Carrington

14°CMist

• Today: 20° / 14° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:32

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

50US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford M60, United Kingdom

190 reported road collisions (2024)

56 killed or seriously injured · 241 casualties · 8.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

377 food businesses within 2 miles

• 317 rated 4–5 ★ (274 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£396,811 average▲ 9.7% YoY

Across Trafford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,367 average monthly rent▲ 2.5% YoY

• 1 bed £943
• 2 bed £1,200
• 3 bed £1,480

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Morrisons (11.8 km)

44 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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 209 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Trafford

260 CQC-registered services

• Care homes56
• GP practices49
• Dentists71
• Homecare agencies63
• 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)

324 applications decided

86.1% granted · 279 granted, 45 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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 & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,275 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

53 jobs advertised · £37,063 avg

e.g. Online French Tutor - Part Time, Deputy Manager Children's Services - £500 Bonus, Become a Yoga Tutor in Carrington – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£869 median full-time weekly pay

3% 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

95% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 58% · Wind 21% · Biomass 15% · Gas 3%

32 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stretford and Urmston:

• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 382 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s355 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership334 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office306 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test244 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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