Council areaNorth West, England

House prices in Salford

Homes in Salford sold for a median of £235,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 6,442 standard sales.

That puts it in the middle third of the 35 council areas in the North West with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £225,000.

Median sale price£235,0006,442 standard sales
Middle half of prices£179,000 to £300,000
Change since 2016+66%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices by property type

Standard sales in Salford, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached619£385,000£313,000 to £488,000Too few
Semi-detached2,051£266,500£228,000 to £320,000£3,013/m²from 66 sales
Terraced1,620£215,000£181,000 to £260,000£2,652/m²from 60 sales
Flats and maisonettes2,152£170,000£125,000 to £248,000£3,119/m²from 40 sales

Flats and maisonettes and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers in Salford, at 33% and 32% of sales. New builds made up 14% of sales, against 6% across England and Wales.

Terraced houses stand out against the North West as a whole: a median of £215,000 here, 30% more than the £166,000 across the region.

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £145,000
  2. 2017: £157,500
  3. 2018: £160,000
  4. 2019: £171,000
  5. 2020: £194,000
  6. 2021: £210,000
  7. 2022: £229,000
  8. 2023: £220,000
  9. 2024: £225,000
  10. 2025: £240,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £236,000
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 66%, from £145,000 in 2016 to £240,000 in 2025, more than the 52% rise across the North West as a whole.

Postcode districts in Salford

The dearest district was M28 (Manchester), at £285,000, and the cheapest was M38 (Manchester), at £180,000.

The next dearest were M7 (mostly Broughton ward) and M3 (Salford), and the next cheapest M50 (mostly Quays ward) and M6 (Salford).

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Each dot is a postcode district in Salford, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.
Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. M28Manchester, 1,241 salesMedian price £285,000Price per square metre £3,465Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +2%
  2. M7Salford, 337 salesMedian price £270,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 −4%
  3. M3Salford, 951 salesMedian price £255,000Price per square metre £5,264Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +17%
  4. M27Manchester, 972 salesMedian price £240,000Price per square metre £2,776Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%
  5. M30Manchester, 881 salesMedian price £240,000Price per square metre £3,101Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +6%
  6. M44Manchester, 506 salesMedian price £230,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +2%
  7. M5Salford, 604 salesMedian price £207,500Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 −3%
  8. M6Salford, 875 salesMedian price £202,000Price per square metre £2,754Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +23%
  9. M50Salford, 294 salesMedian price £200,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +1%
  10. M38Manchester, 202 salesMedian price £180,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in M6 (Salford), up 23%, and fell most in M7 (mostly Broughton ward), down 4%.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Frederick Road, Salford (M6)234 sales
  • Ordsall Lane, Salford (M5)192 sales
  • Bankside Boulevard, Salford (M3)176 sales
  • Greengate, Salford (M3)144 sales
  • Dutton Street, Manchester (M3)94 sales
  • Trinity Way, Manchester (M3)89 sales
  • The Quays, Salford (M50)70 sales
  • Marlstone Avenue, Salford (M3)64 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Highclove Lane, Worsley (M28, £420,000), Malkins Wood Lane, Worsley (M28, £413,000) and Manchester Road, Swinton (M27, £395,000).

The cheapest were Kersal Way, Salford (M7, flats, £71,000), Clippers Quay, Salford (M50, flats, £95,000) and Canterbury Gardens, Salford (M5, flats, £124,500).

Leasehold homes

60% of sales in Salford were leasehold, against 33% across the North West as a whole. Flats made up only 33% of sales, so many houses here are leasehold too: ask who owns the freehold and what the ground rent is.

Living in Salford

Crime

No figures for Salford

Greater Manchester Police has not sent street-level crime data to police.uk since July 2019.

Gigabit broadband

95% of homes can get it

Higher than 72 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.

Radon

41% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Near the middle of all council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,594 a year in Salford for 2026 to 2027

Higher than 86 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council areas in the North West

Median sale price of the 35 council areas in the North West with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Salford and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.

  1. Cheshire West and Chester£265,000
  2. Warrington£260,000
  3. Manchester£252,500
  4. Bury£250,000
  5. West Lancashire£248,000
  6. Fylde£245,000
  7. Westmorland and Furness£240,000
  8. Salford, this council area£235,000
  9. Sefton£230,000
  10. Chorley£225,000
  11. Wirral£222,500
  12. South Ribble£220,000
  13. Tameside£220,000
  14. Rochdale£210,500
  15. Oldham£210,000

About these figures

Salford's figures come from 6,442 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 10 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in Salford, so their sales add up to 6,863 instead (how we build council pages). New builds made up 14% of them.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.