League table · North West
North West: where the signs of gentrification are strongest
Every neighbourhood in North West with a reading, ranked by the signs of gentrification its own page shows: official statistics on prices, incomes, benefits, businesses, schools and more, each read against the neighbourhood's own council. Of 932 neighbourhoods, 6 show strong signs, 102 clear signs, 192 some signs, 237 few signs, 165 mixed signs and 230 are moving the other way. Figures assembled by 4 November 2026.
How to read these tables
The reading is the weighted balance of the counted area-change signals on each neighbourhood's page: each signal weighs 1 to 5 by how directly it tracks rising incomes and values, and the balance runs from −1 (every measured signal falling behind the council) to +1 (every one pulling ahead). A neighbourhood is read against its own council, so these tables rank how far each is pulling ahead of, or falling behind, its council: not how much it has changed in absolute terms, and not a prediction. A reading marked capped sits in one of England's most income-deprived areas, where Clear or Strong signs need prices and incomes both rising. The reading is not a score and feeds no verdict; the methodology explains each signal.
The 100 strongest readings in North West
| # | Neighbourhood | Council | Reading | Balance | Signals | Affluence today | Typical house |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miles Platting & New Islington North | Manchester | Strong signs | +0.68 | 10 up · 0 down · of 18 | Below average income | £329,500 |
| 2 | Formby West & Freshfield North | Sefton | Strong signs | +0.39 | 8 up · 0 down · of 19 | Affluent | £420,000 |
| 3 | Wardleworth & Newbold Brow | Rochdale | Strong signs | +0.39 | 5 up · 1 down · of 17 | Among the most income-deprived | £135,000 |
| 4 | Lowton | Wigan | Strong signs | +0.36 | 7 up · 1 down · of 18 | Affluent | £261,250 |
| 5 | Hightown, Mossley & Timbersbrook | Cheshire East | Strong signs | +0.35 | 5 up · 0 down · of 17 | Affluent | £327,500 |
| 6 | Sandbach North | Cheshire East | Strong signs | +0.35 | 5 up · 0 down · of 18 | Affluent | £276,750 |
| 7 | Macclesfield South & Lyme Green | Cheshire East | Clear signs | +0.34 | 8 up · 1 down · of 19 | Below average income | £235,000 |
| 8 | Piccadilly & Ancoats | Manchester | Clear signs | +0.34 | 8 up · 1 down · of 20 | Affluent | – |
| 9 | Knotty Ash | Liverpool | Clear signs | +0.34 | 7 up · 1 down · of 19 | Among the most income-deprived | £149,000 |
| 10 | Coppice | Oldham | Clear signs | +0.34 | 5 up · 1 down · of 18 | Among the most income-deprived | £170,000 |
| 11 | Ainsworth & Bradley Fold | Bury | Clear signs | +0.32 | 5 up · 0 down · of 17 | Middle income | £270,000 |
| 12 | East Didsbury | Manchester | Clear signs | +0.32 | 5 up · 0 down · of 18 | Among the most affluent | £395,000 |
| 13 | Central Burnley & Daneshouse | Burnley | Clear signs | +0.31 | 5 up · 1 down · of 21 | Among the most income-deprived | £70,000 |
| 14 | Frodsham | Cheshire West and Chester | Clear signs | +0.31 | 5 up · 0 down · of 18 | Middle income | £316,500 |
| 15 | Anfield North | Liverpool | Clear signs | +0.30 | 6 up · 0 down · of 19 | Below average income | £135,000 |
| 16 | Cheadle Hulme Orrishmere | Stockport | Clear signs | +0.30 | 6 up · 1 down · of 18 | Affluent | £400,800 |
| 17 | Crewe Mill Street & College | Cheshire East | Clear signs | +0.30 | 6 up · 1 down · of 19 | Below average income | £140,000 |
| 18 | Ellesmere Port Pooltown Road | Cheshire West and Chester | Clear signs | +0.30 | 5 up · 1 down · of 18 | Below average income | £182,000 |
| 19 | Busk | Oldham | Clear signs | +0.29 | 6 up · 3 down · of 17 | Among the most income-deprived | £145,000 |
| 20 | Askham, Ullswater & Greystoke | Westmorland and Furness | Clear signs | +0.29 | 5 up · 0 down · of 16 | Affluent | £351,000 |
| 21 | Norris Green West | Liverpool | Clear signs | +0.29 | 5 up · 3 down · of 18 | Among the most income-deprived | £152,000 |
| 22 | Kirkby North East | Knowsley | Clear signs | +0.28 | 6 up · 4 down · of 18 | Among the most income-deprived | £166,500 |
| 23 | Earlestown North | St. Helens | Clear signs | +0.28 | 5 up · 1 down · of 19 | Middle income | £195,000 |
| 24 | Longsight East | Manchester | Clear signs | +0.28 | 5 up · 2 down · of 15 | Among the most income-deprived | £189,500 |
| 25 | Alexandra Park | Oldham | Clear signs | +0.28 | 4 up · 2 down · of 17 | Among the most income-deprived | £138,000 |
| 26 | Northenden | Manchester | Clear signs | +0.27 | 5 up · 0 down · of 18 | Middle income | £310,000 |
| 27 | Speke West & Airport | Liverpool | Clear signs | +0.27 | 5 up · 1 down · of 19 | Below average income | £165,000 |
| 28 | Laithwaite & Marsh Green | Wigan | Clear signs | +0.27 | 4 up · 2 down · of 17 | Among the most income-deprived | £130,000 |
| 29 | Orsmgill & Hindpool | Westmorland and Furness | Clear signs | +0.27 | 4 up · 1 down · of 19 | Among the most income-deprived | £119,500 |
| 30 | Cheetham Hill | Manchester | Clear signs | +0.26 | 6 up · 1 down · of 19 | Below average income | £170,000 |
| 31 | Kirkby Stephen, Tebay & Brough | Westmorland and Furness | Clear signs | +0.26 | 5 up · 1 down · of 16 | Middle income | £265,000 |
| 32 | Abbotsmead & Salthouse | Westmorland and Furness | Clear signs | +0.25 | 5 up · 1 down · of 19 | Below average income | £125,000 |
| 33 | Cheadle Hulme South East | Stockport | Clear signs | +0.25 | 5 up · 3 down · of 18 | Affluent | £423,500 |
| 34 | Wigan Marylebone & Bottling Wood | Wigan | Clear signs | +0.25 | 5 up · 2 down · of 18 | Below average income | £225,225 |
| 35 | Deeplish | Rochdale | Clear signs | +0.25 | 3 up · 0 down · of 18 | Among the most income-deprived | £137,500 |
| 36 | Ordsall West | Salford | Clear signs | +0.24 | 7 up · 5 down · of 18 | Below average income | £251,000 |
| 37 | Rainhill South | St. Helens | Clear signs | +0.24 | 7 up · 2 down · of 19 | Affluent | £249,950 |
| 38 | Ashton-in-Makerfield North | Wigan | Clear signs | +0.24 | 5 up · 1 down · of 17 | Below average income | £200,000 |
| 39 | Highfield & New Bury | Bolton | Clear signs | +0.24 | 4 up · 1 down · of 17 | Among the most income-deprived | £176,000 |
| 40 | Longview & Knowsley Park | Knowsley | Clear signs | +0.24 | 4 up · 1 down · of 17 | Among the most income-deprived | £138,748 |
| 41 | Lostock & Wincham | Cheshire West and Chester | Clear signs | +0.24 | 4 up · 0 down · of 16 | Affluent | £290,500 |
| 42 | Firswood | Trafford | Clear signs | +0.23 | 6 up · 2 down · of 18 | Below average income | £388,500 |
| 43 | Common Edge | Blackpool | Clear signs | +0.23 | 5 up · 0 down · of 18 | Below average income | £160,000 |
| 44 | Fazakerley South | Liverpool | Clear signs | +0.23 | 5 up · 2 down · of 19 | Among the most income-deprived | £131,750 |
| 45 | Thornton East & Carleton West | Wyre | Clear signs | +0.23 | 5 up · 1 down · of 20 | Middle income | £214,500 |
| 46 | Woolston | Warrington | Clear signs | +0.23 | 5 up · 2 down · of 19 | Affluent | £262,250 |
| 47 | Chorlton South | Manchester | Clear signs | +0.23 | 4 up · 1 down · of 19 | Affluent | £473,800 |
| 48 | Merseybank & Barlow Moor | Manchester | Clear signs | +0.23 | 4 up · 1 down · of 18 | Middle income | £363,750 |
| 49 | Rudheath West & Leftwich | Cheshire West and Chester | Clear signs | +0.23 | 4 up · 0 down · of 19 | Below average income | £194,000 |
| 50 | Parton & Distington | Cumberland | Clear signs | +0.23 | 3 up · 1 down · of 15 | Below average income | £128,475 |
| 51 | Marshside | Sefton | Clear signs | +0.22 | 6 up · 1 down · of 19 | Middle income | £260,000 |
| 52 | Bramhall North West | Stockport | Clear signs | +0.22 | 5 up · 1 down · of 17 | Among the most affluent | £585,000 |
| 53 | Eccles | Salford | Clear signs | +0.22 | 5 up · 1 down · of 17 | Middle income | £350,000 |
| 54 | Churchtown | Blackpool | Clear signs | +0.22 | 4 up · 1 down · of 19 | Middle income | £155,000 |
| 55 | Platt Bridge & Spring View | Wigan | Clear signs | +0.22 | 4 up · 1 down · of 17 | Below average income | £150,000 |
| 56 | Vicars Cross & Hoole East | Cheshire West and Chester | Clear signs | +0.22 | 3 up · 0 down · of 19 | Affluent | £303,000 |
| 57 | Brindle & Withnell | Chorley | Clear signs | +0.21 | 6 up · 1 down · of 18 | Affluent | £268,000 |
| 58 | Waddington, Gisburn & Slaidburn | Ribble Valley | Clear signs | +0.21 | 6 up · 1 down · of 18 | Affluent | £413,750 |
| 59 | Holmes Chapel | Cheshire East | Clear signs | +0.21 | 3 up · 1 down · of 16 | Middle income | £357,500 |
| 60 | Millom & Duddon Valley | Cumberland | Clear signs | +0.21 | 3 up · 0 down · of 16 | Middle income | £130,000 |
| 61 | Aintree West & Old Roan | Sefton | Clear signs | +0.20 | 5 up · 2 down · of 19 | Below average income | £201,000 |
| 62 | Seven Stars | South Ribble | Clear signs | +0.20 | 5 up · 3 down · of 21 | Below average income | £185,750 |
| 63 | Wallasey Central | Wirral | Clear signs | +0.20 | 5 up · 1 down · of 19 | Middle income | £240,000 |
| 64 | Alkrington | Rochdale | Clear signs | +0.20 | 4 up · 1 down · of 17 | Affluent | £281,050 |
| 65 | Chorlton North | Manchester | Clear signs | +0.20 | 4 up · 1 down · of 18 | Affluent | £470,000 |
| 66 | Formby Central & Freshfield South | Sefton | Clear signs | +0.20 | 4 up · 1 down · of 19 | Affluent | £331,000 |
| 67 | Lever Edge | Bolton | Clear signs | +0.20 | 4 up · 2 down · of 18 | Among the most income-deprived | £142,500 |
| 68 | Davyhulme | Trafford | Clear signs | +0.20 | 3 up · 1 down · of 17 | Among the most affluent | £368,325 |
| 69 | New Springs | Wigan | Clear signs | +0.20 | 3 up · 0 down · of 17 | Below average income | £183,500 |
| 70 | Nuttall & Tottington | Bury | Clear signs | +0.20 | 3 up · 0 down · of 17 | Affluent | £285,000 |
| 71 | Whitefield West & Park Lane | Bury | Clear signs | +0.20 | 3 up · 1 down · of 17 | Affluent | £325,000 |
| 72 | Worsley Mesnes & Hawkley | Wigan | Clear signs | +0.20 | 3 up · 1 down · of 18 | Middle income | £176,000 |
| 73 | City Centre North & Collyhurst | Manchester | Clear signs | +0.19 | 7 up · 3 down · of 20 | Affluent | – |
| 74 | Gateacre | Liverpool | Clear signs | +0.19 | 4 up · 2 down · of 18 | Affluent | £353,000 |
| 75 | Runcorn Town & Westfield | Halton | Clear signs | +0.19 | 4 up · 0 down · of 18 | Below average income | £140,000 |
| 76 | Saughall Massie | Wirral | Clear signs | +0.19 | 3 up · 0 down · of 18 | Middle income | £230,000 |
| 77 | Ashton North | Tameside | Clear signs | +0.18 | 6 up · 2 down · of 18 | Middle income | £270,000 |
| 78 | Allerton | Liverpool | Clear signs | +0.18 | 5 up · 2 down · of 17 | Middle income | £265,000 |
| 79 | Thornhill, Gosforth & Seascale | Cumberland | Clear signs | +0.18 | 5 up · 1 down · of 16 | Affluent | £216,350 |
| 80 | Sandfield Park & Holly Lodge | Liverpool | Clear signs | +0.18 | 4 up · 1 down · of 19 | Middle income | £250,000 |
| 81 | Wallasey East | Wirral | Clear signs | +0.18 | 4 up · 1 down · of 19 | Below average income | £200,000 |
| 82 | Cheetham Fold & Gee Cross | Tameside | Clear signs | +0.18 | 3 up · 0 down · of 18 | Middle income | £256,000 |
| 83 | Marple & Rose Hill | Stockport | Clear signs | +0.18 | 3 up · 1 down · of 18 | Affluent | £364,500 |
| 84 | Hesketh Bank & Tarleton | West Lancashire | Clear signs | +0.16 | 6 up · 2 down · of 19 | Affluent | £285,000 |
| 85 | Leasowe South & Moreton East | Wirral | Clear signs | +0.16 | 5 up · 1 down · of 19 | Below average income | £168,750 |
| 86 | Standish South | Wigan | Clear signs | +0.16 | 5 up · 1 down · of 18 | Affluent | £250,000 |
| 87 | Aigburth & Grassendale | Liverpool | Clear signs | +0.16 | 4 up · 2 down · of 19 | Affluent | £376,750 |
| 88 | Callands & Old Hall | Warrington | Clear signs | +0.16 | 4 up · 3 down · of 19 | Affluent | £310,000 |
| 89 | Gayton & Lower Heswall | Wirral | Clear signs | +0.16 | 4 up · 2 down · of 18 | Among the most affluent | £535,450 |
| 90 | Litherland South | Sefton | Clear signs | +0.16 | 4 up · 1 down · of 18 | Middle income | £188,000 |
| 91 | West Kirby | Wirral | Clear signs | +0.16 | 4 up · 0 down · of 19 | Affluent | £325,000 |
| 92 | Bramhall West | Stockport | Clear signs | +0.16 | 3 up · 1 down · of 18 | Among the most affluent | £515,000 |
| 93 | Bredbury | Stockport | Clear signs | +0.16 | 3 up · 1 down · of 18 | Below average income | £245,000 |
| 94 | Disley & Lyme Park | Cheshire East | Clear signs | +0.16 | 3 up · 0 down · of 16 | Affluent | £375,000 |
| 95 | Greasby | Wirral | Clear signs | +0.16 | 3 up · 0 down · of 18 | Affluent | £287,500 |
| 96 | Little Bispham & Anchorsholme | Blackpool | Clear signs | +0.16 | 3 up · 0 down · of 18 | Below average income | £156,750 |
| 97 | Little Sutton North & Overpool | Cheshire West and Chester | Clear signs | +0.16 | 3 up · 1 down · of 18 | Middle income | £200,000 |
| 98 | Meadowhead | Blackburn with Darwen | Clear signs | +0.16 | 3 up · 1 down · of 18 | Below average income | £151,000 |
| 99 | Wavertree South | Liverpool | Clear signs | +0.16 | 3 up · 1 down · of 19 | Below average income | £165,000 |
| 100 | Astley, Blackmoor & Mosley Common | Wigan | Clear signs | +0.15 | 4 up · 1 down · of 17 | Affluent | £265,000 |
Balance: the weighted balance of the counted signals. Signals: those pulling ahead of the council, those falling behind, of those measured. Affluence today and the typical house price (the median resale over the neighbourhood's latest three-year window) are from each neighbourhood's own page, where every figure has its source and date.
The 20 strongest readings the other way in North West
Neighbourhoods whose counted signals, taken together, point away from rising affluence against their council, the most so first. The same caveats hold: against the council, not a prediction, and a reading of statistics about place and money, not about the people who live there.
| # | Neighbourhood | Council | Reading | Balance | Signals | Affluence today | Typical house |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balderstone & Kirkholt | Rochdale | Moving the other way | -0.46 | 2 up · 7 down · of 17 | Among the most income-deprived | £200,000 |
| 2 | Fleetwood Warren | Wyre | Moving the other way | -0.46 | 0 up · 7 down · of 20 | Below average income | £140,000 |
| 3 | Church Minshull, Kingsbourne & Sound | Cheshire East | Moving the other way | -0.41 | 4 up · 7 down · of 17 | Affluent | £337,500 |
| 4 | Stockbridge Village | Knowsley | Moving the other way | -0.40 | 1 up · 6 down · of 18 | Among the most income-deprived | £141,200 |
| 5 | Holt Lane End & Bardsley | Oldham | Moving the other way | -0.39 | 1 up · 5 down · of 17 | Middle income | £233,500 |
| 6 | Clough & Shaw Side | Oldham | Moving the other way | -0.34 | 3 up · 6 down · of 18 | Below average income | £205,000 |
| 7 | Carrbrook & Micklehurst | Tameside | Moving the other way | -0.34 | 0 up · 4 down · of 17 | Below average income | £245,000 |
| 8 | Appleton Thorn, Stretton & Walton | Warrington | Moving the other way | -0.33 | 4 up · 7 down · of 18 | Affluent | £435,000 |
| 9 | Grimsargh & Goosnargh | Preston | Moving the other way | -0.32 | 5 up · 7 down · of 19 | Middle income | £268,000 |
| 10 | Burton-in-Kendal, Levens & Natland | Westmorland and Furness | Moving the other way | -0.31 | 1 up · 4 down · of 15 | Affluent | £359,250 |
| 11 | Greenfield & Uppermill | Oldham | Moving the other way | -0.31 | 2 up · 4 down · of 16 | Affluent | £355,000 |
| 12 | Cliviger, Worsthorne & Lane Bottom | Burnley | Moving the other way | -0.30 | 3 up · 6 down · of 19 | Middle income | £210,000 |
| 13 | Whiston South | Knowsley | Moving the other way | -0.30 | 2 up · 6 down · of 18 | Among the most income-deprived | £154,080 |
| 14 | Failsworth South | Oldham | Moving the other way | -0.30 | 0 up · 5 down · of 18 | Middle income | £219,950 |
| 15 | Horwich East | Bolton | Moving the other way | -0.30 | 2 up · 5 down · of 18 | Middle income | £230,000 |
| 16 | Lightoaks | Salford | Moving the other way | -0.30 | 0 up · 5 down · of 18 | Middle income | £250,000 |
| 17 | Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh | Cheshire East | Moving the other way | -0.30 | 1 up · 5 down · of 17 | Among the most affluent | £570,000 |
| 18 | Longridge North, Ribchester & Chipping | Ribble Valley | Moving the other way | -0.28 | 2 up · 5 down · of 18 | Middle income | £233,000 |
| 19 | Lower Bebington & Bromborough Pool | Wirral | Moving the other way | -0.27 | 1 up · 6 down · of 19 | Middle income | £210,000 |
| 20 | Sedgley Park | Bury | Moving the other way | -0.27 | 2 up · 6 down · of 18 | Below average income | £325,000 |
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