Barton upon Irwell

Salford · North West · population 7,647 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

9Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,236 of 6,856 in England
  • #749 of 932 in North West
  • #26 of 34 in Salford
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,356
Median age (est.)34
Density6,134per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above27%
No car or van41%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 34%45–64 23%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 44%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 44%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 16%Other: 11%
One person 38%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 16%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Professional 15% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Professional15%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional12%
Sales & customer service11%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Managers & directors9%
Process & plant9%

Ethnic group

White: 76%Asian: 7%Black: 6%Mixed: 4%Other: 7%
White 76%Asian 7%Black 6%Mixed 4%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 36% · Muslim 12%

Born outside the UK: 21%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Barton upon Irwell is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,236 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 34 in Salford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (50) and lowest on Crime (5). Typical homes here sold for about £230,000 over the past year, down 7% across five years (from 53 sales), in line with the wider Salford median of £238,838. Typical household take-home income is around £29,772 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 10 · #6,174
Employment 9 · #6,243
Education 20 · #5,503
Health 5 · #6,483
Crime 5 · #6,510
Housing & access 50 · #3,419
Living environment 32 · #4,659

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · +12.2% yr · n=53
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,00053+12.2%-7.3%
Detached£363,0006+21.0%+19.0%
Semi-detached£265,00022+28.6%+6.0%
Terraced£202,25023-1.3%+20.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£230,000
Salford£238,838
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£29,772±£4,197 · #6,446 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,604
Price-to-income ?7.7×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

21Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Barton upon Irwell has not published usable street-level data for this period, so no rate or comparison is shown (a zero here would be misleading, not reassuring).

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