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Old Trafford

Town

Town in Trafford, North West.

Old Trafford is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Old Trafford 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.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Old Trafford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£333,500
Joint 321st most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
21,442
507th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
86.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Old Trafford compares

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

Old TraffordMiddle
Median sale price161 towns, North West · 2025
Median sale price: every town in North West161 areas from £95,000 to £700,000. The middle area is £222,000. Old Trafford is £333,500.
£333,50017th most expensive
Population161 towns, North West · 2021
Population: every town in North West161 areas from 7,551 to 506,564. The middle area is 22,886. Old Trafford is 21,442.
21,44277th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares161 towns, North West · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in North West161 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 29.0%. Old Trafford is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage161 towns, North West · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in North West161 areas from 35.0% to 99.6%. The middle area is 95.7%. Old Trafford is 86.7%.
86.7%joint 8th lowest

What is the population of Old Trafford?

Old Trafford had 21,442 usual residents at the census.

Old Trafford is the 507th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Deprivation in Old Trafford, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Old Trafford has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in Old Trafford

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Trafford 001A1,147No figure194.4%
Trafford 001B1,876No figure3100.0%
Trafford 001C1,775No figure297.4%
Trafford 001D2,049No figure284.6%
Trafford 001F1,990No figure482.9%
Trafford 001G1,235No figure446.6%
Trafford 001H1,647No figure284.5%
Trafford 003B2,160No figure476.3%
Trafford 004A1,619No figure6100.0%
Trafford 004B1,693No figure492.6%
Trafford 004C1,518No figure383.7%
Trafford 004D2,051No figure391.7%
Trafford 004E1,791No figure7100.0%

Your MP

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

Council1

Postcode districts covering Old Trafford3

Middle areas in Old Trafford2

Towns near Old Trafford6

Old Trafford in brief

Old Trafford is a town in Trafford, North West.

About 23,197 people lived in Old Trafford in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £333,500 in 2025 across 132 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in Old Trafford was £333,500 in 2025.

Old Trafford had 21,442 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Old Trafford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Old Trafford, 86.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.