M6 postcode area · Salford
The M6 postcode district spans 10 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Salford. Area Scores range from 1 to 77 across them. Every full M6 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.
In summary
The M6 district contains both ends of the scale: Swinton South East & Pendlebury West at 78 out of 100 (#1,540 of 6,856 in England) against Pendleton at 1, a 76-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 1 neighbourhood in the least-deprived third of England and 8 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £150,500 in Ordsall West to £298,000 in Eccles — a 2.0× gap within the M6 district. (1 neighbourhood had too few sales to report reliably.)
Living here
Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.
House prices in the M6 district
| Neighbourhood | Nat. rank | Area score | Median price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swinton South East & Pendlebury WestSalford | 1,540 | 78 | £270,000 |
| LightoaksSalford | 3,659 | 47 | £260,250 |
| EcclesSalford | 4,742 | 31 | £298,000 |
| University, Crescent & Adelphi StreetSalford | 5,030 | 27 | £223,500 |
| Ordsall WestSalford | 5,585 | 18 | £150,500 |
| Weaste & SeedleySalford | 5,619 | 18 | £202,500 |
| Langworthy Buile HillSalford | 5,811 | 15 | £209,067 |
| Clifton Green & Pendlebury EastSalford | 5,955 | 13 | £210,000 |
| Cromwell Road & Broad StreetSalford | 6,503 | 5 | £164,000 |
| PendletonSalford | 6,778 | 1 | — |
People living in M6 Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 20% · Associate professional 15% · Elementary 13%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 20% |
| Associate professional | 15% |
| Elementary | 13% |
| Managers & directors | 10% |
| Sales & customer service | 10% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Caring & leisure | 9% |
| Skilled trades | 8% |
| Process & plant | 6% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 47% · No religion 38% · Muslim 6%
Born outside the UK: 22%
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.
Towns & places in M6
Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the M6 district.
Nearby areas
Postcode districts around M6.
A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.