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M5

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Salford, Ordsall and New Windsor, in Salford.

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 M5 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 6% of people in M5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£207,467
441st cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
21,375
1,378th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
6%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
89.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How M5 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

M5Middle
Median sale price40 postcode districts, M · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in M40 areas from £175,000 to £420,999. The middle area is £234,875. M5 is £207,467.
£207,46710th cheapest
Population45 postcode districts, M · 2021
Population: every postcode district in M45 areas from 289 to 61,848. The middle area is 27,199. M5 is 21,375.
21,37514th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares45 postcode districts, M · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in M45 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 5.0%. M5 is 6.0%.
6%joint 20th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage45 postcode districts, M · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in M45 areas from 51.5% to 99.1%. The middle area is 94.7%. M5 is 89.6%.
89.6%11th lowest

What is the population of M5?

M5 had 21,375 usual residents at the census.

M5 is the 1,378th most populated of 2,756 in the UK.

Deprivation in M5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so M5 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in M5

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Salford 021F1,661No figure198.3%
Salford 021H1,911No figure2100.0%
Salford 034B1,398No figure797.5%
Salford 035A2,121No figure694.6%
Salford 035B2,271No figure287.5%
Salford 035C2,274No figure292.8%
Salford 036A1,813No figure697.4%
Salford 036B1,172No figure799.9%
Salford 036C2,138No figure390.6%
Salford 037E1,223No figure899.3%

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Middle areas in M52

Postcode sectors in M54

Council1

Towns in M51

Postcode districts next to M58

Nearest rail stations4

More in the M postcode area2

M5 in brief

M5 is a postcode district covering Salford, Ordsall and New Windsor, in Salford.

About 26,623 people lived in M5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £207,467 in 2025 across 286 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in M5 was £207,467 in 2025.

M5 had 21,375 usual residents at the census.

About 6% of people in M5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In M5, 89.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.