# M30

Postcode district covering Eccles, Patricroft and Monton, in Salford.

M30 is a postcode district covering Eccles, Patricroft and Monton, in Salford. Median sale price £243,250 in 2025. About 42,094 people.

Postcode district. Code M30. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [M](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an M30 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £243,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in M30 was £243,250 in 2025. 699th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m30#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 40,277** (2021). M30 had 40,277 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 448th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m30#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 4%** (2022). About 4% of people in M30 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m30#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.0%** (January 2026). In M30, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m30#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=M30) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 4% of people in M30 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=M30) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 464 homes were sold in M30 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=M30) (Census 2021, England and Wales): M30 had 40,277 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=M30) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Salford, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is M30.

## How M30 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | M30 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £243,250 | 19th most expensive | 40 postcode districts, M · 2025 |
| Population | 40,277 | 12th most populated | 45 postcode districts, M · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 4% | 22nd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 45 postcode districts, M · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.0% | 14th highest | 45 postcode districts, M · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of M30?

M30 had 40,277 usual residents at the census.
M30 is the 448th most populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in M30, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so M30 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in M30

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Salford 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005725) | 1,460 | – | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Salford 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005726) | 1,433 | – | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Salford 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005727) | 1,349 | – | 3 | 98.0% |
| [Salford 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005728) | 1,791 | – | 7 | 99.9% |
| [Salford 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005733) | 1,469 | – | 1 | 99.4% |
| [Salford 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005631) | 1,577 | – | 1 | 91.9% |
| [Salford 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005632) | 2,452 | – | 4 | 89.3% |
| [Salford 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005633) | 1,532 | – | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Salford 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005634) | 1,589 | – | 10 | 99.0% |
| [Salford 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005635) | 1,552 | – | 4 | 98.1% |
| [Salford 020F](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005636) | 1,598 | – | 8 | 97.5% |
| [Salford 020G](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005637) | 1,453 | – | 5 | 99.0% |
| [Salford 025A](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005729) | 1,535 | – | 1 | 97.1% |
| [Salford 025B](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005730) | 1,668 | – | 4 | 99.3% |
| [Salford 025C](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005731) | 1,567 | – | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Salford 025D](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005732) | 1,207 | – | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Salford 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005599) | 1,903 | – | 1 | 92.4% |
| [Salford 026B](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005600) | 2,036 | – | 4 | 99.5% |
| [Salford 026C](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005601) | 1,740 | – | 1 | 99.7% |
| [Salford 026D](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005602) | 1,674 | – | 1 | 99.0% |
| [Salford 027A](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005603) | 1,809 | – | 2 | 97.7% |
| [Salford 027B](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005604) | 1,651 | – | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Salford 027C](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005605) | 1,658 | – | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Salford 027D](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005638) | 2,211 | – | 2 | 91.1% |

## Your MP

- [Worsley and Eccles](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/worsley-and-eccles): Michael Wheeler (Labour), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here.
- [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/salford): Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.3% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in M30

[Barton upon Irwell](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/barton-upon-irwell), [Eccles](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/eccles), [Patricroft](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/patricroft), [Peel Green](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/peel-green), [Winton & Westwood](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/winton-and-westwood)

## Postcode sectors in M30

[M30 0 (302 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m30-0), [M30 3 (15 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m30-3), [M30 7 (213 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m30-7), [M30 8 (206 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m30-8), [M30 9 (217 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m30-9)

## Council

[Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/salford)

## Towns in M30

[Eccles](https://openindex.co.uk/town/eccles)

## Postcode districts next to M30

[M5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m5), [M6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m6), [M17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m17), [M27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m27), [M28](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m28), [M41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m41), [M44](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m44), [M50](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m50)

## Nearest rail stations

[Patricroft (750 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.3582,53.4848), [Eccles (Manchester) (800 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.3345,53.4854), [Eccles (850 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.3348,53.4831), [Ladywell (1.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.3268,53.4840)

## More in the M postcode area

[All M postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## M30 in brief

M30 is a postcode district covering Eccles, Patricroft and Monton, in Salford.
About 42,094 people lived in M30 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £243,250 in 2025 across 464 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in M30 was £243,250 in 2025.
M30 had 40,277 usual residents at the census.
About 4% of people in M30 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In M30, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: M30
- Postcode area: [M](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m)
- Constituency: [Worsley and Eccles †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/worsley-and-eccles)
- Council: [Salford †](https://openindex.co.uk/salford)
- Area: 12.29 km²
- People, mid-2024: 42,094*
- Neighbourhoods: 24
- Output areas: 131

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[M28](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m28), [M44](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m44), [M17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m17), [M27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m27), [M41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m41), [M6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m6)

## Latest updates for M30

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/M30

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m30, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m30#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m30