M99 postcode area guide — Manchester
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the M99 postcode district in Manchester — every official dataset on one page.
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Where is M99?
Broadband & internet speeds in M99
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
100%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the M99 postcode district (Manchester) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 4 postcodes Ofcom measures in M99, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 100% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 0%.
Around 0% of premises in M99 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in M99
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| M99 1DE | 100% | 0% |
| M99 1SA | 100% | 0% |
| M99 1ZU | 100% | 0% |
| M99 1ZW | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Manchester
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Manchester district (262,589 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
99.9%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
100%
Voice indoors — all networks
100%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Who lives here? Manchester demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Manchester district (551,937 residents, 214,730 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20.7% |
| 15–29 | 35.9% |
| 30–44 | 19.7% |
| 45–64 | 14.3% |
| 65+ | 9.5% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 37.2% |
| Private rented | 32.5% |
| Social rented | 18.1% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around M99
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-op Academy New Islington | Primary | 4–11 | 376 | M4 6EY |
| The Cooperative College | Not applicable | 16–99 | — | M60 0AS |
| Digital Advantage | Not applicable | 16–24 | — | M60 0AS |
| Chetham's School of Music | Not applicable | 8–19 | 331 | M3 1SB |
| St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 184 | M4 5HF |
| Abbey College Manchester | Not applicable | 14–23 | 155 | M2 4WG |
| Abbott Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 228 | M40 7PR |
| St Anne's RC Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 182 | M4 7EQ |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Phone area codes for Manchester
Landlines around M99 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.