Broadheath & Firsway

Trafford · North West · population 9,309 · 5 LSOAs

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

31Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,707 of 6,856 in England
  • #505 of 932 in North West
  • #26 of 28 in Trafford
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,348
Median age (est.)38
Density3,114per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above37%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 27%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 32%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 32%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 18%Other: 10%
One person 30%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 18%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 12% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service9%
Skilled trades8%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 73%Asian: 15%Black: 4%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 73%Asian 15%Black 4%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 35% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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

Broadheath & Firsway is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,707 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 28 in Trafford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (98) but weak on Employment (21). Typical homes here sold for about £308,000 over the past year, up 25% across five years (from 76 sales), 17% below the wider Trafford median of £370,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,495 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 24 · #5,201
Employment 21 · #5,386
Education 42 · #4,001
Health 44 · #3,844
Crime 34 · #4,550
Housing & access 63 · #2,507
Living environment 98 · #121

House prices ?

£308,000median (12m) · +5.7% yr · n=76
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£308,00076+5.7%+24.7%
Detached£533,5008+28.6%+33.4%
Semi-detached£348,50027+0.1%+34.0%
Terraced£275,00031+1.1%+32.2%
Flat£197,50010-1.2%+18.3%
This area£308,000
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)£36,495±£5,165 · #4,538 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,469
Price-to-income ?8.4×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 ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Broadheath & Firsway 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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