# Swinton

Town in Salford, North West.

Swinton is a town in Salford, North West. Median sale price £249,000 in 2025. About 23,906 people.

Town. Code E63001241. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/salford)

Swinton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Swinton 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: £249,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Swinton was £249,000 in 2025. 467th 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/swinton-salford#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 22,886** (2021). Swinton had 22,886 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 483rd 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/swinton-salford#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 83%** (2022). About 83% of people in Swinton 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/swinton-salford#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.2%** (January 2026). In Swinton, 99.2% 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/swinton-salford#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001241) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 83% of people in Swinton 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=E63001241) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 339 homes were sold in Swinton in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001241) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Swinton had 22,886 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E63001241) (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 Swinton.

## How Swinton compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Swinton | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £249,000 | 52nd most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 22,886 | 81st most populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 83% | joint 53rd most people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 99.2% | 2nd highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Swinton?

Swinton had 22,886 usual residents at the census.
Swinton is the 483rd most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Deprivation in Swinton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Swinton has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Swinton

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Salford 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005672) | 1,278 | – | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Salford 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005686) | 1,463 | – | 3 | 97.8% |
| [Salford 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005688) | 1,568 | – | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Salford 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005687) | 1,804 | – | 4 | 98.4% |
| [Salford 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005689) | 1,366 | – | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Salford 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005690) | 1,568 | – | 4 | 99.7% |
| [Salford 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005671) | 1,567 | – | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Salford 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005674) | 1,573 | – | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Salford 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005694) | 1,709 | – | 7 | 99.9% |
| [Salford 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005696) | 1,784 | – | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Salford 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005698) | 1,745 | – | 1 | 95.1% |
| [Salford 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005700) | 1,516 | – | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Salford 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005695) | 1,556 | – | 10 | 99.7% |
| [Salford 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005697) | 1,531 | – | 9 | 99.7% |
| [Salford 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005741) | 1,679 | – | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Salford 014F](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005742) | 1,555 | – | 8 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Worsley and Eccles](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/worsley-and-eccles): Michael Wheeler (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 Swinton

[M27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m27), [M28](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m28)

## Middle areas in Swinton

[Swinton Newtown](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/swinton-newtown), [Swinton West](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/swinton-west), [Swinton Worsley Road](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/swinton-worsley-road), [Worsley](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/worsley)

## Towns near Swinton

[Clifton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clifton-salford), [Worsley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/worsley), [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/salford), [Eccles](https://openindex.co.uk/town/eccles), [Walkden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/walkden), [Kearsley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kearsley)

## Swinton in brief

Swinton is a town in Salford, North West.
About 23,906 people lived in Swinton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £249,000 in 2025 across 339 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Swinton was £249,000 in 2025.
Swinton had 22,886 usual residents at the census.
About 83% of people in Swinton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Swinton, 99.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001241
- Constituency: [Worsley and Eccles †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/worsley-and-eccles)
- Council: [Salford †](https://openindex.co.uk/salford)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 5.25 km²
- People, mid-2024: 23,906*
- Neighbourhoods: 16
- Output areas: 77

* 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

[Clifton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clifton-salford), [Eccles](https://openindex.co.uk/town/eccles), [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/salford), [Worsley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/worsley), [Walkden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/walkden), [Kearsley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kearsley)

## Latest updates for Swinton

- 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/E63001241

## How to cite

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

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

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