Swinton Newtown

Salford · North West · population 5,970 · 4 LSOAs

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

20Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,455 of 6,856 in England
  • #617 of 932 in North West
  • #17 of 34 in Salford
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,823
Median age (est.)43
Density3,503per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above24%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 21%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 13%Other: 15%
One person 37%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 13%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 3%Black: 4%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 3%Black 4%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 33% · Muslim 3%

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

Swinton Newtown is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,455 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 34 in Salford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (63) and lowest on Crime (10). Typical homes here, about £207,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 69 sales), 13% below the wider Salford median of £238,838. Typical household take-home income is around £30,131 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 29 · #4,845
Employment 18 · #5,585
Education 24 · #5,194
Health 18 · #5,647
Crime 10 · #6,154
Housing & access 63 · #2,514
Living environment 27 · #5,002

House prices ?

£207,000median (12m) · -8.0% yr · n=69
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£207,00069-8.0%+35.7%
Detached£245,0007
Semi-detached£240,00027-3.0%+37.1%
Terraced£194,50024-1.5%+32.1%
Flat£130,00011+20.4%+24.2%
This area£207,000
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)£30,131±£4,298 · #6,365 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,426
Price-to-income ?6.9×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Swinton Newtown 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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