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Stretford

Town

Town in Trafford, North West.

Stretford is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Stretford 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 Stretford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£293,336
437th most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
28,010
398th 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
96.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Stretford compares

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

StretfordMiddle
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. Stretford is £293,336.
£293,33627th 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. Stretford is 28,010.
28,01062nd most 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%. Stretford 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%. Stretford is 96.6%.
96.6%joint 54th highest

What is the population of Stretford?

Stretford had 28,010 usual residents at the census.

Stretford is the 398th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Deprivation in Stretford, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Stretford has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in Stretford

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Trafford 003A1,791No figure499.3%
Trafford 003C2,599No figure397.3%
Trafford 003D2,328No figure595.7%
Trafford 006B1,701No figure798.1%
Trafford 006C1,875No figure399.6%
Trafford 006D1,606No figure7100.0%
Trafford 006E1,724No figure7100.0%
Trafford 008A1,674No figure599.9%
Trafford 008B1,749No figure397.2%
Trafford 008C1,802No figure397.3%
Trafford 008D1,699No figure494.2%
Trafford 011A1,716No figure590.2%
Trafford 011B1,668No figure898.4%
Trafford 011C1,386No figure194.5%
Trafford 011D1,840No figure490.7%
Trafford 011E1,746No figure494.8%

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 Stretford1

Middle areas in Stretford4

Towns near Stretford6

Stretford in brief

Stretford is a town in Trafford, North West.

About 29,100 people lived in Stretford in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £293,336 in 2025 across 323 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in Stretford was £293,336 in 2025.

Stretford had 28,010 usual residents at the census.

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

In Stretford, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.