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Firswood

Middle area

North east Trafford. 8,966 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 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 Firswood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£415,000
Joint 1,752nd most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
8,672
Joint 2,503rd 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
93.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Firswood

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

How Firswood 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. Firswood is £415,000.
£415,0009th 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. Firswood is 8,672.
8,6728th most 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%. Firswood 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%. Firswood is 93.1%.
93.1%7th lowest

What is the population of Firswood?

Firswood had 8,672 usual residents at the census.

Firswood is the joint 2,503rd 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 Firswood 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
Firswood in brief

The median price paid for a home in Firswood was £415,000 in 2025.

Firswood had 8,672 usual residents at the census.

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

In Firswood, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.