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Sale East

Trafford · North West · population 8,142 · 5 LSOAs

Part of Sale · Postcode M33

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

93Area Score / 100 ?
  • #485 of 6,856 in England
  • #53 of 932 in North West
  • #7 of 28 in Trafford
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,024
Median age (est.)43
Density3,545per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above51%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 8%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 6%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 8%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 8%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 35% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional35%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional16%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service5%
Caring & leisure5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 7%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 87%Asian 7%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 38% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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 East is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #485 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 28 in Trafford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (99) but weak on Living environment (22). Typical homes here, about £410,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 112 sales), 11% above the wider Trafford median of £370,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,292 a year, in the top third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 95 · #348
Employment 87 · #903
Education 99 · #60
Health 88 · #855
Crime 69 · #2,116
Housing & access 99 · #94
Living environment 22 · #5,359

House prices ?

£410,500median (12m) · +2.6% yr · n=112
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£410,500112+2.6%+26.3%
Detached£509,50018-24.1%-0.8%
Semi-detached£436,50051+6.5%+24.4%
Terraced£337,50026-6.0%+18.4%
Flat£195,00017-8.0%+25.2%
This area£410,500
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)£44,292±£6,251 · #2,245 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,522
Price-to-income ?9.3×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 ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Sale East 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).

Official sources

Nearby areas

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

Sale Moor Sale Central Sale North Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows (Manchester) Northern Moor (Manchester) Timperley North

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