Housing in M6 6LY
What the homes in M6 6LY are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Cromwell Road & Broad Street
- Council
- Salford
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,564 (2024)
M6 6LYSalford
What homes look like here
Most homes here are terraced (49.9%). Flats make up 20.7%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
Across England, 61.3% of households own their home; the M6 6LY area is less than half that, at 24.1%. The private rented sector is well below the national picture, at 11.2% of households against 20.5%. 7.8% own outright and 16.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned24.1%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.7%1%
- Private rented11.2%20.5%
- Social rented62.3%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.7%0.1%
Who owns, who rents from whom
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.3 people living in it. 32.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is lone parent with dependent children, at 21.3%. 34.8% 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. Published by council, not by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren't published for single postcodes, so everything on this tab describes the neighbourhood M6 6LY sits in (Cromwell Road & Broad Street): about 2,564 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.