Old Trafford

Trafford · North West · population 12,107 · 7 LSOAs

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

14Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,880 of 6,856 in England
  • #682 of 932 in North West
  • #27 of 28 in Trafford
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,721
Median age (est.)32
Density6,567per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above39%
No car or van42%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 17%25–44 35%45–64 21%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 16%Social rent: 36%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 16%Social rent 36%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 14%Other: 15%
One person 38%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 14%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 15% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional15%
Elementary13%
Sales & customer service11%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Managers & directors8%
Process & plant7%
Skilled trades6%

Ethnic group

White: 35%Asian: 34%Black: 18%Mixed: 7%Other: 7%
White 35%Asian 34%Black 18%Mixed 7%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Muslim 39% · Christian 26% · No religion 25%

Born outside the UK: 36%

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

Old Trafford is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,880 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 28 in Trafford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (63) and lowest on Living environment (9). Typical homes here, about £280,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 56% in five years (from 60 sales), 24% below the wider Trafford median of £370,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,426 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 11 · #6,126
Employment 14 · #5,866
Education 40 · #4,138
Health 14 · #5,900
Crime 18 · #5,653
Housing & access 63 · #2,541
Living environment 9 · #6,236

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · +12.6% yr · n=60
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,00060+12.6%+55.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£312,50042+10.1%+17.9%
Flat£195,00015-16.3%+16.4%
This area£280,000
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)£31,426±£4,460 · #6,085 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,290
Price-to-income ?8.9×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 ?

25Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Old Trafford 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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