Carrington

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 8° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:31

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

188 reported road collisions (2025)

54 killed or seriously injured · 235 casualties · 8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

378 food businesses within 2 miles

• 316 rated 4–5 ★ (275 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Flixton (1.2 km)
• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£393,897 average▲ 6.4% YoY

Across Trafford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,369 average monthly rent▲ 2.5% YoY

• 1 bed £944
• 2 bed £1,202
• 3 bed £1,483

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

9.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.6 times median annual pay (10.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,839 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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (9.2 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

65 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Flixton Road Railway Station Car Park (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches33
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

235,052 residents in Trafford · 2,217/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK16,132
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK15,309
• Net moves+823

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 223 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,292 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 104,310)

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

102 schools · 44,496 pupils

62 primary · 19 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 38 of 43 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Trafford

262 CQC-registered services

• Care homes56
• GP practices50
• Dentists71
• Homecare agencies64
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Trafford

• Within the Green Belt
• 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

322 applications decided

83.5% granted · 269 granted, 53 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Andrew Western

Labour

Stretford and Urmston

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 35
• Con 12
• LD 7
• Grn 7
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools4
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,580 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

40 jobs advertised · £36,269 avg

e.g. Specialist Support Worker - Female Only, Senior Estimator, 1:1 SEN Teaching Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£869 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,384 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 104,226 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

65% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 38% · Wind 28% · Gas 27% · Imports 8%

108 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.2 women · 63.8 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in M31

• Partington Central Surgery
• Partington Family Practice
• Trafford West Pcn Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stretford and Urmston:

• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 386 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND259 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth218 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases212 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks211 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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