Pendlebury’s story
2 listed buildings
Historic England lists them inside Pendlebury’s built-up area.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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PendleburyGreater Manchester
Home to 1,768 people, this village lies in Greater Manchester, North West. Over-65s are only 3% of the population.
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Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
1,768
Census 2021 · Salford council
Median home
£265K
33 sales in 3 years
Median age
32.2
3% are 65+ · Greater Manchester 16%
Degree level
25%
of residents 16+ · England 34%
Walk, cycle, bus
29%
of commuters · England 27%
Is Pendlebury a good place to live?
Pendlebury is easy to get around without a car (A): 29% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the median home sold for £265,000, 6 years of area income. Hazard risk is lower than in most UK towns (A). Residents’ health trails most towns (D): 5.5% in bad or very bad health, 29.4% disabled.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency · health, Census 2021 (the grade adjusts for age). Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Pendlebury has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. The other subjects are graded below.
What makes Pendlebury stand out
The 3 things Pendlebury does most differently from other towns.
Residents 65 and over
Who lives here
Only 3% are 65 or over
Against 18% across England’s towns
Claimant rate, against UK towns
Work
of 16 to 64s in 2026: more than in 100% of UK towns
DWP claimant count, January to August 2026.
Rent against income, UK towns
Renting
£1,170 a month
Average private rent, 32% of what households in the area earn: more than in 97% of UK towns
ONS private rents, Salford council area.
How Pendlebury grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Pendlebury is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Pendlebury has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. The other subjects are graded below.
Cost of livingHomes are among the least affordable for local incomesD−Open →WalkabilityNear the top of the towns comparedAOpen →Health5.5% in bad or very bad health, 29% disabled (adjusted for age in the grade)DOpen →Hazard risk0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaAOpen →Jobs & incomeBased on what households earn, poverty and workC−Open →SchoolsPrimary results beat 35% of towns in England; secondary results beat 52% of towns in EnglandC+Open →
SafetyNo police.uk data–
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
History2 listed buildingsCOpen →Outdoors74% live within 400 m of a park; 18.5 ha of public green space per 1,000 residentsB+Open →Civic life0.6 local charities per 1,000 residents; 41% live within 1 km of a libraryC−Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nearby attractions
All attractions →English Football Hall of Fame and 40 more in and around Pendlebury
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Pendlebury. Best known first.
MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame3.7 km outside town, to the southeast
CathedralManchester Cathedral3.6 km outside town, to the southeast
Art galleryManchester Art Gallery4.2 km outside town, to the southeast
Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum3.7 km outside town, to the southeast · 830K visitors a year
MuseumImperial War Museum North3.6 km outside town, to the south · 2K visitors a year
MuseumChetham's Library3.6 km outside town, to the southeastPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Manchester Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Imperial War Museum North: Imperial_War_Museum_2008.jpg: pit-yacker from UK derivative work: IxK85, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pendlebury.
HousingCost of living grade D−
Pendlebury’s grade for cost of living grade: a D−
Social housing holds 16% of households, lower than both Greater Manchester’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (18%). Private rents average £1,170 a month across the Salford council area. 33 standard sales inside Pendlebury’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £265,000.
£265Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Pendlebury£265K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £370,100 | 11 |
| Semi-detached | £258,800 | 11 |
| Terraced | £185,900 | 9 |
19%
rent privately · England 21%
£1,170
average private rent a month, Salford council area
£2,594
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C−
Benefit claims run higher in Pendlebury, 12% of 16 to 64s, than in Greater Manchester’s towns or across England’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 30% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Jobs per working resident: 3.2. Households had £44K a year before tax, near Greater Manchester’s towns (£46K) and lower than England’s towns (£55K). The car carried 67% of commuters at the census.
29%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving67%
Bus11%
On foot9%
Train6%
Bicycle3%
£44K
mean household income, before tax
12%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
A
Walkability: more walkable than 94% of UK towns
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Health
More people in Pendlebury live with a disability than in Greater Manchester’s towns or across England’s towns: 29%
77% of Pendlebury’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, below Greater Manchester’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. Men in Pendlebury can expect to live to 76.4, women to 80 (2019–23). There is no GP practice in the town: the nearest is 0.8 miles off.
77%good or very good healthDHealth Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 77%Fair 17%Bad or very bad 5%
| Census 2021 | Pendlebury | Greater Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.5% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 29% | 18% | 17% |
76.4
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
80
life expectancy at birth, women
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy among them.
History
Old homes shape Pendlebury: 25% were built before 1919, more than in Greater Manchester’s towns or England’s towns
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II covers all 2 listed buildings that Historic England records here. For its size, Pendlebury has 11 listed buildings per 10,000 residents.
2listed buildingsCHistory Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Historic England
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II2
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
25%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
11
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Who lives here
Pendlebury has fewer older residents than Greater Manchester’s towns or England’s towns: 2.5% are 65 or over
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 15% of residents. 13% are under 15, below both Greater Manchester’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%). At 32.2, the median resident of Pendlebury sits in the middle of the age range. Graduates make up a quarter of adults.
32.2median age
PendleburyGreater ManchesterEngland
Ages · share of residents
15%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications21%
Apprenticeship8%
A levels or similar15%
Degree level25%
Women and men · all residents
25% women, 75% men
About 34 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
| Pendlebury | Greater Manchester | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 55% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 14% | 24% | 25% |
| 65+ | 2.5% | 16% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.6% | 5.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 25% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Greater Manchester and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Pendlebury
14pages on Pendlebury
The big questions
Out and about
Pendlebury’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
CliftonSalfordPrestwichSwintonWardleyWhitefieldEcclesPendlebury
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pendlebury | 1,768 | — | — | D− | — | D |
| Clifton | 17,748 | 1.3 | — | D | — | C− |
| Salford | 108,431 | 1.4 | — | D | — | D− |
| Prestwich | 31,509 | 1.6 | — | D | — | C− |
| Swinton | 22,886 | 1.9 | — | D− | — | C− |
| Wardley | 2,298 | 2.5 | — | D− | — | C− |
| Whitefield | 22,193 | 2.7 | — | C− | — | C− |
| Eccles | 41,116 | 2.9 | — | D− | — | D− |
Wardley has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Clifton, Salford, Prestwich, Swinton, Wardley, Whitefield and Eccles have no Safety Grade: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish to police.uk. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Pendlebury
Who lives in Pendlebury?
A young village. At the 2021 Census, 13% of residents were under 15 and 55% were 25 to 44, against 18% and 27% across England’s towns; only 2.5% were 65 or over.
Is Pendlebury safe?
We can’t say from police.uk: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime data there, so Pendlebury has no Safety Grade. Greater Manchester Police’s own figures cover whole boroughs, not towns.
Does Pendlebury flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
About Pendlebury
Village in Greater Manchester, England
Pendlebury is a built-up area of 1,768 people, in the Salford council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
- Population
- 1,768 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Salford
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Region
- North West
- Area
- 0.3 sq mi (0.7 km²)
- ONS code
- E63001242
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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