# Clifton

Town in Salford, North West.

Clifton is a town in Salford, North West. Median sale price £220,000 in 2025. About 17,966 people.

Town. Code E63001227. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/salford)

Clifton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Clifton add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £220,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Clifton was £220,000 in 2025. Joint 314th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/clifton-salford#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 17,748** (2021). Clifton had 17,748 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 598th most populated of 1,209. 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/town/clifton-salford#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 71%** (2022). About 71% of people in Clifton 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/town/clifton-salford#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.0%** (January 2026). In Clifton, 98.0% 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/town/clifton-salford#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001227) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 71% of people in Clifton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001227) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 190 homes were sold in Clifton in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001227) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Clifton had 17,748 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E63001227) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Salford, where most of this town lies. The outline is Clifton.

## How Clifton compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Clifton | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £220,000 | joint 77th cheapest | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 17,748 | 61st least populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 71% | joint 62nd most people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.0% | joint 23rd highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Clifton?

Clifton had 17,748 usual residents at the census.
Clifton is the 598th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Deprivation in Clifton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

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

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

## Neighbourhoods in Clifton

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Salford 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005670) | 1,759 | – | 2 | 98.7% |
| [Salford 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005676) | 1,225 | – | 7 | 99.3% |
| [Salford 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005677) | 1,581 | – | 4 | 95.1% |
| [Salford 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005692) | 1,375 | – | 1 | 97.4% |
| [Salford 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005673) | 1,486 | – | 3 | 98.7% |
| [Salford 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005678) | 1,569 | – | 1 | 98.5% |
| [Salford 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005679) | 1,550 | – | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Salford 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01033978) | 1,027 | – | 5 | 90.5% |
| [Salford 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005699) | 1,790 | – | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Salford 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005701) | 1,824 | – | 7 | 96.8% |

## Your MP

- [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/salford): Rebecca Long Bailey (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.

## Council

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

## Postcode districts covering Clifton

[M27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m27)

## Middle areas in Clifton

[Clifton](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/clifton), [Clifton Green & Pendlebury East](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/clifton-green-and-pendlebury-east), [Swinton South East & Pendlebury West](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/swinton-south-east-and-pendlebury-west)

## Towns near Clifton

[Swinton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swinton-salford), [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/salford), [Kearsley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kearsley), [Prestwich](https://openindex.co.uk/town/prestwich), [Eccles](https://openindex.co.uk/town/eccles), [Whitefield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitefield)

## Clifton in brief

Clifton is a town in Salford, North West.
About 17,966 people lived in Clifton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 190 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Clifton was £220,000 in 2025.
Clifton had 17,748 usual residents at the census.
About 71% of people in Clifton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Clifton, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001227
- Constituency: [Salford †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/salford)
- Council: [Salford †](https://openindex.co.uk/salford)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 3.60 km²
- People, mid-2024: 17,966*
- Neighbourhoods: 10
- Output areas: 57

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Swinton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swinton-salford), [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/salford), [Kearsley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kearsley), [Prestwich](https://openindex.co.uk/town/prestwich), [Eccles](https://openindex.co.uk/town/eccles), [Whitefield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitefield)

## Latest updates for Clifton

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001227

## How to cite

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

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