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Urmston

Town

Town in Trafford, North West.

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

Median sale price
£345,000
Joint 287th most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
41,728
266th 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
96.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Urmston compares

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

UrmstonMiddle
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. Urmston is £345,000.
£345,000joint 12th 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. Urmston is 41,728.
41,72840th 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%. Urmston 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%. Urmston is 96.4%.
96.4%joint 59th highest

What is the population of Urmston?

Urmston had 41,728 usual residents at the census.

Urmston is the 266th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Deprivation in Urmston, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Urmston has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in Urmston

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Trafford 002A1,328No figure997.7%
Trafford 002B1,704No figure9100.0%
Trafford 002C1,462No figure596.9%
Trafford 002D1,639No figure9100.0%
Trafford 002E1,448No figure596.3%
Trafford 005A1,785No figure996.0%
Trafford 005B1,671No figure898.1%
Trafford 005C1,479No figure10100.0%
Trafford 005D1,929No figure992.9%
Trafford 005E1,529No figure899.9%
Trafford 006A1,749No figure899.2%
Trafford 007A1,511No figure799.8%
Trafford 007B1,837No figure395.4%
Trafford 007C1,545No figure799.8%
Trafford 007D1,760No figure999.7%
Trafford 007E1,539No figure794.1%
Trafford 009A1,462No figure582.3%
Trafford 009B1,537No figure593.9%
Trafford 009C1,481No figure686.5%
Trafford 009D1,467No figure589.8%
Trafford 009E1,299No figure798.6%
Trafford 010A1,430No figure9100.0%
Trafford 010B1,384No figure699.1%
Trafford 010C1,416No figure999.7%
Trafford 010D1,478No figure898.1%
Trafford 010E1,332No figure10100.0%

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 Urmston1

Middle areas in Urmston5

Towns near Urmston6

Urmston in brief

Urmston is a town in Trafford, North West.

About 41,935 people lived in Urmston in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £345,000 in 2025 across 559 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in Urmston was £345,000 in 2025.

Urmston had 41,728 usual residents at the census.

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

In Urmston, 96.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.