# Sale East

East Trafford. 8,219 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.3 square kilometres.

Sale East had 8,024 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). The median price paid for a home in Sale East was £405,000 in 2025.

Middle area. Code E02001272. In: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west) › [Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £405,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sale East was £405,000 in 2025. Joint 1,852nd most expensive 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-east#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 8,024** (2021). Sale East had 8,024 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 3,512th 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-east#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Sale East 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-east#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.2%** (January 2026). In Sale East, 99.2% 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-east#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E02001272) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Sale East 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=E02001272) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 123 homes were sold in Sale East in 2025.
- [Population by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E02001272) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Sale East had 8,024 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E02001272) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Trafford. The outline is Sale East.

## Recorded crime in Sale East


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

## How Sale East compares

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

| Measure | Sale East | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £405,000 | 10th most expensive | 28 middle areas, Trafford · 2025 |
| Population | 8,024 | 8th least populated | 28 middle areas, Trafford · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | – | 28 middle areas, Trafford · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 99.2% | 2nd highest | 28 middle areas, Trafford · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Sale East?

Sale East had 8,024 usual residents at the census.
Sale East is the joint 3,512th 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 East 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 East in brief

The median price paid for a home in Sale East was £405,000 in 2025.
Sale East had 8,024 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Sale East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Sale East, 99.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Middle area
- Code: E02001272
- Ward: [Sale Moor †](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/ward/sale-moor)
- 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: 2.26 km²
- People, mid-2024: 8,219*
- Neighbourhoods: 5
- Output areas: 26

* 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 Moor](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/sale-moor), [Sale Central](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/sale-central), [Sale North](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford/sale-north), [Beech Road & Chorlton Meadows](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/beech-road-and-chorlton-meadows), [Baguley West & Brooklands](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester/baguley-west-and-brooklands)

## Latest updates for Sale East

- 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/E02001272

## How to cite

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