Lower Irlam & Cadishead

Salford · North West · population 10,642 · 6 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,879 of 6,856 in England
  • #531 of 932 in North West
  • #10 of 34 in Salford
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,556
Median age (est.)38
Density777per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above25%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 22%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 15%Other: 12%
One person 31%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 15%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 41% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Lower Irlam & Cadishead is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,879 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 34 in Salford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (48) and lowest on Health (19). Typical homes here, about £230,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 35% in five years (from 152 sales), in line with the wider Salford median of £238,838. Typical household take-home income is around £34,286 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 32 · #4,673
Employment 27 · #5,009
Education 25 · #5,160
Health 19 · #5,530
Crime 29 · #4,845
Housing & access 48 · #3,583
Living environment 47 · #3,638

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · +7.0% yr · n=152
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,000152+7.0%+35.3%
Detached£341,00024+10.0%+36.4%
Semi-detached£242,25070+7.7%+34.6%
Terraced£180,00041-2.7%+22.0%
Flat£134,50017+14.0%+14.0%
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)£34,286±£4,814 · #5,248 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,814
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Lower Irlam & Cadishead 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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