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Irlam

Irlam is a town in Cheshire, England, with a population of around 19,442. It has around 14 restaurants and cafés, along with 17 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Glazebrook, located 0.6 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Irlam area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Warrington area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 210,974 residents at roughly 1,168 people per km².

Council
Warrington
County
Cheshire
Constituency
Warrington North
Police force
Cheshire
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 47th of 294 English council areas — better than 84% of them.

Low crime55
Home affordability80
Affordable rents89
Good schools95
Life expectancy39
Low deprivation55
Employment62
Low council tax47

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

18°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 13° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:32

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

270 reported road collisions (2024)

52 killed or seriously injured · 340 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

205 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 167 rated 4–5 ★ (135 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Irlam (1.1 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Irlam (1.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£259,398 average 6.5% YoY

Across Warrington · to 2026-06

Detached£445,181
Semi-detached£269,155
Terraced£207,190
Flat£136,251

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£894 average monthly rent 5.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £670
  • 2 bed £831
  • 3 bed £1,010

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (6.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (6.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (9.5 km)

44 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

50 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Irlam and Cadishead Leisure Centre (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches21
  • Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

210,974 residents in Warrington · 1,168/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 175 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,448 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (29% of 97,380)

A £1,632
B £1,904
C £2,176
D £2,448
E £2,992
F £3,535
G £4,079
H £4,895

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

Schools

95 schools · 31,467 pupils

69 primary · 13 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 39 of 39 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

86inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bridgewater High SchoolGood
  • Cardinal Newman Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Lymm High SchoolGood
  • Padgate AcademyGood
  • Penketh High SchoolGood
  • Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High SchoolGood
  • St Gregory's Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Beamont Collegiate Academy
  • Birchwood Community High School
  • Culcheth High School
  • Great Sankey High School
  • King's Leadership Academy Warrington
  • UTC Warrington

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Warrington

Care & health services

215 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes56
  • GP practices36
  • Dentists44
  • Homecare agencies49
  • Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Warrington

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

197 applications decided

81.7% granted · 161 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Michael Wheeler

Labour

Worsley and Eccles

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 40
  • Con 2
  • LD 11
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

62 jobs advertised · £33,235 avg

e.g. Room Leader, Online Italian Tutoring Job in Irlam – Flexible Schedule, Customer Service Administrator

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£782 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,255 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 103,149 certificates

9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

73% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 50% · Wind 16% · Imports 16% · Gas 12%

53 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.3 women · 62.1 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Worsley and Eccles:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Irlam · 0.3 km

    Irlam is a suburb in the City of Liverpool, England. In 2011, it had a population of 19,933. It lies on flat ground on the south side of the M62 motorway and the north bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, 6.7 miles (10.…

  • Irlam and Cadishead Academy · 0.8 km

    Irlam and Cadishead Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in Irlam at the extreme western end of the City of Salford borough.

  • Carrington Power Station · 1.1 km

    Carrington Power Station is a combined cycle gas turbine power station, which was completed in Autumn 2016 and began commercial operation on 18 September 2016. It is located on the site of a former coal-fired power st…

  • Irlam railway station · 1.2 km

    Irlam railway station in Irlam, Greater Manchester, England, is 8+3⁄4 miles (14.1 km) west of Manchester Oxford Road on the Manchester to Liverpool Line, and is operated by Northern Trains.

  • St George's Church, Carrington · 1.6 km

    St George's Church is in the village of Carrington, Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, but is now redundant and i…

  • Irlam F.C. · 1.8 km

    Irlam Football Club is a football club based in Irlam, within the city of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. They are currently members of the North West Counties League Premier Division and play at Silver Street.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Irlam?
Irlam is a town in Cheshire, England, in the Warrington local authority.
What is the population of Irlam?
Irlam has an approximate settlement population of 19,442.
How deprived is Irlam?
The Warrington local authority, which includes Irlam, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.