Firswood

Trafford · North West · population 8,834 · 5 LSOAs

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

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,262 of 6,856 in England
  • #459 of 932 in North West
  • #22 of 28 in Trafford
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,674
Median age (est.)38
Density5,396per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above41%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 22%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 13%Other: 20%
One person 27%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 13%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors11%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant6%
Skilled trades6%

Ethnic group

White: 44%Asian: 37%Black: 9%Mixed: 5%Other: 5%
White 44%Asian 37%Black 9%Mixed 5%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Muslim 36% · Christian 29% · No religion 25%

Born outside the UK: 28%

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

Firswood is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,262 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 28 in Trafford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (88) but weak on Living environment (25). Typical homes here, about £415,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 52 sales), 12% above the wider Trafford median of £370,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,010 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 30 · #4,824
Employment 28 · #4,913
Education 53 · #3,213
Health 40 · #4,118
Crime 35 · #4,474
Housing & access 88 · #807
Living environment 25 · #5,160

House prices ?

£415,000median (12m) · +14.8% yr · n=52
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£415,00052+14.8%+33.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£427,25042+10.4%+37.2%
Terraced£315,0005+22.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£415,000
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)£36,010±£5,106 · #4,701 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,926
Price-to-income ?11.5×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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Firswood 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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