Lightoaks

Salford · North West · population 5,760 · 4 LSOAs

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

47Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,659 of 6,856 in England
  • #396 of 932 in North West
  • #6 of 34 in Salford
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,722
Median age (est.)38
Density5,629per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above37%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 13%25–44 31%45–64 24%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 6%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 10%Other: 20%
One person 28%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 10%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 14% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional14%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service9%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 6%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 6%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 37% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Lightoaks sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,659 of 6,856 in England, and #6 of 34 in Salford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (65) but weak on Living environment (7). Typical homes here, about £260,250 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 34% in five years (from 72 sales), 9% above the wider Salford median of £238,838. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,883 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,838 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 62 · #2,624
Employment 59 · #2,795
Education 58 · #2,843
Health 27 · #4,989
Crime 38 · #4,234
Housing & access 65 · #2,384
Living environment 7 · #6,360

House prices ?

£260,250median (12m) · +10.7% yr · n=72
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£260,25072+10.7%+33.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£276,75034+5.2%+21.1%
Terraced£225,00032+9.8%+41.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£260,250
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)£36,838±£5,163 · #4,418 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,058
Price-to-income ?7.1×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 ?

72Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Lightoaks 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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