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Hale (Trafford)

Hale (Trafford) is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It has 1 GP surgery or clinic, 24 restaurants and cafés, 27 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Manchester Airport, 0.6 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hale (Trafford) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Manchester area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 551,937 residents at roughly 4,773 people per km².

Council
Manchester
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Wythenshawe and Sale East
Police force
Greater Manchester
24/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 289th of 294 English council areas — better than 2% of them.

Low crime1
Home affordability82
Affordable rents32
Good schools7
Life expectancy9
Low deprivation1
Employment7
Low council tax79

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

16°COvercast

  • Today: 17° / 8° · 65% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:39

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Oxford Road, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026

  • Public order1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Airport · Greater Manchester

Local policing priorities

  • Preventing Crime & protecting the public
  • Homelessness

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

720 reported road collisions (2024)

251 killed or seriously injured · 892 casualties · 13 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

238 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 180 rated 4–5 ★ (158 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Manchester Airport (0.6 km)
  • 27 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Manchester Airport (0.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£251,250 average 2.9% YoY

Across Manchester · to 2026-06

Detached£478,105
Semi-detached£327,725
Terraced£252,957
Flat£195,385

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,365 average monthly rent 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £998
  • 2 bed £1,227
  • 3 bed £1,425

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

Affordability

6.1× house price to earnings

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

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (9.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (11.4 km)

45 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

46 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Positive Energy - DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Airport (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches14
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

551,937 residents in Manchester · 4,773/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 70%
  • 65+: 9%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 2 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

43% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,312 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (55% of 252,780)

A £1,541
B £1,798
C £2,055
D £2,312
E £2,826
F £3,340
G £3,853
H £4,624

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

Schools

219 schools · 96,844 pupils

137 primary · 30 secondary · 52 other

Ofsted: 55 of 73 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (75%)

184inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Co-op Academy Belle VueOutstanding
  • Didsbury High SchoolOutstanding
  • CHS SouthGood
  • Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, ManchesterGood
  • Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, ManchesterGood
  • Manchester AcademyGood
  • Manchester Communication AcademyGood
  • Manchester Enterprise Academy CentralGood
  • Saint Paul's Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Trinity CofE High SchoolGood
  • Cedar Mount AcademyRequires improvement
  • Loreto High School ChorltonRequires improvement
  • The King David High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Burnage Academy for Boys
  • Chorlton High School
  • Co-op Academy Manchester
  • Co-op Academy North Manchester
  • Dean Trust Ardwick
  • Dixons Brooklands Academy
  • Dixons Newall Green Academy
  • Levenshulme High School
  • Manchester Enterprise Academy
  • Our Lady's RC High School
  • Parrs Wood High School
  • St Matthew's RC High School
  • St Peter's RC High School
  • The Barlow RC High School
  • The East Manchester Academy
  • Whalley Range 11-18 High School
  • Wright Robinson College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Manchester

Care & health services

585 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes86
  • GP practices139
  • Dentists140
  • Homecare agencies127
  • Hospitals & hospices19

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Manchester

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

457 applications decided

88.8% granted · 406 granted, 51 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 63
  • LD 4
  • Grn 21
  • Ref 7

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens12
  • Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

28,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£716 median full-time weekly pay

6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,885 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

54% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 339,861 certificates

14% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 81.1 yrs women · 77.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.7 women · 56.7 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.0
  • Feeling worthwhile7.3
  • Happiness yesterday6.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wythenshawe and Sale East:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Ringway, Manchester · 0.4 km

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  • Manchester Airport station · 0.6 km

    Manchester Airport station is a railway, tram, bus and coach station at Manchester Airport, in Greater Manchester, England. It was opened at the same time as the second air terminal in 1993. The station lies at the en…

  • RAF Ringway · 0.7 km

    Royal Air Force Ringway or more simply RAF Ringway is a former Royal Air Force satellite station at Ringway, Cheshire, England, near Manchester. It was operational from 1939 until 1957. The site is now occupied by Man…

  • History of Manchester Airport · 0.7 km

    The origins of Manchester Airport in England, UK, date back to the 1930s. Construction started on Ringway on 28 November 1935 and it opened partly in June 1937 and completely on 25 June 1938, in Ringway parish north o…

  • Manchester Airport · 0.7 km

    Manchester Airport is an international airport in Ringway, Manchester, England. It lies 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Manchester city centre. In 2025, it was the third-busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of…

  • Central Landing Establishment · 0.8 km

    The Central Landing Establishment was the Second World War British development centre for airborne warfare at RAF Ringway airfield near Manchester.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Hale (Trafford)?
Hale (Trafford) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Manchester local authority.
How deprived is Hale (Trafford)?
The Manchester local authority, which includes Hale (Trafford), is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.