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Bowdon

Middle area

South Trafford. 7,801 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.0 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

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

Median sale price
£625,000
Joint 411th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,756
Joint 3,956th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Bowdon

Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019, so there is no figure for Greater Manchester.

How Bowdon compares

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

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Median sale price28 middle areas, Trafford · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Trafford28 areas from £252,000 to £705,000. The middle area is £371,625. Bowdon is £625,000.
£625,0003rd most expensive
Population28 middle areas, Trafford · 2021
Population: every middle area in Trafford28 areas from 6,644 to 11,723. The middle area is 8,282. Bowdon is 7,756.
7,7567th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares28 middle areas, Trafford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Trafford28 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Bowdon is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage28 middle areas, Trafford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Trafford28 areas from 80.4% to 99.3%. The middle area is 96.2%. Bowdon is 93.3%.
93.3%8th lowest

What is the population of Bowdon?

Bowdon had 7,756 usual residents at the census.

Bowdon is the joint 3,956th most populated of 9,448 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Trafford

These figures are published for the whole of Trafford, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Trafford and not Bowdon alone. See Trafford

Average house price
£400,688
Up 9.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£42,973
88th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.3×
Joint 73rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.0
Joint 96th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bowdon in brief

The median price paid for a home in Bowdon was £625,000 in 2025.

Bowdon had 7,756 usual residents at the census.

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

In Bowdon, 93.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.