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Sale

Sale is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 62,550. It has 3 GP surgeries, 3 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and 12 restaurants and cafés, 53 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Navigation Road, 2.4 km away. The average sold house price is around £436,235. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Sale 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°CMist

  • Today: 18° / 10° · 84% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:34

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Trafford A56, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Sale Town Centre · Greater Manchester

Local policing priorities

  • Shoplifting

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

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 406 rated 4–5 ★ (343 top)
  • 25 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Humphrey Park (3.0 km)
  • 65 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Humphrey Park (3.0 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 (10.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Morrisons (11.7 km)

51 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

128 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Sale (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres8
  • Gyms6
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches109
  • Golf courses1
  • 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)

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
  • 25 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

Your MP

Mike Kane

Labour

Wythenshawe and Sale East

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure 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 63
  • LD 4
  • Grn 21
  • Ref 7

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools15
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets7
  • Parks & greens34
  • Restaurants & cafés78

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

28,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

255 jobs advertised · £35,524 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician Nights - Stockport, Senior Surgical Sales Specialist, Sous Chef

Source: Adzuna

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

Grid electricity

81% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 40% · Wind 34% · Imports 14% · Biomass 7%

30 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

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

  • Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors · 0.2 km

    The Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors or CICES is a professional association in the field of civil engineering surveying, headquartered in the United Kingdom. CICES members consist mainly of commerc…

  • Municipal Borough of Sale · 0.2 km

    Sale was, from 1867 to 1974, a district in Cheshire, England. The district had in turn the status of local government district, urban district and municipal borough. Its area now forms part of the Metropolitan Borough…

  • Sale, Greater Manchester · 0.2 km

    Sale is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford of Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the south bank of the River Mersey, 2 miles (3 km) south of Stretford, 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Altrincham and 5 mi…

  • Sale Town Hall · 0.3 km

    Sale Town Hall is a municipal building on School Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, England. The town hall was the headquarters of Sale Borough Council until the council was abolished in 1974.

  • Sale tram stop · 0.4 km

    Sale is a tram stop on the Altrincham Line of the Metrolink light-rail system in Sale, Greater Manchester, England. It opened on 15 June 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion. Prior to this, it was a railwa…

  • The Volunteer, Sale · 0.4 km

    The Volunteer is a Grade II listed public house on Cross Street in Sale, a town within Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Built in 1897 as the Volunteer Hotel for Chesters Brewery, it replaced an earlier pub on th…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Sale?
Sale is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Manchester local authority.
What is the population of Sale?
Sale has an approximate settlement population of 62,550.
How deprived is Sale?
The Manchester local authority, which includes Sale, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.