# Hale Town in Trafford, North West. Hale is a town in Trafford, North West. Median sale price £700,000 in 2025. About 16,615 people. Town. Code E63001440. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford) Hale is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Hale 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: £700,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Hale was £700,000 in 2025. 19th most expensive 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/hale#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 16,716** (2021). Hale had 16,716 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 580th least 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/hale#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Hale 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/hale#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 87.2%** (January 2026). In Hale, 87.2% 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/hale#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001440) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Hale 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=E63001440) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 268 homes were sold in Hale in 2025. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001440) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Hale had 16,716 usual residents at the census. - [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E63001440) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Trafford, where most of this town lies. The outline is Hale. ## How Hale compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Hale | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £700,000 | most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 | | Population | 16,716 | 56th least populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 87.2% | 11th lowest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 | ## What is the population of Hale? Hale had 16,716 usual residents at the census. Hale is the 580th least populated of 1,209 in the UK. ## Deprivation in Hale, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Hale has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Hale | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Trafford 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006083) | 1,279 | – | 10 | 96.9% | | [Trafford 026B](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006084) | 1,742 | – | 10 | 96.3% | | [Trafford 026C](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006088) | 1,630 | – | 9 | 100.0% | | [Trafford 026D](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006139) | 1,805 | – | 10 | 79.7% | | [Trafford 026E](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006140) | 1,697 | – | 10 | 99.5% | | [Trafford 028A](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006134) | 1,493 | – | 10 | 83.8% | | [Trafford 028B](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006135) | 1,767 | – | 10 | 75.7% | | [Trafford 028C](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006136) | 1,703 | – | 10 | 77.5% | | [Trafford 028D](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006137) | 1,421 | – | 10 | 69.7% | | [Trafford 028E](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006138) | 1,893 | – | 7 | 91.3% | ## Your MP - [Altrincham and Sale West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/altrincham-and-sale-west): Mr Connor Rand (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 [Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford) ## Postcode districts covering Hale [WA15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa15) ## Middle areas in Hale [Hale](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/hale), [Hale Barns](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/hale-barns) ## Towns near Hale [Wythenshawe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wythenshawe), [Altrincham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/altrincham), [Wilmslow](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wilmslow), [Gatley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gatley), [Sale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sale), [Knutsford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/knutsford) ## Hale in brief Hale is a town in Trafford, North West. About 16,615 people lived in Hale in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £700,000 in 2025 across 268 sales (HM Land Registry). The median price paid for a home in Hale was £700,000 in 2025. Hale had 16,716 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Hale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Hale, 87.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63001440 - Constituency: [Altrincham and Sale West †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/altrincham-and-sale-west) - Council: [Trafford †](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford) - Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 12.14 km² - People, mid-2024: 16,615* - Neighbourhoods: 10 - Output areas: 49 * 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 [Wythenshawe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wythenshawe), [Altrincham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/altrincham), [Wilmslow](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wilmslow), [Gatley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gatley), [Sale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sale), [Knutsford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/knutsford) ## Latest updates for Hale - 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/E63001440 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. 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