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Urmston West

Trafford · North West · population 7,096 · 5 LSOAs

Part of Urmston · Postcode M31 · M41

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

89Area Score / 100 ?
  • #780 of 6,856 in England
  • #99 of 932 in North West
  • #12 of 28 in Trafford
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,040
Median age (est.)47
Density3,676per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above38%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 8%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 27%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 29% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional29%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 35% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Urmston West is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #780 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 28 in Trafford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (98) but weak on Living environment (35). Typical homes here sold for about £371,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 91 sales), in line with the wider Trafford median of £370,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,534 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 91 · #629
Employment 74 · #1,760
Education 94 · #416
Health 65 · #2,397
Crime 72 · #1,897
Housing & access 98 · #156
Living environment 35 · #4,454

House prices ?

£371,000median (12m) · +7.8% yr · n=91
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£371,00091+7.8%+21.6%
Detached£425,00013-2.3%-9.1%
Semi-detached£377,50056+9.4%+28.0%
Terraced£342,00018+4.3%+17.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£371,000
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)£39,534±£5,551 · #3,552 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,895
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

74Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Urmston West 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.

Urmston East Davyhulme Flixton & Moorside Ashton upon Mersey North Lostock & Stretford Meadows Trafford Park West & Kingsway Park

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