Neighbourhoods in Trafford
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28 neighbourhoods · 139 sub-areas
Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.
| Lostock & Stretford Meadows | £1,081 | +2.7% | 85 | 100 |
| Gorse Hill | £1,094 | +2.7% | 85 | 100 |
| Trafford Park East & Sevenways | £1,132 | +2.7% | 85 | 100 |
| Stretford East | £1,172 | +2.7% | 81 | — |
| Partington | £1,179 | +2.7% | 80 | 100 |
| Urmston East | £1,179 | +2.7% | 85 | 100 |
| Flixton & Moorside | £1,206 | +2.7% | 75 | 100 |
| Trafford Park West & Kingsway Park | £1,208 | +2.7% | 85 | 100 |
| Sale Central | £1,238 | +2.7% | 85 | — |
| Sale North | £1,255 | +2.7% | 78 | — |
| Sale Moor | £1,272 | +2.7% | 76 | — |
| Ashton upon Mersey North | £1,280 | +2.7% | 46 | — |
| Old Trafford | £1,292 | +2.7% | 85 | 100 |
| Firswood | £1,299 | +2.7% | 78 | — |
| Urmston West | £1,314 | +2.7% | 85 | 100 |
| Sale East | £1,337 | +2.7% | 71 | 100 |
| Broadheath & Firsway | £1,348 | +2.7% | 82 | 100 |
| Timperley East | £1,357 | +2.7% | 75 | 100 |
| Davyhulme | £1,379 | +2.7% | 79 | — |
| Altrincham East | £1,444 | +2.7% | 83 | — |
| Timperley South | £1,472 | +2.7% | 65 | — |
| Ashton upon Mersey South | £1,509 | +2.7% | 29 | — |
| Timperley North | £1,517 | +2.7% | 61 | 100 |
| West Timperley | £1,522 | +2.7% | 58 | — |
| Altrincham West, Dunham & Warburton | £1,552 | +2.7% | 73 | 100 |
| Hale | £1,831 | +2.7% | 73 | 100 |
| Bowdon | £1,850 | +2.7% | 73 | 100 |
| Hale Barns | £1,950 | +2.7% | 35 | — |
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 Trafford
Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Trafford. 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 Trafford median.
Cost of living
Median rent and council tax across Trafford.
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.
Safety in Trafford
Greater Manchester Police don't publish to data.police.uk, so crime metrics for Trafford 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 Trafford
100% of schools serving Trafford 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 Trafford
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 Trafford
Trafford has 0.70 jobs per resident locally. Best 10%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.
Frequently asked about Trafford
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 Trafford?
- The median monthly rent across Trafford is £1,358, 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 Trafford?
- The cheapest neighbourhood in Trafford by estimated median rent is Lostock & Stretford Meadows at approximately £1,081/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
- What's the best neighbourhood to live in Trafford?
- By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Trafford is Gorse Hill at 85/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
- Is Trafford a safe area?
- Trafford 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 Trafford?
- The most common council tax band in Trafford is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £1,852. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Trafford.
- What is the average salary in Trafford?
- The median annual resident salary in Trafford is £35,593, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Trafford, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
- What is the average house price in Trafford?
- The average property price in Trafford is approximately £378,404 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 Trafford?
- Gross rental yield in Trafford is approximately 4.0% — 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 Trafford?
- 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 5.1 years in Trafford. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Trafford?
- 100% of premises in Trafford 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 Trafford?
- 3.0% of 16-64 residents in Trafford 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 Trafford?
- Trafford contains 28 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 139 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 Trafford
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.
- Trafford 001C
- Trafford 003B
- Trafford 001B
- Trafford 015C
- Trafford 015B
- Trafford 001F
- Trafford 012C
- Trafford 003C
- Trafford 015E
- Trafford 001D
- Trafford 024A
- Trafford 011D
- Trafford 001H
- Trafford 003D
- Trafford 014D
- Trafford 004D
- Trafford 004A
- Trafford 020A
- Trafford 024E
- Trafford 015A
- Trafford 006A
- Trafford 027A
- Trafford 012E
- Trafford 025B
- Trafford 009B
- Trafford 019A
- Trafford 001G
- Trafford 015D
- Trafford 003A
- Trafford 024B
- Trafford 025D
- Trafford 009A
- Trafford 026D
- Trafford 004B
- Trafford 016A
- Trafford 024C
- Trafford 026C
- Trafford 004C
- Trafford 004E
- Trafford 011B
- Trafford 014E
- Trafford 012D
- Trafford 009E
- Trafford 011E
- Trafford 007B
- Trafford 026E
- Trafford 006E
- Trafford 013D
- Trafford 006C
- Trafford 005D
- Trafford 012B
- Trafford 027C
- Trafford 009D
- Trafford 021D
- Trafford 002E
- Trafford 022C
- Trafford 022E
- Trafford 027D
- Trafford 018C
- Trafford 020D
- Trafford 013A
- Trafford 025C
- Trafford 008C
- Trafford 013B
- Trafford 027E
- Trafford 001A
- Trafford 020C
- Trafford 006D
- Trafford 014B
- Trafford 019E
- Trafford 010D
- Trafford 021E
- Trafford 017E
- Trafford 018D
- Trafford 018E
- Trafford 018B
- Trafford 017A
- Trafford 002D
- Trafford 008D
- Trafford 020E
Showing 80 of 139 sub-areas. Drill into any neighbourhood above for the full sub-area list.