Trafford: local statistics
Trafford is a metropolitan borough in the North West, home to an estimated 240,981 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 Trafford, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Homes in Trafford sold for an average of £400,688 in July 2026, a rise of 9.6% in twelve months. Among council areas that puts it the highest in the North West; the average for the North West was £221,445. Prices are 61% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Trafford (£42,973) gives a ratio of 9.3. That ratio is the highest ratio in the North West.
Full-time employees living in Trafford earned a median £869.00 a week in April 2025 (£42,973 a year). It is the highest in the North West, and 18.3% more than across the North West. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £748.50, £120.50 lower. In 2015 the residents' median was £564.40, so it has risen 54% before inflation.
A Band D home in Trafford pays an average of £2,291.70 in council tax in 2026-27, up £169.16 on 2025-26. It is the 2nd lowest of all 35 council areas in the North West. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,344.30.
Trafford had an estimated 240,981 residents in mid-2025, a change of +0.6% in a year. That is 8,477 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 3.6% (the North West: +8.2%), the 30th fastest growth of 35 in the North West. No earlier year in the series was higher.
A girl born in Trafford in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 83.7 years and a boy 79.8 years, on the ONS's period measure (England: 83.3 and 79.5). In 2012 to 2014 the figures were 83.5 and 79.8. It is the 6th highest for women of all 35 council areas in the North West.
The ONS counted 13,580 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Trafford in March 2026, 2% more than in 2016. There are 56 per 1,000 residents, the 3rd highest of all 35 council areas in the North West.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 79.1% of Trafford residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 3.7 points); the figure for the North West was 73.8%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 73.5% to 81.8%.
3.0% of Trafford residents aged 16 to 64 (4,495 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026; the rate for the North West was 4.2%. That compares with 2.9% a year before. Over the last five years it peaked at 4.2% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.9% in July 2026.
Police recorded 18,043 crimes in Trafford in the year to March 2026, 74.9 for every 1,000 residents, mid-table in the North West, 19th of 35. A year earlier it was 74.5. The highest rate in the series was 87.4, in the year to March 2023. Fraud is not included.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 232,504 |
| 2016 | 233,710 |
| 2017 | 234,917 |
| 2018 | 235,623 |
| 2019 | 236,121 |
| 2020 | 235,937 |
| 2021 | 235,586 |
| 2022 | 236,599 |
| 2023 | 238,189 |
| 2024 | 239,618 |
| 2025 | 240,981 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £249,191 |
| July 2017 | £266,493 |
| July 2018 | £272,101 |
| July 2019 | £288,072 |
| July 2020 | £299,013 |
| July 2021 | £316,501 |
| July 2022 | £357,019 |
| July 2023 | £359,836 |
| July 2024 | £362,442 |
| July 2025 | £365,524 |
| July 2026 | £400,688 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £564.40 a week |
| 2016 | £602.10 a week |
| 2017 | £606.90 a week |
| 2018 | £651.60 a week |
| 2019 | £670.80 a week |
| 2020 | £660.70 a week |
| 2021 | £663.00 a week |
| 2022 | £707.30 a week |
| 2023 | £727.30 a week |
| 2024 | £780.60 a week |
| 2025 | £869.00 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,344.30 |
| 2017-18 | £1,406.95 |
| 2018-19 | £1,485.76 |
| 2019-20 | £1,568.34 |
| 2020-21 | £1,644.14 |
| 2021-22 | £1,721.32 |
| 2022-23 | £1,785.54 |
| 2023-24 | £1,878.08 |
| 2024-25 | £1,972.61 |
| 2025-26 | £2,122.54 |
| 2026-27 | £2,291.70 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 56.3 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 63.3 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 78.6 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 82.0 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 65.4 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 65.5 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 84.2 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 87.4 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 77.7 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 74.5 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 74.9 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 79.0% |
| 2016/17 | 79.1% |
| 2017/18 | 77.7% |
| 2018/19 | 77.0% |
| 2019/20 | 79.8% |
| 2020/21 | 76.5% |
| 2021/22 | 74.4% |
| 2022/23 | 73.5% |
| 2023/24 | 78.3% |
| 2024/25 | 81.8% |
| 2025/26 | 79.1% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.5 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.8 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.8 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.6 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.4 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.6 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.7 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 13,300 |
| 2017 | 13,805 |
| 2018 | 13,325 |
| 2019 | 13,510 |
| 2020 | 13,540 |
| 2021 | 13,870 |
| 2022 | 13,750 |
| 2023 | 13,070 |
| 2024 | 13,220 |
| 2025 | 13,275 |
| 2026 | 13,580 |
Questions about Trafford
What is the average house price in Trafford?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £400,688.
What is the average salary in Trafford?
£869.00 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Trafford?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,291.70 for 2026-27.
What is the population of Trafford?
The ONS estimates 240,981 people lived in Trafford in mid-2025.
What is life expectancy in Trafford?
83.7 years for women and 79.8 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Trafford?
The ONS claimant count was 4,495 in August 2026, 3.0% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the crime rate in Trafford?
74.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
Who has power over Trafford
Every body that makes decisions for Trafford, 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
- Trafford council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Trafford 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
- Altrincham and Sale West: Mr Connor Rand (Labour) MP
- Stretford and Urmston: Andrew Western (Labour) MP
- Wythenshawe and Sale East: Mike Kane (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 average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth · UK population
- Other council areas in the North West: Cumberland · Oldham · Rochdale · Tameside · Warrington · Westmorland and Furness
Related questions
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