Salford Quays

Salford · North West · population 6,769 · 5 LSOAs

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

84Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,115 of 6,856 in England
  • #140 of 932 in North West
  • #3 of 34 in Salford
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,012
Median age (est.)29
Density6,021per km²
No qualifications5%
Degree or above71%
No car or van47%

Age

0–14 5%15–24 21%25–44 61%45–64 9%65+ 3%

Tenure

Own outright: 6%Mortgage/shared: 11%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 79%
Own outright 6%Mortgage/shared 11%Social rent 4%Private rent 79%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 30%Couple with children: 7%Lone parent: 2%Other: 20%
One person 42%Couple, no children 30%Couple with children 7%Lone parent 2%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 37% · Associate professional 20% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional37%
Associate professional20%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure5%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 68%Asian: 15%Black: 8%Mixed: 4%Other: 5%
White 68%Asian 15%Black 8%Mixed 4%Other 5%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 32% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 40%

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

Salford Quays is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,115 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 34 in Salford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (100) but weak on Living environment (39). Typical homes here sold for about £204,950 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (-0%) (from 148 sales), 14% below the wider Salford median of £238,838. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #25 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £42,272 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 99 · #53
Employment 100 · #5
Education 61 · #2,651
Health 55 · #3,055
Crime 41 · #4,070
Housing & access 50 · #3,439
Living environment 39 · #4,200

House prices ?

£204,950median (12m) · +2.5% yr · n=148
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£204,950148+2.5%-0.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Flat£203,378144+1.8%+3.2%
This area£204,950
Salford£238,838
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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Household income

Net household income (a year)£42,272±£6,657 · #2,769 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,490
Price-to-income ?4.8×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 ?

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

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Salford Quays 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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