# Worsley

Town in Salford, North West.

Worsley is a town in Salford, North West. Median sale price £343,998 in 2025. About 12,226 people.

Town. Code E63001256. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/salford)

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.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £343,998** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Worsley was £343,998 in 2025. 296th 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/worsley#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 11,958** (2021). Worsley had 11,958 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 354th least 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/worsley#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 74%** (2022). About 74% of people in Worsley 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/worsley#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.9%** (January 2026). In Worsley, 98.9% 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/worsley#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001256) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 74% of people in Worsley 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=E63001256) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 256 homes were sold in Worsley in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001256) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Worsley had 11,958 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E63001256) (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 Worsley.

## How Worsley compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Worsley | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £343,998 | 14th most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 11,958 | 32nd least populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 74% | 60th most people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.9% | 4th highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## 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

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

## Neighbourhoods in Worsley

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Salford 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005734) | 1,419 | – | 5 | 99.7% |
| [Salford 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005735) | 1,423 | – | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Salford 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005736) | 1,368 | – | 9 | 99.9% |
| [Salford 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005737) | 1,511 | – | 9 | 97.4% |
| [Salford 013G](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005739) | 1,999 | – | 10 | 99.9% |
| [Salford 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005738) | 1,933 | – | 9 | 98.8% |
| [Salford 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/neighbourhood/e01005740) | 1,599 | – | 8 | 96.3% |

## 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 Worsley

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

## Middle areas in Worsley

[Ellenbrook & Boothstown](https://openindex.co.uk/salford/ellenbrook-and-boothstown)

## Towns near Worsley

[Walkden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/walkden), [Swinton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swinton-salford), [Eccles](https://openindex.co.uk/town/eccles), [Tyldesley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tyldesley), [Little Hulton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/little-hulton), [Clifton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clifton-salford)

## 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.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001256
- 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: 2.94 km²
- People, mid-2024: 12,226*
- Neighbourhoods: 7
- Output areas: 39

* 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

[Walkden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/walkden), [Eccles](https://openindex.co.uk/town/eccles), [Swinton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swinton-salford), [Tyldesley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tyldesley), [Little Hulton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/little-hulton), [Clifton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clifton-salford)

## Latest updates for Worsley

- 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/E63001256

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/worsley, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/worsley#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, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508848. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/worsley