North Neighbourhood

North Map

Trafford's North neighbourhood consists of 4 wards: Clifford, Gorse Hill, Longford, and Stretford.

Summary

The north neighbourhood has the biggest burden of ill health effects. Health outcomes and risk factors for each of the 4 wards are mostly similar to or worse than the Trafford average. Ill health is mostly noticeable for life expectancy at birth, as only females living in Longford are expected to live longer than the Trafford average. We can associate the heightened risk of ill health within the north neighbourhood to higher levels of deprivation; however, considering the substantially higher levels of deprivation in the ward of Clifford, ill health effects are not particularly worse when compared to the ward of Gorse Hill. There is a considerably higher proportion of residents in the north neighbourhood claiming out of work benefits than the rest of Trafford. This demonstrates one of the factors causing higher deprivation in this area.

  • Across the neighbourhood, the percentage of overweight and obese children is much higher for year 6 pupils when compared to the Trafford & England averages.
  • Despite the high prevalence of child excess weight, the most recent year (19/20) shows a decreasing trend in excess weight for reception and year 6 children.
  • National and local 21/22 data suggests increasing trends in child excess weight.
  • When compared to the Trafford average (by gender), there is a bigger gap in life expectancy for males when compared to females.
  • Emergency admissions are high across the neighbourhood – particularly highest for the ward of Clifford.
  • In the wards of Gorse Hill, Clifford, & Stretford, all-cause mortality is markedly higher when compared to the Trafford average.
  • All cancer incidence is high across the neighbourhood when compared to Trafford and England; the incidence of lung cancer is noticeably higher for the wards of Gorse Hill and Stretford.
  • All age and premature (under 75) cancer deaths are noticeably higher for the ward of Gorse Hill when compared to all other wards. 

 

 

Detailed North neighbourhood profile