Salford

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• Today: 11° / 8° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:29

9h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

• 7.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

282 reported road collisions (2025)

111 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 381 rated 4–5 ★ (299 top)
• 27 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Salford Crescent (1.0 km)
• 83 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£223,323 average▼ 1.7% YoY

Across Salford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,170 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £888
• 2 bed £1,084
• 3 bed £1,287

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

2,996 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

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (9.1 km)

39 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 34 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Lidl-Salford (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches64
• Playgrounds16

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK29,734
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK28,991
• Net moves+743

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 34 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

138 schools · 43,808 pupils

76 primary · 16 secondary · 46 other

Ofsted: 34 of 42 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Salford

253 CQC-registered services

• Care homes46
• GP practices51
• Dentists59
• Homecare agencies57
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Salford

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

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

194 applications decided

82% granted · 159 granted, 35 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Rebecca Long Bailey

Labour

Salford

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)

• Schools17
• GPs & clinics7
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens663
• Restaurants & cafés57

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,170 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

806 jobs advertised · £39,307 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Work when you want!, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£692 median full-time weekly pay

5.1% 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

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 44% · Wind 34% · Gas 13% · Imports 10%

50 gCO₂/kWh · 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

16 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in M6

• 1/Salford Medical Practice
• Pendleton Medical Centre
• Langworthy Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Salford:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth334 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Review & amend immigration rules for Hongkongers with political convictions267 local signatures · 11,120 nationwide
• Repeal the Hong Kong Economic Trade Office Act 1996159 local signatures · 4,958 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements143 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK129 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Langworthy (ward) · 0.1 km

  Langworthy was an electoral ward of Salford City Council, in North-West England, located in the constituency of Salford and Eccles. A profile of the ward conducted by Salford City Council in 2014 recorded a population…

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  County Borough of Salford · 0.3 km

  Salford was, from 1844 to 1974, a local government district in the county of Lancashire in the northwest of England, covering the city of Salford. It was granted city status in 1926.

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  Salford Shopping Centre · 0.3 km

  Salford Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Built in 1972 in the Pendleton district of Salford, the shopping centre has been the subject of numerous redevelopment proj…

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  Langworthy, Salford · 0.4 km

  Langworthy is an area of Salford, Greater Manchester. Weaste lies to the west of Langworthy and Pendleton to the east. In 2001 the population of Langworthy was 7,104, increasing to 12,935 at the 2011 Census. It was na…

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  Seedley · 0.5 km

  Seedley is an inner city suburb of Salford, Greater Manchester, England.

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  Weaste · 0.6 km

  Weaste is an inner-city suburb of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is bordered by the town of Eccles to the West and Seedley to the East. In 2014 Weaste and Seedley ward had a population of 12,616.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)