Bowdon

Trafford · North West · population 7,792 · 5 LSOAs

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

92Area Score / 100 ?
  • #540 of 6,856 in England
  • #64 of 932 in North West
  • #9 of 28 in Trafford
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,755
Median age (est.)47
Density1,936per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above58%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 20%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 9%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 30%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 34% · Managers & directors 27% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional34%
Managers & directors27%
Associate professional14%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service4%
Elementary4%
Skilled trades4%
Caring & leisure3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 9%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 84%Asian 9%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 28% · Jewish 5%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Bowdon is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #540 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 28 in Trafford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (99) but weak on Living environment (33). Typical homes here sold for about £593,600 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 114 sales), 60% above the wider Trafford median of £370,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,251 a year, in the top third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 92 · #519
Employment 88 · #855
Education 99 · #80
Health 89 · #780
Crime 73 · #1,856
Housing & access 88 · #848
Living environment 33 · #4,591

House prices ?

£593,600median (12m) · -10.1% yr · n=114
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£593,600114-10.1%+18.7%
Detached£1,087,50026-5.4%+30.3%
Semi-detached£950,00019-16.7%+11.1%
Terraced£445,00033-9.5%-4.3%
Flat£400,00036-21.6%-5.9%
This area£593,600
Trafford£370,000
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)£48,251±£6,906 · #1,399 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,653
Price-to-income ?12.3×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Bowdon 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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