# Sale Central

East Trafford. 9,612 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.9 square kilometres.

Sale Central had 9,535 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). The median price paid for a home in Sale Central was £275,000 in 2025.

Middle area. Code E02001273. In: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west) › [Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £275,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sale Central was £275,000 in 2025. Joint 3,236th cheapest of 7,259. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/sale-central#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 9,535** (2021). Sale Central had 9,535 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 1,572nd most populated of 9,448. 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/trafford/sale-central#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Sale Central 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/trafford/sale-central#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.9%** (January 2026). In Sale Central, 94.9% 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/trafford/sale-central#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E02001273) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Sale Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E02001273) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 173 homes were sold in Sale Central in 2025.
- [Population by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E02001273) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Sale Central had 9,535 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E02001273) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Trafford. The outline is Sale Central.

## Recorded crime in Sale Central


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

## How Sale Central compares

Each middle area against every other middle area the measure covers.

| Measure | Sale Central | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £275,000 | 4th cheapest | 28 middle areas, Trafford · 2025 |
| Population | 9,535 | 3rd most populated | 28 middle areas, Trafford · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | – | 28 middle areas, Trafford · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.9% | 12th lowest | 28 middle areas, Trafford · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Sale Central?

Sale Central had 9,535 usual residents at the census.
Sale Central is the joint 1,572nd 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 Sale Central alone. [See Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford)

- **Average house price: £393,897** (August 2026). Trafford’s average house price was £393,897 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 6.4% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £42,973** (2025). Full-time workers living in Trafford earned a median of £42,973 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 88th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 9.2×** (2025). A home in Trafford costs 9.2 times local full-time pay. Joint 78th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 15.0** (2025). Trafford has a deprivation score of 15.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 96th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Sale Central in brief

The median price paid for a home in Sale Central was £275,000 in 2025.
Sale Central had 9,535 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Sale Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Sale Central, 94.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Middle area
- Code: E02001273
- Ward: [Sale Central †](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/ward/sale-central)
- Constituency: [Wythenshawe and Sale East †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wythenshawe-and-sale-east)
- Council: [Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 1.88 km²
- People, mid-2024: 9,612*
- Neighbourhoods: 5
- Output areas: 32

* People: worked out by Open Index by adding up the neighbourhood estimates inside this area.
† Best fit: the ward and constituency this middle area mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Sale East](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/sale-east), [Sale North](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/sale-north), [Timperley North](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/timperley-north), [West Timperley](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/west-timperley), [Baguley West & Brooklands](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/baguley-west-and-brooklands)

## Latest updates for Sale Central

- 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/E02001273

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/sale-central, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/sale-central#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/trafford/sale-central
