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Salford

Salford is a city in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 245,000. It has around 2 schools, 3 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 26 restaurants and cafés, with 26 bus stops and Patricroft railway station 1.4 km away. Covers 8 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Salford is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 269,923 residents at roughly 2,777 people per km².

24/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 288th of 294 English council areas — better than 2% of them.

Low crime12
Home affordability84
Affordable rents49
Good schools21
Life expectancy6
Low deprivation11
Employment14
Low council tax14

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°COvercast

  • Today: 13° / 8° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:31

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

282 reported road collisions (2025)

111 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 377 rated 4–5 ★ (263 top)
  • 23 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Patricroft (1.4 km)
  • 26 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Patricroft (1.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£223,323 average▼ 1.7% YoY

Across Salford · to 2026-08

Detached£439,476
Semi-detached£282,902
Terraced£221,945
Flat£150,829

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,170 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £888
  • 2 bed £1,084
  • 3 bed £1,287

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

6.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.0 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,996 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (10.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (10.1 km)

40 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

143 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 34 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Monton Road Car Park (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres5
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches34
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

269,923 residents in Salford · 2,777/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 67%
  • 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK29,734
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK28,991
  • Net moves+743

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 34 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,594 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (47% of 135,720)

A £1,730
B £2,018
C £2,306
D £2,594
E £3,171
F £3,748
G £4,324
H £5,189

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

138 schools · 43,808 pupils

76 primary · 16 secondary · 46 other

Ofsted: 34 of 42 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

99 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUKGood
  • Co-op Academy SwintonGood
  • Co-op Academy WalkdenGood
  • Ellesmere Park High SchoolGood
  • Irlam and Cadishead AcademyGood
  • St Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High SchoolGood
  • St Patrick's RC High SchoolGood
  • The Albion AcademyGood
  • The Lowry AcademyGood
  • Buile Hill AcademyRequires improvement
  • All Hallows RC High School
  • Beis Yaakov High School
  • Moorside High School
  • Oasis Academy MediaCityUK
  • Salford City Academy
  • Star Salford Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Salford

Care & health services

253 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes46
  • GP practices51
  • Dentists59
  • Homecare agencies57
  • Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Salford

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 24 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

194 applications decided

82% granted · 159 granted, 35 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Michael Wheeler

Labour

Worsley and Eccles

Recent votes:

  • AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

  • Lab 34
  • Con 6
  • LD 1
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 14
  • Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools19
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens95
  • Restaurants & cafés32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,170 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

806 jobs advertised · £39,307 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Work when you want!, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£692 median full-time weekly pay

5.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,434 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

62% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 174,864 certificates

11.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

71% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 37% · Wind 31% · Gas 20% · Imports 9%

83 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.2 yrs women · 77.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 57.2 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

11 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in M30

  • St Andrews Medical Centre
  • 3/Springfield House Medical Practice
  • 1/Monton Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Worsley and Eccles:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Monton Unitarian Church · 0.6 km

    Monton Unitarian Church is a Unitarian church on Monton Green in Monton, a village in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Built between 1873 and 1875 to the designs of Thomas Worthington, it is an exampl…

  • Eccles College · 0.7 km

    Eccles Sixth Form College is a further education college in Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. It was opened in 1972.

  • Monton · 0.7 km

    Monton is a village in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is contiguous with nearby Eccles, Salford and Swinton.

  • Monton Green railway station · 0.7 km

    Monton Green railway station is a closed station in Eccles.

  • Eccles (ward) · 0.8 km

    Eccles is an electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Rebecca Long-Bailey MP for Salford and Eccles. A profile of the ward conducted by Salford City Council in 2014 recorded a population…

  • Ellesmere Park · 0.9 km

    Ellesmere Park is an area of Eccles, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, Ellesmere Park today is an affluent, predominantly residential area.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)