Sale Moor

Trafford · North West · population 8,088 · 5 LSOAs

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

47Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,659 of 6,856 in England
  • #396 of 932 in North West
  • #20 of 28 in Trafford
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,116
Median age (est.)40
Density3,449per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above37%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 9%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 24%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 15%Other: 12%
One person 27%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 15%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Skilled trades8%
Elementary8%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 81%Asian: 9%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 3%
White 81%Asian 9%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 38% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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 Moor sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,659 of 6,856 in England, and #20 of 28 in Trafford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (95) but weak on Employment (33). Typical homes here, about £357,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 25% in five years (from 77 sales), in line with the wider Trafford median of £370,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,368 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 39 · #4,186
Employment 33 · #4,611
Education 64 · #2,466
Health 40 · #4,145
Crime 38 · #4,228
Housing & access 95 · #334
Living environment 63 · #2,562

House prices ?

£357,000median (12m) · +2.0% yr · n=77
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£357,00077+2.0%+25.3%
Detached£545,0005-19.9%+28.2%
Semi-detached£359,50044-4.3%+20.8%
Terraced£322,50023+15.2%+51.1%
Flat£236,0005+22.9%+55.3%
This area£357,000
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)£37,368±£5,303 · #4,249 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,367
Price-to-income ?9.6×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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

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