Old Trafford
Old Trafford is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 21,447. It has around 2 schools, 9 GP surgeries, 11 pharmacies, 10 supermarkets, 2 parks, and around 141 restaurants and cafés, along with 72 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Deansgate, 1.4 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Old Trafford area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Manchester area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 551,937 residents at roughly 4,773 people per km².
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- Police force
- Greater Manchester
My Area Score
Challenged
Ranked 291st of 294 English council areas — better than 1% of them.
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
10°COvercast
- Today: 11° / 8° · 17% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:29
9h 14m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
22US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 7.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
Road safety
712 reported road collisions (2025)
261 killed or seriously injured · 848 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
500+ food businesses within 2 miles
- 376 rated 4–5 ★ (308 top)
- 28 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Trafford Park (1.6 km)
- 68 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Manchester United Football Club (0.6 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£256,760 average▲ 2.1% YoY
Across Manchester · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,373 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY
- 1 bed £1,003
- 2 bed £1,233
- 3 bed £1,433
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
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
Property sales
4,637 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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (8.8 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (3.9 km)
32 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
150 charging locations within ~8 km
- 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 350 kW
- Nearest: Trafford Town Hall (0.1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres7
- Gyms6
- Sports pitches59
- Playgrounds22
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)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK59,941
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK71,756
- Net moves−11,815
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Among the most deprived areas in England
Ranked 2 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
41% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,312 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band A (55% of 252,780)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
219 schools · 96,378 pupils
136 primary · 30 secondary · 53 other
Ofsted: 57 of 75 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)
187 inspected 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
591 CQC-registered services
- Care homes88
- GP practices141
- Dentists142
- Homecare agencies124
- Hospitals & hospices19
CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Manchester
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
403 applications decided
92.8% granted · 374 granted, 29 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Council control
Labour majority
- Lab 64
- LD 4
- Grn 21
- Ref 7
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools21
- GPs & clinics6
- Pharmacies7
- Supermarkets11
- Parks & greens53
- Restaurants & cafés90
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
29,740 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
199 jobs advertised · £42,421 avg
e.g. Senior Quantiy Surveyor, Motor Vehicle Image Engineer, Freight Forwarder
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£716 median full-time weekly pay
6.1% 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
Health services
4 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in M32
- Delamere Medical Practice
- Lostock Medical Centre
- North Trafford Group Practice
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
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
Notable places nearby
Trafford Town Hall · 0.1 kmTrafford Town Hall is a neo-classical building in Stretford, Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is the meeting place of Trafford Council and was originally known as "Stretford Town Hall". The building faces Emi…
Old Trafford Cricket Ground · 0.2 kmOld Trafford is a cricket ground in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1857 as the home of Manchester Cricket Club and has been the home of Lancashire County Cricket Club since 1864. From 2013 onw…
Old Trafford tram stop · 0.3 kmOld Trafford is a tram stop on the Altrincham Line of the Metrolink light rail system in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.
Old Trafford (area) · 0.3 kmOld Trafford is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, which borders the cities of Manchester and Salford, two miles (3.2 km) south-west of Manchester city centre in the historic county of Lancashire. It is…
Stretford High School · 0.3 kmStretford High School is a mixed, non-selective secondary school in Stretford, in the borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It teaches pupils aged 11 to 16 and opened in 1990. After being placed in special…
Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester 1857 · 0.5 kmThe Art Treasures of Great Britain was an exhibition of fine art held in Manchester, England, from 5 May to 17 October 1857. It remains the largest art exhibition to be held in the UK, possibly in the world, with over…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Old Trafford?
- Old Trafford is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Manchester local authority.
- What is the population of Old Trafford?
- Old Trafford has an approximate settlement population of 21,447.
- How deprived is Old Trafford?
- The Manchester local authority, which includes Old Trafford, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.