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Walkden South

Middle area

North west Salford. 10,223 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 18% of people in Walkden South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£257,000
Joint 2,854th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,918
Joint 1,215th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
18%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Walkden South

Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019, so there is no figure for Greater Manchester.

How Walkden South compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price33 middle areas, Salford · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Salford33 areas from £168,000 to £455,000. The middle area is £230,000. Walkden South is £257,000.
£257,0008th most expensive
Population34 middle areas, Salford · 2021
Population: every middle area in Salford34 areas from 5,123 to 13,344. The middle area is 7,498. Walkden South is 9,918.
9,9185th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares34 middle areas, Salford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Salford34 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 27.5%. Walkden South is 18.0%.
18%16th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage34 middle areas, Salford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Salford34 areas from 80.9% to 99.8%. The middle area is 96.5%. Walkden South is 99.5%.
99.5%joint 2nd highest

What is the population of Walkden South?

Walkden South had 9,918 usual residents at the census.

Walkden South is the joint 1,215th most populated of 9,448 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Salford

These figures are published for the whole of Salford, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Salford and not Walkden South alone. See Salford

Average house price
£229,462
Up 0.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,958
61st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.6×
Joint 138th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
32.3
24th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Walkden South in brief

The median price paid for a home in Walkden South was £257,000 in 2025.

Walkden South had 9,918 usual residents at the census.

About 18% of people in Walkden South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Walkden South, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.