Salford: local statistics
Salford is a metropolitan borough in the North West, home to an estimated 297,004 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Salford, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The ONS estimates that 297,004 people lived in Salford in mid-2025, a change of +1.2% in a year. That is 50,062 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 20.3% (the North West: +8.2%). That is the fastest growth in the North West. No earlier year in the series was higher.
In the year to March 2026, 31,140 offences were recorded by police in Salford: 104.8 per 1,000 people, the 6th highest rate of all 35 council areas in the North West. A year earlier it was 104.5. The highest rate in the series was 127.0, in the year to March 2023. Fraud is not included.
Average Band D council tax in Salford is £2,594.45 for 2026-27, 5.8% more than in 2025-26. It is 6th of 35 in the North West, counting from the highest. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,592.13, so it has risen 63%.
A girl born in Salford in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 80.9 years and a boy 76.7 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.3 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.1 more. It is the 27th highest for women of all 35 council areas in the North West.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Salford was £692.00 in April 2025, or £34,958 over a year. It is 26th of 35 in the North West, counting from the highest, and 5.8% less than across the North West. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £735.50, £43.50 higher. In 2015 the residents' median was £474.70, so it has risen 46% before inflation.
A typical home in Salford cost £229,462 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 0.3% on a year before. Among council areas that puts it the 12th highest of all 35 council areas in the North West; the average for the North West was £221,445. This July figure is the highest in the series, 76% up on July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Salford (£34,958) gives a ratio of 6.6. That ratio is the 7th highest ratio of 35 in the North West.
In August 2026, 10,185 people in Salford were on the claimant count, 5.1% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 4.2% in the North West. Twelve months before, it was 4.8%. Over the last five years it peaked at 6.6% in August 2021 and was lowest at 4.5% in January 2024.
The ONS counted 12,170 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Salford in March 2026, 26% more than in 2016. There are 41 per 1,000 residents, mid-table in the North West, 15th of 35.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 70.8% of Salford residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 4.6 points); the figure for the North West was 73.8%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 69.1% to 76.4%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 246,942 |
| 2016 | 251,562 |
| 2017 | 255,090 |
| 2018 | 259,224 |
| 2019 | 263,611 |
| 2020 | 266,090 |
| 2021 | 270,866 |
| 2022 | 279,964 |
| 2023 | 286,990 |
| 2024 | 293,508 |
| 2025 | 297,004 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £130,424 |
| July 2017 | £141,146 |
| July 2018 | £144,660 |
| July 2019 | £153,826 |
| July 2020 | £154,857 |
| July 2021 | £193,412 |
| July 2022 | £210,200 |
| July 2023 | £208,993 |
| July 2024 | £218,891 |
| July 2025 | £228,868 |
| July 2026 | £229,462 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £474.70 a week |
| 2016 | £479.10 a week |
| 2017 | £489.30 a week |
| 2018 | £500.00 a week |
| 2019 | £517.40 a week |
| 2020 | £536.90 a week |
| 2021 | £552.60 a week |
| 2022 | £613.30 a week |
| 2023 | £606.90 a week |
| 2024 | £679.50 a week |
| 2025 | £692.00 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,592.13 |
| 2017-18 | £1,666.96 |
| 2018-19 | £1,759.05 |
| 2019-20 | £1,852.57 |
| 2020-21 | £1,939.51 |
| 2021-22 | £2,014.96 |
| 2022-23 | £2,105.01 |
| 2023-24 | £2,213.53 |
| 2024-25 | £2,324.46 |
| 2025-26 | £2,452.02 |
| 2026-27 | £2,594.45 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 72.1 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 83.0 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 118.8 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 120.5 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 95.5 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 98.3 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 115.8 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 127.0 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 114.0 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 104.5 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 104.8 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 69.2% |
| 2016/17 | 72.1% |
| 2017/18 | 76.4% |
| 2018/19 | 76.4% |
| 2019/20 | 75.3% |
| 2020/21 | 75.1% |
| 2021/22 | 69.1% |
| 2022/23 | 73.1% |
| 2023/24 | 71.4% |
| 2024/25 | 71.7% |
| 2025/26 | 70.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 80.6 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 80.8 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 80.9 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 80.9 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 80.8 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.0 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 80.4 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 80.5 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 80.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 80.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 80.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 9,630 |
| 2017 | 10,515 |
| 2018 | 11,875 |
| 2019 | 12,835 |
| 2020 | 12,965 |
| 2021 | 12,765 |
| 2022 | 12,785 |
| 2023 | 12,885 |
| 2024 | 13,060 |
| 2025 | 11,855 |
| 2026 | 12,170 |
Questions about Salford
What is the population of Salford?
The ONS estimates 297,004 people lived in Salford in mid-2025.
What is the crime rate in Salford?
104.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
How much is Band D council tax in Salford?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,594.45 for 2026-27.
What is life expectancy in Salford?
80.9 years for women and 76.7 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the average salary in Salford?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Salford was £692.00 a week in April 2025 (£34,958 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the average house price in Salford?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £229,462.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Salford?
The ONS claimant count was 10,185 in August 2026, 5.1% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
Who has power over Salford
Every body that makes decisions for Salford, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Salford council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Salford in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Bolton South and Walkden: Yasmin Qureshi (Labour) MP
- Bury South: Christian Wakeford (Labour) MP
- Salford: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour) MP
- Worsley and Eccles: Michael Wheeler (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the North West
- UK figures: UK population · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the North West: Bolton · Cumberland · Oldham · Sefton · Stockport · Wirral
Related questions
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