# Stretford

Town in Trafford, North West.

Stretford is a town in Trafford, North West. Median sale price £293,336 in 2025. About 29,100 people.

Town. Code E63001326. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford)

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.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £293,336** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Stretford was £293,336 in 2025. 437th 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/stretford#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 28,010** (2021). Stretford had 28,010 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 398th 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/stretford#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Stretford 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/stretford#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.6%** (January 2026). In Stretford, 96.6% 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/stretford#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001326) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Stretford 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=E63001326) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 323 homes were sold in Stretford in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001326) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Stretford had 28,010 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E63001326) (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 Stretford.

## How Stretford compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Stretford | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £293,336 | 27th most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 28,010 | 62nd most 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 | 96.6% | joint 54th highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## 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

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

## Neighbourhoods in Stretford

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Trafford 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006141) | 1,791 | – | 4 | 99.3% |
| [Trafford 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006187) | 2,599 | – | 3 | 97.3% |
| [Trafford 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006189) | 2,328 | – | 5 | 95.7% |
| [Trafford 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006157) | 1,701 | – | 7 | 98.1% |
| [Trafford 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006159) | 1,875 | – | 3 | 99.6% |
| [Trafford 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006182) | 1,606 | – | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Trafford 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006183) | 1,724 | – | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Trafford 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006156) | 1,674 | – | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Trafford 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006158) | 1,749 | – | 3 | 97.2% |
| [Trafford 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006179) | 1,802 | – | 3 | 97.3% |
| [Trafford 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006184) | 1,699 | – | 4 | 94.2% |
| [Trafford 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006142) | 1,716 | – | 5 | 90.2% |
| [Trafford 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006143) | 1,668 | – | 8 | 98.4% |
| [Trafford 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006144) | 1,386 | – | 1 | 94.5% |
| [Trafford 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006180) | 1,840 | – | 4 | 90.7% |
| [Trafford 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006181) | 1,746 | – | 4 | 94.8% |

## Your MP

- [Stretford and Urmston](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stretford-and-urmston): Andrew Western (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 Stretford

[M32](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m32)

## Middle areas in Stretford

[Gorse Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/gorse-hill), [Lostock & Stretford Meadows](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/lostock-and-stretford-meadows), [Stretford East](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/stretford-east), [Trafford Park East & Sevenways](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/trafford-park-east-and-sevenways)

## Towns near Stretford

[Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester), [Old Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/old-trafford), [Urmston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/urmston), [Sale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sale), [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/salford), [Eccles](https://openindex.co.uk/town/eccles)

## 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.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001326
- Constituency: [Stretford and Urmston †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stretford-and-urmston)
- Council: [Trafford †](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 4.41 km²
- People, mid-2024: 29,100*
- Neighbourhoods: 16
- Output areas: 89

* 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

[Old Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/old-trafford), [Urmston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/urmston), [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester), [Sale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sale), [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/salford), [Eccles](https://openindex.co.uk/town/eccles)

## Latest updates for Stretford

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001326

## How to cite

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

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/stretford