# Urmston

Town in Trafford, North West.

Urmston is a town in Trafford, North West. Median sale price £345,000 in 2025. About 41,935 people.

Town. Code E63001321. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford)

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.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £345,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Urmston was £345,000 in 2025. Joint 287th 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/urmston#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 41,728** (2021). Urmston had 41,728 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 266th 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/urmston#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Urmston 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/urmston#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.4%** (January 2026). In Urmston, 96.4% 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/urmston#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001321) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Urmston 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=E63001321) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 559 homes were sold in Urmston in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001321) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Urmston had 41,728 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E63001321) (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 Urmston.

## How Urmston compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Urmston | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £345,000 | joint 12th most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 41,728 | 40th 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 | 96.4% | joint 59th highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## 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

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

## Neighbourhoods in Urmston

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Trafford 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006116) | 1,328 | – | 9 | 97.7% |
| [Trafford 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006117) | 1,704 | – | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Trafford 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006118) | 1,462 | – | 5 | 96.9% |
| [Trafford 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006119) | 1,639 | – | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Trafford 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006121) | 1,448 | – | 5 | 96.3% |
| [Trafford 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006122) | 1,785 | – | 9 | 96.0% |
| [Trafford 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006123) | 1,671 | – | 8 | 98.1% |
| [Trafford 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006124) | 1,479 | – | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Trafford 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006128) | 1,929 | – | 9 | 92.9% |
| [Trafford 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006131) | 1,529 | – | 8 | 99.9% |
| [Trafford 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006155) | 1,749 | – | 8 | 99.2% |
| [Trafford 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006125) | 1,511 | – | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Trafford 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006126) | 1,837 | – | 3 | 95.4% |
| [Trafford 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006127) | 1,545 | – | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Trafford 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006130) | 1,760 | – | 9 | 99.7% |
| [Trafford 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006132) | 1,539 | – | 7 | 94.1% |
| [Trafford 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006198) | 1,462 | – | 5 | 82.3% |
| [Trafford 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006199) | 1,537 | – | 5 | 93.9% |
| [Trafford 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006200) | 1,481 | – | 6 | 86.5% |
| [Trafford 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006201) | 1,467 | – | 5 | 89.8% |
| [Trafford 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006202) | 1,299 | – | 7 | 98.6% |
| [Trafford 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006120) | 1,430 | – | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Trafford 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006129) | 1,384 | – | 6 | 99.1% |
| [Trafford 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006133) | 1,416 | – | 9 | 99.7% |
| [Trafford 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006197) | 1,478 | – | 8 | 98.1% |
| [Trafford 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/neighbourhood/e01006203) | 1,332 | – | 10 | 100.0% |

## 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 Urmston

[M41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m41)

## Middle areas in Urmston

[Davyhulme](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/davyhulme), [Flixton & Moorside](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/flixton-and-moorside), [Trafford Park West & Kingsway Park](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/trafford-park-west-and-kingsway-park), [Urmston East](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/urmston-east), [Urmston West](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/urmston-west)

## Towns near Urmston

[Old Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/old-trafford), [Stretford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stretford), [Irlam](https://openindex.co.uk/town/irlam), [Eccles](https://openindex.co.uk/town/eccles), [Sale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sale), [Partington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/partington)

## 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.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001321
- 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: 8.87 km²
- People, mid-2024: 41,935*
- Neighbourhoods: 26
- Output areas: 136

* 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

[Stretford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stretford), [Old Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/old-trafford), [Irlam](https://openindex.co.uk/town/irlam), [Eccles](https://openindex.co.uk/town/eccles), [Sale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sale), [Partington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/partington)

## Latest updates for Urmston

- 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/E63001321

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/urmston, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/urmston#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.

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