Kersal Dale

Salford · North West · population 7,092 · 4 LSOAs

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

15Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,818 of 6,856 in England
  • #672 of 932 in North West
  • #24 of 34 in Salford
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,969
Median age (est.)35
Density3,412per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above34%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 12%25–44 30%45–64 21%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 19%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 34%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Elementary 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Elementary13%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 76%Asian: 7%Black: 8%Mixed: 4%Other: 6%
White 76%Asian 7%Black 8%Mixed 4%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 42% · No religion 24% · Jewish 19%

Born outside the UK: 27%

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

Kersal Dale is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,818 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 34 in Salford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (34) and lowest on Housing & access (14). Typical homes here, about £218,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 48% in five years (from 61 sales), 9% below the wider Salford median of £238,838. Typical household take-home income is around £35,051 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 16 · #5,763
Employment 17 · #5,667
Education 22 · #5,372
Health 24 · #5,242
Crime 21 · #5,386
Housing & access 14 · #5,866
Living environment 34 · #4,522

House prices ?

£218,000median (12m) · +6.3% yr · n=61
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£218,00061+6.3%+48.0%
Detached£275,0007-25.7%-4.0%
Semi-detached£267,50020-20.7%+38.6%
Terraced£245,0008+11.4%+73.8%
Flat£132,50026+26.2%+26.8%
This area£218,000
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)£35,051±£4,991 · #5,018 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,202
Price-to-income ?6.2×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than 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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Kersal Dale 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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