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Flixton & Moorside

Trafford · North West · population 8,268 · 5 LSOAs

Postcode M31 · M41

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,925 of 6,856 in England
  • #328 of 932 in North West
  • #18 of 28 in Trafford
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,193
Median age (est.)43
Density2,376per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above32%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 16%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 28%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 15% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional15%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 36% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Flixton & Moorside is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,925 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 28 in Trafford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (88) and lowest on Health (42). Typical homes here sold for about £320,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 93 sales), 14% below the wider Trafford median of £370,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,594 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 58 · #2,911
Employment 44 · #3,830
Education 55 · #3,055
Health 42 · #3,981
Crime 44 · #3,844
Housing & access 88 · #848
Living environment 52 · #3,275

House prices ?

£320,000median (12m) · +4.9% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£320,00093+4.9%+23.2%
Detached£416,5009+1.3%+34.4%
Semi-detached£337,50060+11.0%+30.1%
Terraced£300,00021+7.8%+32.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£320,000
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)£35,594±£5,039 · #4,850 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,255
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

68Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Flixton & Moorside 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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Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Davyhulme Higher Irlam (Salford) Urmston West Partington Urmston East Peel Green (Salford)

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