Swinton (Salford)

13°CCloudy

• Today: 17° / 12° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:37

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

48US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026▼ 67% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Swinton North · Greater Manchester

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 364 rated 4–5 ★ (256 top)
• 32 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Swinton (Manchester) (0.9 km)
• 67 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 (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 175.7p · Asda (11.9 km)

69 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

128 charging locations within ~8 km

• 32 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Franklin Energy. Salford Civic Centre Co-Wheels Car Club (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches58
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

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
• 15 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)

• Schools17
• GPs & clinics2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens29
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

72% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 41% · Wind 22% · Imports 15% · Gas 14%

60 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

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

• Moorside High School, Swinton · 0.1 km

  Moorside High School is a coeducational secondary academy located in Swinton, Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Established in 1934, the school serves students aged 11 to 16 and is part of the Consilium Academies…

• Co-op Academy Walkden · 0.4 km

  Co-op Academy Walkden is a secondary school in Walkden, Greater Manchester. Formerly on Birch Road, the school is now located on Old Clough Lane, and serves Walkden, Worsley, Linnyshaw, Roe Green, Ellenbrook and Booth…

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  Salford and Eccles · 0.4 km

  Salford and Eccles was a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. For its entire creation since 2010, it was represented by members of the Labour Party.

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  Church of St Peter, Swinton · 0.5 km

  The Church of St Peter is an Anglican parish church on Chorley Road in Swinton, a town in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Serving the historic parish of Swinton and Pendlebury, it forms part of the e…

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  Salford Civic Centre · 0.5 km

  Salford Civic Centre, formerly Swinton and Pendlebury Town Hall, is a municipal building at Chorley Road, in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England. It is the administrative headquarters of Salford City Council.

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  Swinton, Greater Manchester · 0.5 km

  Swinton is a town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. southwest of the River Irwell, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Manchester, adjoining the town of Pendlebury and suburb of Clifton. In 2014, it had…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)