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Worsley

Town

Town in Salford, North West.

Worsley is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Worsley 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 74% of people in Worsley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£343,998
296th most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
11,958
354th least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
74%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Worsley compares

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

WorsleyMiddle
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. Worsley is £343,998.
£343,99814th 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. Worsley is 11,958.
11,95832nd least 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%. Worsley is 74.0%.
74%60th most 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%. Worsley is 98.9%.
98.9%4th highest

What is the population of Worsley?

Worsley had 11,958 usual residents at the census.

Worsley is the 354th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Deprivation in Worsley, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Worsley has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 9: 3 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 Worsley

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Salford 013C1,419No figure599.7%
Salford 013D1,423No figure10100.0%
Salford 013E1,368No figure999.9%
Salford 013F1,511No figure997.4%
Salford 013G1,999No figure1099.9%
Salford 014C1,933No figure998.8%
Salford 014D1,599No figure896.3%

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 Worsley1

Middle areas in Worsley1

Towns near Worsley6

Worsley in brief

Worsley is a town in Salford, North West.

About 12,226 people lived in Worsley in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £343,998 in 2025 across 256 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in Worsley was £343,998 in 2025.

Worsley had 11,958 usual residents at the census.

About 74% of people in Worsley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Worsley, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.