Partington
Partington is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 7,895. It has 1 supermarket and 19 restaurants and cafés, 39 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Irlam, 1.8 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Partington area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Trafford area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 235,052 residents at roughly 2,217 people per km².
- Council
- Trafford
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Constituency
- Stretford and Urmston
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 132nd of 294 English council areas — better than 55% 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: 19° / 10° · 74% rain
- Tomorrow: 19° / 14° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:35
12h 59m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
38US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom
Crime
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
128 food businesses within 2 miles
- 103 rated 4–5 ★ (81 top)
- 2 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Irlam (1.8 km)
- 39 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Irlam (1.8 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£396,811 average▲ 9.7% YoY
Across Trafford · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£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
Affordability
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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (8.3 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 175.7p · Asda (11.4 km)
38 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
36 charging locations within ~8 km
- 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 250 kW
- Nearest: Tesco Extra - Irlam (2.2 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Sports pitches30
- Playgrounds13
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
235,052 residents in Trafford · 2,217/km²
- Under 16: 21%
- 16–64: 62%
- 65+: 18%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
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
Council tax
£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
Schools
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)
Secondary schools:
- Altrincham Grammar School for BoysOutstanding
- Altrincham Grammar School for GirlsOutstanding
- Loreto Grammar SchoolOutstanding
- Sale Grammar SchoolOutstanding
- Altrincham CollegeGood
- Flixton Girls SchoolGood
- Saint Ambrose CollegeGood
- Stretford High SchoolGood
- Urmston Grammar AcademyGood
- Broadoak SchoolRequires improvement
- St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
- Wellacre Technology AcademyRequires improvement
- Ashton-on-Mersey School
- Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
- Lostock High School
- North Cestrian School
- Sale High School
- Stretford Grammar School
- Wellington School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Trafford
Care & health services
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
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
324 applications decided
86.1% granted · 279 granted, 45 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Andrew Western
Labour
Stretford and Urmston
Recent votes:
- AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- AyeClosure motion
- NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
- AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Labour majority
- Lab 35
- Con 12
- LD 7
- Grn 7
- Ref 1
- Oth 1
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools6
- Supermarkets1
- Parks & greens9
- Restaurants & cafés20
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
13,275 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
20 jobs advertised · £47,378 avg
e.g. Catering Assistant, Online Italian Tutor - Part Time, Registered Nursing Home Manager
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£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
Energy efficiency
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
Grid electricity
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
Health
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
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
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
Notable places nearby
Partington · 0.3 kmPartington is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is sited ten miles (16 km) south-west of Manchester city centre. Within the boundaries of the historic cou…
Partington railway station · 0.7 kmPartington railway station was situated on the Cheshire Lines Committee route between Warrington and Stockport. It served the locality between 1874 and 1964.
Cadishead Viaduct · 0.7 kmCadishead Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct of multi-lattice girder construction. It was built in 1892 by the Cheshire Lines Committee to clear the newly built Manchester Ship Canal to carry the new deviation of th…
- Broadoak School · 0.8 km
Broadoak School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status located in Partington in the English county of Greater Manchester.
Cadishead · 1.1 kmCadishead is a village in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, with a 2014 population of 10,739, situated within the historic county of Lancashire.
- Cadishead railway station · 1.2 km
Cadishead railway station was a railway station on the Cheshire Lines Committees Glazebrook East Junction to Skelton Junction Line serving the village of Cadishead, near Irlam, Greater Manchester.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Partington?
- Partington is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Trafford local authority.
- What is the population of Partington?
- Partington has an approximate settlement population of 7,895.
- How deprived is Partington?
- The Trafford local authority, which includes Partington, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.