AREA DECISION REPORT
Trafford area decision report
Proceed with trade-off checks
Median affordability sits at 8.7x in 2025, which reads as high-cost. Gigabit availability is 92.6% with median download at Unavailable. 4G strong coverage reaches 100% and 5G reaches 71.8% in the current area summary. Nearby planning activity is quiet in the current area radius. 3 featured postcodes are ready for deeper due-diligence follow-up.
Live across price, affordability, connectivity, planning, and postcode follow-up | Sold prices through 26 Jun 2026 · Affordability year 2025 · Broadband source year 2024 · Mobile source year 2025
- Median sold price, last 5 years £330,813Based on 17,795 sales · Latest sale in data: 26 Jun 2026
- Affordability High-costMedian ratio 8.7x in 2025
- Gigabit availability 92.6%Ofcom source year 2024
- 4G strong coverage 100%Area-level mobile source year 2025
- Nearby planning QuietCurrent applications plus recent decisions linked to the area radius
Area summary
Use this summary to decide whether this shortlist survives, then move into postcode-level due diligence where the evidence looks strongest.
Affordability and price
High-cost at 8.7xMedian house-price-to-earnings ratio is 8.7x in 2025, with a median house price of £372,500 and residence earnings of £42,973.
Broadband
Gigabit 92.6%Gigabit availability is 92.6%, with median download at Unavailable and below-USO share at 0.1%.
Mobile
4G 100% · 5G 71.8%4G strong-coverage share is 100%, with 5G at 71.8% in the current area-level summary.
Planning watch
No nearby matchesNo nearby planning rows matched Trafford in the current live coverage yet.
Schools
23 nearby school rows23 nearby school rows matched postcode area M16 0ZN for Trafford. Use the schools flow to compare them in more detail.
Transport
1,714 mapped stopsTrafford currently links 1,714 mapped transport stops, including 1,543 local bus or tram access points and 47 rail or metro stops. Where NaPTAN status is present, 1,158 stops are marked active and 556 inactive. Top localities include Sale (172), Trafford Park (137), Altrincham (112).
Local business
Score 100/100Trafford currently links 1,018 mapped local businesses across 8 tracked categories. Top amenity groups include 412 food and drink, 163 grocery, 150 personal services. The current amenity availability signal scores 100/100.
Jobs
2,275 online job adverts observedTrafford local authority · May 2026. Same geography one year earlier: 3,010 online job adverts observed in May 2025.
Postcode follow-up
3 featured postcodes3 featured postcodes are ready for deeper due-diligence follow-up under Trafford.
Crime
Latest month 2Trafford recorded 2 crimes in Jun 2026. Rolling twelve month context shows 37, with a 5.7% rise against the prior twelve months and other theft as the top recorded type. Cheshire Constabulary contributes the largest matched force share in the latest month.
Local business
This area-level OSM snapshot shows the amenity mix currently mapped around Trafford, so you can judge everyday convenience before you spend more time on postcode-level checks.
Amenity availability
Convenience score 100/100
Basis: nearest matching geography. Area local-business counts use postcode tags first and nearest-postcode fallback when the OSM record has no usable postcode tag.
Amenity group
Food and drink
412 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by fast food (189), restaurant (122), cafe (101).
Amenity group
Grocery
163 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by convenience (92), supermarket (37), bakery (22).
Amenity group
Personal services
150 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by hairdresser (108), beauty (42).
Amenity group
Nightlife
103 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by pub (83), bar (20).
Compare against another area
Keep at least one alternative area in view while you weigh cost, connectivity, planning pressure, and postcode follow-up coverage.
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Birmingham has 63,331 recorded sales with a median sold price of £220,400.
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Leeds has 60,832 recorded sales with a median sold price of £225,000.
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North Yorkshire has 59,996 recorded sales with a median sold price of £260,000.
Open area researchPostcodes worth checking next
These are the best current postcode follow-up routes from the live area brief, so use them to move from early shortlist thinking into deeper due diligence.
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M16 0ZN
M16 0ZN has 88 recorded sales with a median sold price of £239,995.
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M16 0ZL
M16 0ZL has 82 recorded sales with a median sold price of £199,995.
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M16 0UP
M16 0UP has 80 recorded sales with a median sold price of £241,692.
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