22,011

Households

White Brit. · 88%

Ethnicity

Christian · 48%

Religion

Low deprivation

Avg IMD

£349,836

Median property price

1,153

Postcodes

22,011

Households

White Brit. · 88%

Ethnicity

Christian · 48%

Religion

Low deprivation

Avg IMD

£349,836

Median property price

1,153

Postcodes

22,011

Households

White Brit. · 88%

Ethnicity

Christian · 48%

Religion

Low deprivation

Avg IMD

£349,836

Median property price

1,153

Postcodes

Sold prices in ME8

England & Wales

Property sales · ME8

HM Land Registry · ME8

Average price

£357,069

YoY: -0.2%

Median price: £349,836

View district ME8

Recent sale price trend

Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 22 sales · avg £358,352

X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)

£383k£352k£321k

Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26

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Overview of ME8

Coordinates51.3616, 0.5975

Postcodes

1,153

Population (Census)

53,845

Households (Census)

22,011

Demographics in ME8

Ethnicity

Total residents: 53,833

White Brit.88.1%

Indian2.1%

Other White2.1%

African1.4%

+ other · 6.3%

Religion

Total residents: 53,844

Christian47.5%

No religion43.4%

Not answered5.1%

Muslim1.4%

Sikh1.0%

+ other · 1.6%

Age groups

Total residents: 53,845

50–6419.9%

35–4918.4%

65–7412.2%

25–3411.5%

75–847.5%

+ 6 other age groups · 30.3%

Households

Total households: 22,011

Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children15.6%

Any member 66+15.4%

All members 66+12.3%

Other10.7%

Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.6%

+ 8 other households · 35.3%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for ME8

Area IMD profile

This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.

Low deprivation

Mean decile 6.60 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)

1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived

Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.60 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).