Irlam

11°COvercast

• Today: 17° / 10° · 84% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:35

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

37US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom

281 reported road collisions (2024)

98 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

204 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£231,890 average▼ 2.4% YoY

Across Salford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,167 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

• 1 bed £886
• 2 bed £1,082
• 3 bed £1,284

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (6.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 175.7p · Asda (9.5 km)

44 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches21
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 20 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

30% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,594 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

136 schools · 43,808 pupils

76 primary · 16 secondary · 44 other

Ofsted: 33 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

97inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Salford

249 CQC-registered services

• Care homes44
• GP practices51
• Dentists58
• Homecare agencies57
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Salford

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

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

150 applications decided

89.3% granted · 134 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Michael Wheeler

Labour

Worsley and Eccles

Source: UK Parliament

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)

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

62 jobs advertised · £33,235 avg

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

Source: Adzuna

£692 median full-time weekly pay

5% 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

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

93% low-carbon electricity

Wind 57% · Nuclear 34% · Imports 4% · Gas 3%

16 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Worsley and Eccles:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office436 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth392 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s367 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership362 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 312 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide

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

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  Irlam · 0.3 km

  Irlam is a suburb in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, 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 Can…

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  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…

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  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.

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  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…

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  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)