Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 2 min4:39 am – 9:41 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 28 min8:22 am – 3:50 pm
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People6,787 residentsin the Failsworth West census areaMedian age 36.43,066 households47% of homes owner-occupied20% owned outright26% social rented, 27% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting7.1% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 3,146 in work, 18% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 18%, health and social work 15%, education 9%Getting to work: 24% work from home, 50% go by car, 14% take public transport, 11% walk or cycle79% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages24% of adults hold a degree or higher24% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 94%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 13°CColdest month December: highs 8°C, lows 3°C1,097 mm of rain a year, 28 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December27 days of air frost, 9 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesBrookdale Parkpark · under a mile · 19 haLower Memorial Parkpark · under a mileBroadhurst Parkpark · under a mile · 15 haBrookdale Golf Coursegolf course · 1.0 mi · 45 haHigher Memorial Parkplaying field · under a mileBroadhurst Park Playing Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 11 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes201 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197015 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197624 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202535 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 14 · PM2.5 7.8 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband97% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,119 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation99 m325 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 69 to 106 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalThe Christie At North Manchester General Hospital2.8 miGP surgeryQuayside Medical Practice26 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyOur Pharmacy26 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistDental Surgeryright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi56 schools39 primary, 6 secondary, 2 independent, 9 specialPrimaryMather Street Primary Schoolages 3-11, 204 pupilsunder a milePrimaryPropps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery Schoolages 3-11, 237 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryCo-op Academy Failsworthages 11-16, 1,434 pupilsunder a mileCollegeLTE Group2.7 miUniversityUniversity of Manchester4.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN12 miRailway stationMoston1.1 miMetroFailsworth (Manchester Metrolink)under a mileBus stationAshton-under-Lyne Interchange3.0 miBus stops171 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the M35 postcode district.
