M3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Salford, Manchester and Strangeways, in Salford and Manchester.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an M3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in M3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How M3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of M3?
M3 had 15,709 usual residents at the census.
M3 is the 1,046th least populated of 2,756 in the UK.
Deprivation in M3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so M3 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in M3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester 058C | 2,080 | No figure | 2 | 71.2% |
| Manchester 060A | 1,019 | No figure | 5 | 98.3% |
| Manchester 060B | 1,330 | No figure | 6 | 56.4% |
| Salford 033A | 1,137 | No figure | 7 | 97.0% |
| Salford 033B | 1,311 | No figure | 7 | 88.0% |
| Salford 033C | 1,132 | No figure | 5 | 93.9% |
| Salford 033D | 1,187 | No figure | 5 | 99.6% |
| Salford 033E | 1,541 | No figure | 1 | 81.1% |
| Salford 033F | 1,716 | No figure | 6 | 98.2% |
| Salford 034A | 1,561 | No figure | 3 | 87.5% |
| Salford 034D | 1,386 | No figure | 2 | 82.0% |
| Salford 034E | 2,043 | No figure | 4 | 76.1% |
MPs for M3
- Rebecca Long BaileyLabourMP for Salford56% of M3’s postcodes
- Lucy PowellLabour (Co-op)MP for Manchester Central42% of M3’s postcodes
- Afzal KhanLabourMP for Manchester Rusholme1.4% of M3’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in M32
Postcode sectors in M37
Councils M3 covers2
Towns in M32
Postcode districts next to M38
Nearest rail stations4
More in the M postcode area2
M3 in brief
M3 is a postcode district covering Salford, Manchester and Strangeways, in Salford and Manchester.
About 20,545 people lived in M3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £270,000 in 2025 across 724 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in M3 was £270,000 in 2025.
M3 had 15,709 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in M3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In M3, 86.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.