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [CHS South](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chs-south-e145873) | Secondary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | Attainment 8 of 47.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Brookburn Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brookburn-community-school-e144131) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2024 | 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2025 | £372,840 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| January 2026 | £193,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| December 2023 | £321,120 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| May 2026 | £420,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| January 2024 | £330,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| March 2026 | £472,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| August 2026 | £385,650 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| January 2025 | £325,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Barlow Moor Road (380 m, 5 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: DAVID MEDICAL CENTRE (270 m)
- Pharmacies: EVEREST PHARMACY BARLOW MOOR ROAD (270 m); MERSEYBANK PHARMACY (840 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Hardy Lane (310 m, The Co-operative Group); M&S Chorlton-Cum-Hardy Foodhall (810 m, Marks and Spencer); Tesco Chorlton (840 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **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.

## Manchester 037A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 35.8** (2025). Manchester 037A has a deprivation score of 35.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,857th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £390,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Manchester 037A was £390,000 in 2025. Joint 9,167th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,799** (2021). Manchester 037A had 1,799 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 9,894th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.5%** (January 2026). In Manchester 037A, 99.5% 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.

## M21 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £420,999** (2025). The median price paid for a home in M21 was £420,999 in 2025. 522nd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 29,056** (2021). M21 had 29,056 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 976th most 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.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in M21 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.1%** (January 2026). In M21, 97.1% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)
- Centre: 53.4295, -2.2686

Council: [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Manchester Withington](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/manchester-withington): Jeff Smith (Labour), MP since July 2024.

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

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.2686,53.4295,M217LY

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