Trafford

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Least deprived 30–40%
Census 2021
235,052
Households
96,269
Crime
Not available

Estimated population, mid-2025: 240,981 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

96,269
Households
White Brit. · 72%
Ethnicity
Christian · 48%
Religion
Least deprived 30⁠–⁠40%
Avg IMD
Not available
Crime
£382,500
Median property price · Trafford · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 2,528 sales
£1,373
Average rent, September 2026
6,473
Postcodes

Sold prices in Trafford

England & Wales
Property sales · Trafford
HM Land Registry · Trafford
Average price
£459,541
Median price: £382,500
Median +3.4% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 2,528 sales
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 86 sales · avg £448,475
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£490k£451k£413k
Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Sep '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Trafford

England & Wales

Crime data not available: Greater Manchester Police currently supplies no data to police.uk.

Demographics in Trafford

Ethnicity

Total residents: 235,053
White Brit.72.1%
Pakistani4.9%
Indian4.3%
Other White3.5%
White Irish2.1%
+ 14 other groups · 13.1%

Religion

Total residents: 235,055
Christian48.4%
No religion33.1%
Muslim8.7%
Not answered5.1%
Hindu2.0%
+ 4 other religions · 2.7%

Age groups

Total residents: 235,052
35–4921.8%
50–6419.3%
25–3411.7%
65–749.1%
10–158.3%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.8%

Households

Total households: 96,269
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children19.5%
One person: other16.2%
One person: aged 66+13.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.2%
Single family household, all members 66+8.5%
+ 9 other households · 33.3%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Trafford

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Least deprived 30–40%
Mean decile 6.99 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Least deprived 30–40% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.99 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Trafford

1% of postcodes (40 of 6473) are in Flood Zone 3 and 2% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 340 (1%)
  • Zone 2129 (2%)
  • Zone 16,304 (97%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Transport in Trafford

Brooklands (Manchester Metrolink) is a 10-minute walk from the centre

Metrolink · 824 m

  • Brooklands (Manchester Metrolink)

    Metrolink

    824 m
  • Sale (Manchester Metrolink)

    Metrolink

    1.2 km
  • Dane Road (Manchester Metrolink)

    Metrolink

    1.9 km
  • Timperley (Manchester Metrolink)

    Metrolink

    1.9 km
  • Navigation Road

    Rail · Metrolink

    2.9 km
  • Sale Water Park (Manchester Metrolink)

    Metrolink

    3.1 km
  • Urmston

    Rail

    3.2 km
  • Humphrey Park

    Rail

    3.5 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · Metrolink, Rail

Amenities in Trafford

GPs make up most of the mapped places

31 GPs · 13 Libraries · 4 Hospitals · 51 in all

  • GPs31
  • Libraries13
  • Hospitals4
  • Museums2
  • Universities1

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Trafford

Average rent, September 2026

£1,373/month

ONS Price Index of Private Rents — average monthly rent by bedroom.

£946
1 bed
£1,205
2 bed
£1,488
3 bed
£2,113
4+ bed

ONS Price Index of Private Rents · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

School applications

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Last place offered

Straight-line distance. Places change every year, so this isn't a guarantee.

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Admission appeals in Trafford

Appeals lodged

669

Local authority × school phase. Not a figure for one school.

Primary
61 · 1.9% of admissions
Lodged
44 · 1.4% of admissions
Heard
2 · 4.5% of those heard
Successful

3,147 admissions

Infant
39 · 1.5% of admissions
Lodged
30 · 1.1% of admissions
Heard
0 · 0.0% of those heard
Successful

2,660 admissions

Secondary
608 · 15.2% of admissions
Lodged
513 · 12.8% of admissions
Heard
56 · 10.9% of those heard
Successful

3,999 admissions

EES admission appeals · Reporting year 2026 · as at 6 Aug 2026

Schools in Trafford

Open schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.

Best schools in TraffordFilter and map

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.

Overview of Trafford

Coordinates53.4214, -2.3362
Postcodes
6,473
Census 2021
235,052

Estimated population, mid-2025: 240,981 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

Households (Census)
96,269
Crime
Not available

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