Gorse Hill

Trafford · North West · population 9,081 · 4 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,413 of 6,856 in England
  • #477 of 932 in North West
  • #24 of 28 in Trafford
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,880
Median age (est.)35
Density4,169per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above38%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 12%25–44 34%45–64 23%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 16%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 15%Other: 12%
One person 31%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 15%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 15% · Elementary 11%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional15%
Elementary11%
Administrative11%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors9%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant7%
Skilled trades7%

Ethnic group

White: 62%Asian: 18%Black: 10%Mixed: 7%Other: 4%
White 62%Asian 18%Black 10%Mixed 7%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · No religion 33% · Muslim 16%

Born outside the UK: 21%

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

Gorse Hill is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,413 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 28 in Trafford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (92) but weak on Living environment (13). Typical homes here, about £270,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 88 sales), 27% below the wider Trafford median of £370,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,757 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 29 · #4,893
Employment 30 · #4,790
Education 50 · #3,398
Health 34 · #4,536
Crime 34 · #4,550
Housing & access 92 · #581
Living environment 13 · #5,962

House prices ?

£270,000median (12m) · +4.4% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£270,00088+4.4%+31.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£291,25024-2.4%+18.9%
Terraced£275,00044+6.4%+16.3%
Flat£187,50020+4.2%+49.4%
This area£270,000
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)£37,757±£5,314 · #4,127 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,168
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

57Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Gorse Hill 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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