Neighbourhood · Trafford · North West
Gorse Hill
Trafford 003 · 4 sub-areas · 9,626 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Young professionals (88/100)Watch-out: Investors / BTL (72/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartile
Gorse Hill is a green, lower-density part of Trafford — parks within walking distance of most addresses, a slower weekday rhythm, and a population skewed toward longer-tenure households rather than transient renters. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children.
Liveability
85/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Gorse Hill?
A snapshot of Gorse Hill
3 parks and 7 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; The streets feel safe by national standards — police-recorded crime is well below the country-wide median; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,358 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Gorse Hill in Trafford
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Gorse Hill?
- The median monthly rent across Gorse Hill is £1,358.
- How safe is Gorse Hill?
- Gorse Hill has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Gorse Hill?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 7 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Gorse Hill?
- There are 20 schools within 2 km of Gorse Hill, of which 52% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1744 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Gorse Hill?
- The most common council tax band in Gorse Hill is B, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,773. Council tax is set by Trafford council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Gorse Hill to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Gorse Hill to central London is approximately 134 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Gorse Hill?
- 100% of premises in Gorse Hill are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Gorse Hill?
- Gorse Hill sits in IMD decile 4 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Gorse Hill?
- 60% of households in Gorse Hill are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Gorse Hill?
- The average property price across Trafford (the local authority covering Gorse Hill) is approximately £378,404, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Gorse Hill a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.70 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £35,593.)
- Which local areas are part of Gorse Hill?
- Gorse Hill contains 4 local areas: Trafford 003B, Trafford 003C, Trafford 003D, Trafford 003A.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Gorse Hill
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Gorse Hill?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Gorse Hill is £1,358. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Gorse Hill a safe place to live?
- Gorse Hill has a safety score of 100/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Gorse Hill?
- 52% of schools within 2 km of Gorse Hill are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Gorse Hill?
- Public-transport commute time from Gorse Hill to central London is approximately 134 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Gorse Hill different from the rest of Trafford?
- Gorse Hill contains 4 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Gorse Hill rank in Trafford?
- Gorse Hill scores 85/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Trafford, see the Cities table on the Trafford page.
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