Hale Barns

Trafford · North West · population 8,353 · 5 LSOAs

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

95Area Score / 100 ?
  • #327 of 6,856 in England
  • #37 of 932 in North West
  • #6 of 28 in Trafford
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,277
Median age (est.)45
Density1,171per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above54%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 10%25–44 19%45–64 26%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 7%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 36%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 24%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 36%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 36% · Managers & directors 28% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional36%
Managers & directors28%
Associate professional12%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service5%
Caring & leisure4%
Elementary3%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 67%Asian: 23%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 5%
White 67%Asian 23%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 18% · Muslim 17%

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

Hale Barns is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #327 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #6 of 28 in Trafford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (97) but weak on Housing & access (42). Typical homes here sold for about £700,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 108 sales) — roughly 1.9× the wider Trafford median of £370,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,067 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £48,552 a year, in the top third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 95 · #327
Employment 93 · #498
Education 97 · #176
Health 97 · #211
Crime 76 · #1,650
Housing & access 42 · #3,995
Living environment 89 · #745

House prices ?

£700,000median (12m) · -9.1% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£700,000108-9.1%+16.2%
Detached£917,75072+3.8%+22.4%
Semi-detached£475,00021-4.0%+9.2%
Terraced£410,0008-16.3%
Flat£400,0007+6.0%+5.3%
This area£700,000
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)£48,552±£6,988 · #1,344 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,245
Price-to-income ?14.4×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 ?

11Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Hale Barns 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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