Sale Central

Trafford · North West · population 9,527 · 5 LSOAs

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

84Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,115 of 6,856 in England
  • #140 of 932 in North West
  • #13 of 28 in Trafford
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,535
Median age (est.)40
Density5,084per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above55%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 8%25–44 31%45–64 24%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 7%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 7%Other: 11%
One person 38%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 7%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 35% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional35%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional15%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service6%
Skilled trades5%
Elementary5%
Caring & leisure5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 81%Asian: 12%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 81%Asian 12%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 39% · Hindu 4%

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

Sale Central is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,115 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 28 in Trafford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (99) but weak on Living environment (19). Typical homes here sold for about £280,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 159 sales), 24% below the wider Trafford median of £370,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,112 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 88 · #807
Employment 79 · #1,410
Education 99 · #87
Health 82 · #1,218
Crime 51 · #3,357
Housing & access 96 · #238
Living environment 19 · #5,571

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · -6.7% yr · n=159
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,000159-6.7%+1.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£500,00032-11.9%+15.1%
Terraced£366,00043+6.2%+30.7%
Flat£198,00080-3.4%+14.5%
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)£42,112±£5,994 · #2,821 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,536
Price-to-income ?6.6×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Sale Central 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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