Housing in M3 5AQ
What the homes in M3 5AQ are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Greengate & Blackfriars
- Council
- Salford
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,029 (2024)
M3 5AQSalford
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (98.9%). Flats make up 99.2%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
9.8% of households in the M3 5AQ area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 83.1% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 3.5% own outright and 6.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned9.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership0%1%
- Private rented83.1%20.5%
- Social rented7.1%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.8 people living in it. 34.5% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (36.4%). 3.1% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Salford
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Salford (August 2026, +3.3% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around M3 5AQ (Greengate & Blackfriars) (about 2,029 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.