The parish of St Agnes' Longsight covers a large vibrant area about two miles south of Manchester city centre along the A6 Stockport Road. It stretches from the district shopping centre of Longsight down towards Levenshulme, and across from the neighbouring student areas of Victoria Park and Rusholme eastwards toward the Belle Vue area. The population is over 14,500.
A diversity of cultures and faiths ...
The parish covers an inner city area with a mixture of different races, cultures, and faiths - a significant portion of the local people are Muslim (44% at the 2001 Census but estimated at nearly 60% in 2011). The ethnic and religious mix of the parish presents many interesting and exciting opportunities for the church and the congregation.
There are four schools - one of which, St Agnes' Church School, is attended mainly by Muslim children. This is an important point of contact between the Christian and Islamic faiths and presents opportunities for inter-faith outreach work.
The congregation is ethnically mixed drawing members from the African, Afro-Caribbean, white and other members of the local community, and we aim to reflect this in our worship.
Working with other churches and the community ...
The Parish of St Agnes' has a valued link with the Parish of Wilmslow in the Diocese of Chester. We also work closely locally with our neighbouring parishes: St Luke's Longsight and St Chrysostom's Victoria Park.
St Agnes' Parish works with other churches and organisations in the local community, particularly our friends at Northmoor Methodist and Roby URC churches and a formal friendship link with Makki Mosque on Beresford Road.
Another contact with the local community is the Community Hall which is part of St Agnes' church building. It provides a venue for social and educational activities in the local area and the Hall Management Team is comprised of members of the local community and elected church representatives.
The parish was created in October 2001 by the joining of the Parish of St Agnes' Birch to the Parish of St John with St Cyprian Longsight. The two previous parishes had worked together for a number of years. There is one church - St Agnes' Parish Church - on Slade Lane.
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The information below is taken from the 2001 National Census (and subsequent local updates) - for more information visit the National Statistics website.
14,516 Total Population 6,073 Male 6,043 Female
5,568 Asian/Asian British 4,976 White 852 Black/Black British 235 Chinese
5,339 Muslim 4,160 Christian 1,172 no religion 1,145 religion not stated 121 Sikh 95 Hindu 49 Buddhist 31 Other Religions 15 Jewish
1,856 Full time employed 1,450 Students 1,009 Looking after home 744 Part time employed 729 Economically inactive 715 Disabled / Perm. sick 705 Retired 520 Unemployed 415 Self-employed