# M38

Postcode district covering Little Hulton, Peel and Spring Gardens, in Salford.

M38 is a postcode district covering Little Hulton, Peel and Spring Gardens, in Salford. Median sale price £180,000 in 2025. About 15,517 people.

Postcode district. Code M38. 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 M38 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £180,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in M38 was £180,000 in 2025. Joint 239th 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/m38#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 14,928** (2021). M38 had 14,928 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,007th least 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/m38#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in M38 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/m38#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.1%** (January 2026). In M38, 99.1% 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/m38#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=M38) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in M38 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=M38) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 109 homes were sold in M38 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=M38) (Census 2021, England and Wales): M38 had 14,928 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=M38) (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 M38.

## How M38 compares

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

| Measure | M38 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £180,000 | 2nd cheapest | 40 postcode districts, M · 2025 |
| Population | 14,928 | 9th least populated | 45 postcode districts, M · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 45 postcode districts, M · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 99.1% | highest | 45 postcode districts, M · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of M38?

M38 had 14,928 usual residents at the census.
M38 is the 1,007th least populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in M38, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so M38 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in M38

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Salford 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005659) | 1,544 | – | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Salford 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005660) | 1,823 | – | 1 | 96.8% |
| [Salford 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005664) | 1,707 | – | 1 | 98.7% |
| [Salford 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005665) | 2,104 | – | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Salford 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005703) | 1,746 | – | 1 | 96.6% |
| [Salford 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005704) | 1,344 | – | 1 | 98.6% |
| [Salford 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005706) | 1,537 | – | 1 | 99.7% |
| [Salford 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005661) | 1,900 | – | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Salford 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005662) | 1,620 | – | 1 | 98.9% |

## Your MP

- [Bolton South and Walkden](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bolton-south-and-walkden): Yasmin Qureshi (Labour), MP since July 2024.

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

## Middle areas in M38

[Little Hulton North](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/little-hulton-north), [Walkden North West](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/walkden-north-west)

## Postcode sectors in M38

[M38 0 (76 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m38-0), [M38 9 (255 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m38-9)

## Council

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

## Towns in M38

[Little Hulton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/little-hulton)

## Postcode districts next to M38

[BL4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl4), [BL5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl5), [M28](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m28), [M29](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m29)

## Nearest rail stations

[Walkden (2.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.3963,53.5198), [Atherton (2.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.4790,53.5291), [Moses Gate (3.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.4012,53.5560), [Farnworth (3.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.3878,53.5500)

## 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)

## M38 in brief

M38 is a postcode district covering Little Hulton, Peel and Spring Gardens, in Salford.
About 15,517 people lived in M38 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £180,000 in 2025 across 109 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in M38 was £180,000 in 2025.
M38 had 14,928 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in M38 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In M38, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: M38
- Postcode area: [M](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m)
- Constituency: [Bolton South and Walkden †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bolton-south-and-walkden)
- Council: [Salford †](https://openindex.co.uk/salford)
- Area: 3.94 km²
- People, mid-2024: 15,517*
- Neighbourhoods: 9
- Output areas: 47

* 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), [BL5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl5), [BL4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl4), [M29](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m29)

## Latest updates for M38

- 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/M38

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m38, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m38#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/m38