Neighbourhoods in Salford
Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.
34 neighbourhoods · 161 sub-areas
Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.
Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.
Where to look in Salford
Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Salford. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.
Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).
Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).
Highest liveability per pound of rent — desirable areas where rent stays close to or below the Salford median.
Cost of living
Median rent and council tax across Salford.
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.
Safety in Salford
Greater Manchester Police don't publish to data.police.uk, so crime metrics for Salford are intentionally blank. National rank against the 335 council area peer set is shown for context where available.
Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.
Schools in Salford
100% of schools serving Salford are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.
Transport in Salford
Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.
Job access from Salford
Salford has 0.64 jobs per resident locally. Top quartile
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.
Frequently asked about Salford
Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.
- What is the average rent in Salford?
- The median monthly rent across Salford is £1,161, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
- Where is the cheapest place to rent in Salford?
- The cheapest neighbourhood in Salford by estimated median rent is Salford 031 at approximately £829/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
- What's the best neighbourhood to live in Salford?
- By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Salford is Salford 036 at 100/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
- Is Salford a safe area?
- Salford has an average safety score of 100/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
- What is council tax in Salford?
- The most common council tax band in Salford is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £2,155. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Salford.
- What is the average salary in Salford?
- The median annual resident salary in Salford is £30,495, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Salford, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
- What is the average house price in Salford?
- The average property price in Salford is approximately £224,404 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
- What's the rental yield in Salford?
- Gross rental yield in Salford is approximately 5.9% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
- How long does it take to save a deposit in Salford?
- Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 3.6 years in Salford. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Salford?
- 100% of premises in Salford are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
- What's the unemployment rate in Salford?
- 5.0% of 16-64 residents in Salford are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
- How many neighbourhoods are in Salford?
- Salford contains 34 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 161 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
What you need on day one
All sub-areas in Salford
Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.
- Salford 034E
- Salford 035C
- Salford 021H
- Salford 010C
- Salford 031C
- Salford 032C
- Salford 036C
- Salford 032D
- Salford 031A
- Salford 036A
- Salford 033B
- Salford 017H
- Salford 023A
- Salford 011B
- Salford 010A
- Salford 033F
- Salford 032A
- Salford 018A
- Salford 037E
- Salford 027D
- Salford 023B
- Salford 037B
- Salford 023C
- Salford 010D
- Salford 035A
- Salford 021E
- Salford 019C
- Salford 037C
- Salford 034A
- Salford 037D
- Salford 024C
- Salford 034D
- Salford 032B
- Salford 031B
- Salford 017C
- Salford 027A
- Salford 036B
- Salford 035B
- Salford 033D
- Salford 024E
- Salford 034B
- Salford 026B
- Salford 010B
- Salford 018D
- Salford 021F
- Salford 004A
- Salford 020B
- Salford 037A
- Salford 011A
- Salford 033C
- Salford 007B
- Salford 033A
- Salford 021C
- Salford 012E
- Salford 011D
- Salford 034C
- Salford 026C
- Salford 030F
- Salford 009C
- Salford 008F
- Salford 017B
- Salford 008A
- Salford 005A
- Salford 023D
- Salford 026A
- Salford 021B
- Salford 003A
- Salford 020E
- Salford 002A
- Salford 020A
- Salford 017A
- Salford 025B
- Salford 011C
- Salford 006A
- Salford 012F
- Salford 005B
- Salford 001A
- Salford 009A
- Salford 030E
- Salford 021I
Showing 80 of 161 sub-areas. Drill into any neighbourhood above for the full sub-area list.