Neighbourhood · Trafford · North West
Old Trafford
Trafford 001 · 7 sub-areas · 13,226 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Young professionals (87/100)Watch-out: Investors / BTL (71/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartile
Old Trafford 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.
Liveability
85/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Old Trafford?
A snapshot of Old Trafford
3 parks and 8 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 7 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Old Trafford?
- The median monthly rent across Old Trafford is £1,358.
- How safe is Old Trafford?
- Old Trafford 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 Old Trafford?
- 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 20 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Old Trafford?
- There are 22 schools within 2 km of Old Trafford, of which 54% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 534 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Old Trafford?
- The most common council tax band in Old Trafford is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,649. Council tax is set by Trafford council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Old Trafford to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Old Trafford to central London is approximately 141 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 Old Trafford?
- 100% of premises in Old Trafford are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Old Trafford?
- Old Trafford sits in IMD decile 2 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 Old Trafford?
- 31% of households in Old Trafford 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 Old Trafford?
- The average property price across Trafford (the local authority covering Old Trafford) 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 Old Trafford 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 Old Trafford?
- Old Trafford contains 7 local areas: Trafford 001C, Trafford 001B, Trafford 001F, Trafford 001D, Trafford 001H…
FAQ
Frequently asked about Old Trafford
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Old Trafford?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Old Trafford 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 Old Trafford a safe place to live?
- Old Trafford 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 Old Trafford?
- 54% of schools within 2 km of Old Trafford are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Old Trafford?
- Public-transport commute time from Old Trafford to central London is approximately 141 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Old Trafford different from the rest of Trafford?
- Old Trafford contains 7 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 Old Trafford rank in Trafford?
- Old Trafford 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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