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{{Short description|Borough and City in Greater Manchester, England}}
{{about|the current metropolitan borough|the main settlement|Salford|the local government district from 1844 to 1974|County Borough of Salford}}
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| p2                 = [[Barton upon Irwell]]
| p3                 = [[Blackfriars, Greater Manchester|Blackfriars]]
| p4                 = [[Boothstown]]
| p5                 = [[Broughton, Salford|Broughton]]
| p6                 = [[Cadishead]]
| p7                 = City Centre
| p8                 = [[Eccles, Greater Manchester|Eccles]] (Town)
| p9                 = [[Greengate, Salford|Greengate]]
| p10                = [[Irlams o' th' Height]]
| p11                = [[Kersal]]
| p12                = [[Langworthy, Salford|Langworthy]]
| p13                = [[Little Hulton]]
| p14                = [[Linnyshaw]]
| p15                = [[Monton]]
| p16                = [[Ordsall, Greater Manchester|Ordsall]]
| p17                = [[Patricroft]]
| p18                = [[Peel Green]]
| p19                = [[Pendlebury]] (Town)
| p20                = [[Pendleton, Greater Manchester|Pendleton]]
| p21                = [[Salford Quays]]
| p22                = [[Seedley]]
| p23                = [[Swinton, Greater Manchester|Swinton]] (Town)
| p24                = [[Walkden]] (Town)
| p25                = [[Wardley, Greater Manchester|Wardley]]
| p26                = [[Weaste]]
| p27                = [[Winton, Greater Manchester|Winton]]
| p28                = [[Worsley]]
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| leader_title2      = [[Mayor of Salford|Elected mayor]]
| leader_name2       = [[Paul Dennett]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
| leader_title3      = [[Mayors in England|Ceremonial mayor]]
| leader_name3       = Gina Reynolds
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 {{Collapsible list | title = 3 MPs
 | [[Michael Wheeler (politician)|Michael Wheeler]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
 | [[Rebecca Long-Bailey]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
 | [[Graham Stringer]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
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 | 82.3% [[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]
 | 6.1% [[Black British people|Black]]
 | 5.5% [[British Asians|Asian]]
 | 3.1% [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed]]
 | 2.9% [[Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom|other]]
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 | 47.7% [[Religion in England#Christianity|Christianity]]
 | 35.6% [[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|no religion]]
 | 5.0% [[Islam in England|Islam]]
 | 3.8% [[History of the Jews in England|Judaism]]
 | 0.8% [[Hinduism in England|Hinduism]]
 | 0.4% [[Buddhism in England|Buddhism]]
 | 0.3% [[Sikhism in England|Sikhism]]
 | 0.4% [[Religion in England|other]]
 | 6.0% not stated
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The '''City of Salford''' is a [[metropolitan borough]] with [[City status in the United Kingdom|city status]] in [[Greater Manchester]], England, named after its main settlement, [[Salford]], which covers a larger area including [[Eccles, Greater Manchester|Eccles]], [[Swinton, Greater Manchester|Swinton]], [[Walkden]] and [[Pendlebury]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/greater_manchester_urban_area.asp |title=Greater Manchester Urban Area |publisher=statistics.gov.uk |author=United Kingdom Census 2001 |access-date=6 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205014453/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/greater_manchester_urban_area.asp |archive-date=5 February 2009  }}</ref> The borough had a population of {{English district population|GSS=E08000006}} in {{English statistics year}},<ref name="popstats" /> and is administered from the [[Salford Civic Centre]] in Swinton.

Salford is the historic centre of the [[Salford Hundred]], an ancient subdivision of Lancashire. The City of Salford is the fifth-most populous district in Greater Manchester.<ref name="popstats" /> The city's boundaries, set by the [[Local Government Act 1972]], include five former local government districts. It is bounded on the southeast by the [[River Irwell]], which forms part of its boundary with [[Manchester]] to the east, and by the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] to the south, which forms its boundary with [[Trafford]]. The metropolitan boroughs of [[Metropolitan Borough of Wigan|Wigan]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Bolton|Bolton]], and [[Metropolitan Borough of Bury|Bury]] lie to the west, northwest, and north respectively. Some parts of the city, which lies directly west of Manchester, are highly industrialised and densely populated, but around one-third of the city consists of rural open space. The western half of the city stretches across an ancient [[bog|peat bog]], [[Chat Moss]].

Salford has a history of human activity stretching back to the [[Mesolithic]] age. There are over 250&nbsp;[[listed building]]s in the city, including [[Salford Cathedral]], and three [[Scheduled Ancient Monument]]s. With the [[Industrial Revolution]], Salford and its neighboring settlements grew alongside the textile industry. The former [[County Borough of Salford]] was granted [[City status in the United Kingdom|city status]] in 1926 and thus making it the second city in Greater Manchester after neighbouring Manchester. The city and its industries experienced a decline throughout much of the 20th century. Since the 1990s, parts of Salford have undergone regeneration, especially [[Salford Quays]], home of [[BBC North]] and [[Granada Television]], and the area around the [[University of Salford]].

[[Salford Red Devils]] are a professional [[rugby league]] club in Super League and [[Salford City F.C.]] is a professional football club in [[Football League Two|League Two]].

== History ==
[[File:Kersal Cell.JPG|thumb|left|[[Kersal Cell]], built in the 16th century, was a manor house built on the site of a [[Cluny Abbey|Cluniac]] priory.]]
[[File:Former_Town_Hall,_Salford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1415163.jpg|thumb|left|Former [[Salford Town Hall]], Bexley Square]]
Although the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford was a 20th-century creation, the area has a long history of human activity, extending back to the [[Stone Age]]. [[Neolithic]] flint arrow-heads and tools, and evidence of [[Bronze Age]] activity has been discovered in [[Salford]].<ref>Cooper (2005), p.&nbsp;18</ref> The northerly section of [[Watling Street]], a [[Roman roads|Roman road]] from Manchester ([[Mamucium]]) via [[Bury, Greater Manchester|Bury]] to [[Ribchester]] ([[Bremetennacum]]), passes through the city;<ref name="History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4">{{cite web |title=A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 |author=William Farrer & J. Brownbill <!-- (editors) --> |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41408 |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |access-date=10 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525091032/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41408 |archive-date=25 May 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> a [[hoard]] of over 550&nbsp;bronze Roman coins dating between 259&nbsp;AD and 278&nbsp;AD was discovered in [[Boothstown]];<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=44272 |access-date=19 March 2008}}</ref> and a [[Romano-British]] [[bog body]], [[Worsley Man]], was discovered in the [[Chat Moss]] peat bog.<ref>Pain (2003), p.&nbsp;48</ref>

In 1142, a monastic [[cell church|cell]] (small monastic house) dedicated to St. Leonard was established in [[Kersal]].<ref name="History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4"/> The 12th century [[Salford (hundred)|hundred of Salford]] was created as Salfordshire in the [[historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Lancashire]] and survived until the 19th century,<ref name="GM Gazetteer">{{cite web|url=http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazzs.htm|title=Greater Manchester Gazetteer|publisher=Greater Manchester County Record Office|access-date=11 November 2007|at=Places names – S|archive-date=18 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144349/http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazzs.htm}}</ref> when it was replaced by one of the first [[county borough]]s in the country. Salford became a free borough in about 1230,<ref>Cooper (2005), p.&nbsp;12</ref> when it was granted a charter as a free borough by the [[Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester|Earl Ranulph of Chester]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/leisure/salfordlocalhistory.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050223144801/http://www.salford.gov.uk/leisure/salfordlocalhistory.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 February 2005 |title=Salford's Local History |date=25 May 2004 |access-date=10 April 2008 |publisher=salford.gov.uk |author=Salford City Council }}</ref> The cell in Kersal was sold in 1540 during the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]].<ref name="History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4"/> A 16th-century [[manor house]], called [[Kersal Cell]], was built on the site of the priory.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=45104 |mname=Kersal Cell|access-date=20 June 2008}}</ref> In the [[English Civil War]] between [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]] and [[Parliament of England|parliament]], Salford was [[Cavalier|Royalist]].<ref name="cooper23">Cooper (2005), p.&nbsp;23</ref> Salford was also noted as [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] territory; its inhabitants supported [[Charles Edward Stuart]]'s claim to the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and hosted him when he rode through the area during the [[Jacobite rising of 1745]].<ref name="cooper23"/>

[[File:Barton Swing Aqueduct.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Barton Swing Aqueduct]] in the closed position.]]
During the [[Industrial Revolution]], Salford grew as a result of the textile industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/leisure/salfordlocalhistory.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050223144801/http://www.salford.gov.uk/leisure/salfordlocalhistory.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 February 2005 |title=Salford's Local History |date=25 May 2004 |access-date=13 November 2007 |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |author=Salford City Council }}</ref> Although Salford experienced an increase in population, it was overshadowed by the dominance of Manchester and did not evolve as a commercial centre in the same way.<ref name="GM Arch">{{cite book|author1=McNeil, R.  |author2=Nevell, M|title=A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Greater Manchester|publisher=Association for Industrial Archaeology|year=2000|isbn=0-9528930-3-7}}</ref> On 15 September 1830, [[Eccles, Greater Manchester|Eccles]] was site of the world's first railway accident.<ref>{{cite web |title=First railway accident |url=http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/huskisson.html |publisher=Old-MerseyTimes.co.uk |access-date=20 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703172320/http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/huskisson.html |archive-date=3 July 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> During a stop in Eccles to take on water, [[William Huskisson]], Member of Parliament for Liverpool, had his leg crushed by [[George Stephenson|Stephenson's]] ''[[Stephenson's Rocket|Rocket]]''; at the time he was in conversation with the [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Duke of Wellington]], who was opening the railway, and did not get out of the way of the train in time. Although Huskisson was taken to Eccles for treatment he died of his injuries.<ref>{{cite web|title=First in the world: the making of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway|url=https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/making-the-liverpool-and-manchester-railway|publisher=Science and Industry Museum}}</ref> The six-foot-tall Oglala Sioux tribesman, "Surrounded By the Enemy", died here from a bronchial infection at age twenty-two in 1887 during a tour of [[Buffalo Bill]]'s Wild West Show and was buried at [[Brompton Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1018337_sioux_mystery_solved|title=Sioux mystery solved|last=Wetzel|first=Franziska|date=3 October 2007|work=Manchester Evening News|publisher=M.E.N. Media|access-date=20 April 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421001218/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1018337_sioux_mystery_solved|archive-date=21 April 2013}}</ref> In 1894, the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] was opened, running from the [[River Mersey]] to [[Salford Quays]]; when it was complete it was the largest navigation canal in the world.<ref>Owen (1983), p.&nbsp;120.</ref> Along the route of the canal, it was necessary to create an aqueduct carrying the [[Bridgewater Canal]] over the Ship Canal. The [[Barton Swing Aqueduct]], designed by Sir [[Edward Leader Williams]],<ref>{{NHLE |num=1356522 |desc=Barton Swing Aqueduct |access-date=20 January 2008}}</ref> is {{convert|100|m|ft}} long and weighs {{convert|1450|MT|0}}.<ref>Nevell (1997), p.&nbsp;135.</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Facts and Figures | work=Manchester Ship Canal | url=http://www.clydeport.co.uk/index.php?site_id=6&page_id=381 | access-date=1 October 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105151649/http://clydeport.co.uk/index.php?site_id=6&page_id=381 | archive-date=5 November 2007 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the start of the 20th century, Salford began to decline due to competition from outside the UK. A survey in 1931 concluded that parts of Salford were amongst the worst [[slum]]s in the country.<ref>Cooper (2005), p.&nbsp;41</ref> Salford was granted [[city status in the United Kingdom|city status]] in 1926.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33154|pages=2776–2777|date=23 April 1926}}</ref> During World War II, Salford Docks were regularly bombed.<ref>{{cite web | author=ritsonvaljos | title=Salford and Manchester docks were always attacked and we lived nearby | publisher=BBC | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/42/a4248542.shtml | access-date=26 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311204039/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/42/a4248542.shtml | archive-date=11 March 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In the decades following the Second World War there was a significant economic and population decline in Salford.<ref name="Renewal">{{cite web|url=http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/Products/BVIR/9AC95DA0-C6A1-4b9b-9A0D-D305DE72FFC8/ManchesterSalford.pdf|title=Market Renewal: Manchester Salford Pathfinder|year=2003|access-date=22 February 2008|publisher=[[Audit Commission (United Kingdom)|Audit Commission]]|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080810124216/http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/Products/BVIR/9AC95DA0-C6A1-4b9b-9A0D-D305DE72FFC8/ManchesterSalford.pdf|archive-date=10 August 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1961 a small part of Eccles was added to the city. On 1 April 1974, the City and County Borough of Salford was abolished under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], and was replaced by the [[metropolitan borough]] of City of Salford, one of ten local government districts in the new [[metropolitan county]] of [[Greater Manchester]].<ref name="GM Gazetteer"/><ref>HMSO. Local Government Act 1972. 1972 c.70</ref> The city status of the new district was confirmed by additional [[letters patent]] issued on the same day.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46255|page=4401|date=4 April 1974}}</ref> Since the early 1990s, the decline has slowed.<ref name="Renewal"/>

Prior to the metropolitan borough's creation, the name Salford for the new local government district courted controversy. Salford was "thought second-class by those in Eccles", who preferred the new name "Irwell" for the district (with reference to the [[River Irwell]]).<ref name="Clark1012"/> A councillor for the then City and County Borough of Salford objected to this suggestion, stating this label was nothing but "a dirty stinking river".<ref name="Clark1012"/> The name Irwell won 8 votes to Salford's 7, but a private protest and deliberation favoured Salford as the name for the new city, citing that the River Irwell would pass through two other Greater Manchester districts, and that it "doesn't touch [[Worsley]]".<ref name="Clark1012">{{Harvnb|Clark|1973|pp=101–102}}.</ref>

== Geography ==
[[File:River irwell on border of salford and manchester.jpg|thumb|The River Irwell marks the border between Salford & Manchester]]
The City of Salford is bounded to the north by the [[Metropolitan Borough of Bolton]] and [[Metropolitan Borough of Bury]]. To the south by the [[Metropolitan Borough of Trafford]] and to the west by the [[Metropolitan Borough of Wigan]]. [[Manchester]] lies directly across the river from Salford. The natural [[bog|mossland]] of [[Chat Moss]] lies in the south western corner of the city; it covers an area of about {{convert|10.6|sqmi|km2|1}}, accounting for about 30% of the city's area,<ref name="Chat Moss">{{cite web|title=Chat Moss |publisher=Salford City Council |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/planning/naturalenvironment/landscape/chatmoss.htm |access-date=6 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629045513/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/planning/naturalenvironment/landscape/chatmoss.htm |archive-date=29 June 2012  }}</ref> and lies {{convert|75|ft|m|0}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]].<ref>Birks (1965), p.&nbsp;273.</ref> The moss makes up the largest area of prime farmland in Greater Manchester.<ref name="Chat Moss"/> [[Kersal Moor]] is an area of [[moorland]] spanning {{convert|8|ha|acre}} in Kersal; it is a [[local nature reserve]] and a [[Site of Biological Importance]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.salford.gov.uk/kersalmoor |access-date=11 December 2007 |date=21 August 2003 |title=English Nature grant Salford its very own nature reserves! |publisher=english-salford.gov.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609201400/https://www.salford.gov.uk/kersalmoor |archive-date=9 June 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/biodiversity-spd-january-2006.pdf |title=Salford City Council Supplementary planning Document: Nature Conservation and Biodiversity: Adopted 19 July 2006 |author=Salford City Council |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |date=19 July 2007 |access-date=14 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090225142818/http://www.salford.gov.uk/biodiversity-spd-january-2006.pdf |archive-date=25 February 2009  }}</ref> [[Green belt|Greenspace]] accounts for 55.7% of the City of Salford's total area, domestic buildings and gardens comprise 20.0%, and the rest is made up of roads and non-domestic buildings.<ref>{{cite web | title = City of Salford physical environment | publisher = Statistics.gov.uk | url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=276781&c=Salford&d=13&e=8&g=354179&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1204935548737&enc=1 | access-date = 8 March 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110525223159/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=276781&c=Salford&d=13&e=8&g=354179&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1204935548737&enc=1 | archive-date = 25 May 2011 | url-status = live }}</ref>

To the south of Salford are the docks of [[Salford Quays]], now home to the [[MediaCityUK]]. MediaCityUK is a large area that crosses the boundary into [[Trafford Park]], [[Trafford]]. Although Salford Quays is in the City of Salford and has created job opportunities and more housing since the 2010s when it was built.

The [[River Irwell]] runs south east through [[Kearsley]], [[Clifton, Greater Manchester|Clifton]] and Agecroft then [[meander]]s around [[Broughton, Greater Manchester|Lower Broughton]] and [[Kersal]], Salford Crescent and the [[Manchester city centre|centre of Manchester]], joining the rivers [[River Irk|Irk]] and [[River Medlock|Medlock]]. Turning west, it meets the [[River Mersey|Mersey]] south of [[Irlam]], where the route of the river was altered in the late 19th century to form part of the course of the [[Manchester Ship Canal]]. The ship canal, opened in 1894, forms part of Salford's southern boundaries with [[Trafford]].<ref>Nevell (1997), p.&nbsp;125.</ref> The city's climate is generally temperate, like the rest of Greater Manchester. The nearest weather station is {{convert|10|mi|km}} away at [[Ringway, Greater Manchester|Ringway]], in Manchester; the mean highest and lowest temperatures ({{convert|13.2|°C|°F}} and {{convert|6.4|°C|°F}}) are slightly above the national average, while the annual rainfall ({{convert|806.6|mm|in}}) and average hours of sunshine (1394.5 hours) are respectively above and below the national averages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/sites/manchester_airport.html |title=Manchester Airport 1971–2000 weather averages |publisher=[[Met Office]] |year=2001 |access-date=12 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103050/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/sites/manchester_airport.html |archive-date=29 September 2007  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/areal/england.html |author=Met Office |title=Annual England weather averages |publisher=Met Office |year=2007 |access-date=23 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605024000/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/areal/england.html |archive-date=5 June 2011  }}</ref>

== Governance ==
[[File:Swinton Town Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Salford Civic Centre]] in [[Swinton, Greater Manchester|Swinton]]. The meeting place of [[Salford City Council]].]]

=== Parliamentary constituencies ===
{{see also|List of Parliamentary constituencies in Salford}}
The City of Salford is represented by [[Member of Parliament#United Kingdom|Members of Parliament]] (MPs) for three constituencies, [[Salford (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford]] by [[Rebecca Long-Bailey]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]),<ref>{{cite news |title=Salford and Eccles constituency election results. |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001459 |access-date= |publisher=BBC.co.uk}}</ref> [[Worsley and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)|Worsley and Eccles]] by [[Michael Wheeler (politician)|Michael Wheeler]] (Labour),<ref>{{cite news |title=Worsley and Eccles constituency election results |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001598 |access-date= |work=Guardian.co.uk}}</ref> and [[Blackley and Broughton (UK Parliament constituency)|Blackley and Middleton South]] by [[Graham Stringer]] (Labour).<ref>{{cite news |title=Blackley and Middleton South constituency election results |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001103 |access-date= |work=}}</ref>

=== Council ===
{{main|Salford City Council}}
In 1974, [[Salford City Council]] was created to administer the newly formed local government district. Until 1986, it shared power with the [[Greater Manchester County Council]]. The council offices are in Swinton, in what was formerly [[Swinton and Pendlebury]] Town Hall. The Labour Party have been in control of the council since its formation in 1974.<ref name="council stats">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E08000006.stm |title=Vote 2012: Salford |access-date=9 May 2012 |work=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507044009/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E08000006.stm |archive-date=7 May 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The council has a constitution detailing how they should operate in performing their duties.<ref>{{cite web |title=The council's constitution |author=City of Salford Borough Council |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/constitution.htm |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005023930/http://www.salford.gov.uk/constitution.htm |archive-date=5 October 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Salford City Council was assessed by the [[Audit Commission (United Kingdom)|Audit Commission]] and judged to be "improving well" in providing services for local people. Overall the council was awarded "three star" status meaning it was "performing well" and "consistently above minimum requirements", similar to 46% of all local authorities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Salford City Council comprehensive performance assessment (CPA) scorecard 2007 |publisher=[[Audit Commission (United Kingdom)|Audit Commission]] |url=http://cpa.audit-commission.gov.uk/STCCScorecard.aspx?TaxID=107108 |year=2007 |access-date=11 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616175509/http://cpa.audit-commission.gov.uk/STCCScorecard.aspx?TaxID=107108 |archive-date=16 June 2008 }}</ref>

The metropolitan borough of the City of Salford is based on the former [[County Borough of Salford|County Borough of the City of Salford]] which included the city centre, [[Pendleton, Greater Manchester|Pendleton]], [[Weaste]], [[Claremont (ward)|Claremont]], [[Langworthy, Salford|Langworthy]], [[Broughton, Greater Manchester|Broughton]], Kersal, [[Ordsall, Greater Manchester|Ordsall]] and [[Seedley]]. The city is entirely [[unparished area|unparished]] and absorbed the [[municipal borough]]s of [[Municipal Borough of Eccles|Eccles]] and [[Municipal Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury|Swinton and Pendlebury]] and the [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]]s of [[Irlam Urban District|Irlam]] and [[Worsley Urban District|Worsley]]. An urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area.

Since 2012, in addition to the long-existing and largely ceremonial, annually appointed [[civic mayor of Salford]], the city has also had a [[Mayor of Salford|directly elected mayor]].

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''[[Party political]] make-up of Salford Council'''
! colspan=2|Party
! Seats in 2024
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}| &nbsp;
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="text-align: right" | ''50''
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}| &nbsp;
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="text-align: right" | ''7''
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}| &nbsp;
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dems]]
| style="text-align: right" | ''2''
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}| &nbsp;
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| style="text-align: right" | ''1''
|}

==== Electoral wards ====
There are 60 councillors representing 20 wards. [[Swinton, Greater Manchester|Swinton]] and [[Walkden]] have six councillors each.<ref>{{cite web | title = Your Councillors | url = https://sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 | website = sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | access-date = 14 April 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170406021738/https://sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 | archive-date = 6 April 2017 | url-status = live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="border:0px;text-align:left;line-height:150%;"
! style="height="17" width="250" | Ward name
! style="height="17" width="250" | Area ([[hectare|ha]])/mi<sup>2</sup>
! style="height="17" width="150" | Population (2014)
|-
| [[Barton-upon-Irwell|Barton]]
| {{convert|244|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Barton ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/barton.htm |access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080328230259/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/barton.htm |archive-date = 28 March 2008}}</ref> || 12,462 <ref name="Barton_2014">{{cite web | title = Barton Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388900/barton-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Boothstown and Ellenbrook (ward)|Boothstown and Ellenbrook]]
| {{convert|860|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Boothstown and Ellenbrook ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/boothstown-and-ellenbrook.htm |access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080328135355/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/boothstown-and-ellenbrook.htm |archive-date = 28 March 2008}}</ref> || 9,532 <ref name="B&E_2014">{{cite web | title = Boothstown and Ellenbrook Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388901/boothstown-ellenbrook-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Broughton, Salford|Broughton]]
| {{convert|267|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Broughton ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/library/Libraries/broughton.htm |access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050219204351/http://www.salford.gov.uk/library/Libraries/broughton.htm |archive-date = 19 February 2005}}</ref> || 14,916 <ref name="Broughton_2014">{{cite web | title = Broughton Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388905/broughton-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Cadishead]]
| {{convert|1476|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Cadishead ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/library/Libraries/cadishead.htm |access-date=3 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020617190750/http://www.salford.gov.uk/library/Libraries/cadishead.htm |archive-date=17 June 2002 }}</ref> || 10,739 <ref name="Cadishead_2014">{{cite web | title = Cadishead Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388902/cadishead-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Claremont (ward)|Claremont]]
| {{convert|190|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Claremont ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/claremont-wp.htm |access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070330044149/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/claremont-wp.htm|archive-date=30 March 2007 }}</ref> || 10,166 <ref name="Claremont_2014">{{cite web | title = Claremont Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388903/claremont-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Eccles (ward)|Eccles]]
| {{convert|270|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Eccles ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/eccles-wp.htm|access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070330104247/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/eccles-wp.htm|archive-date=30 March 2007 }}</ref> || 11,499 <ref name="Eccles_2014">{{cite web | title = Eccles Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388908/eccles-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Irlam (ward)|Irlam]]
| {{convert|935|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Irlam ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/irlam-wp.htm|access-date=3 April 2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> || 9,857 <ref name="Irlam_2014">{{cite web | title = Irlam Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388906/irlam-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Irwell Riverside (ward)|Irwell Riverside]]
| {{convert|451|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Irwell Riverside ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/irwell-riverside.htm|access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070330034436/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/irwell-riverside.htm|archive-date=30 March 2007 }}</ref> || 12,939 <ref name="IrwellR_2014">{{cite web | title = Irwell Riverside Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388920/irwell-riverside-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Kersal]]
| {{convert|313|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Kersal ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/kersal.htm|access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080328011307/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/kersal.htm |archive-date = 28 March 2008}}</ref> || 12,929 <ref name="Kersal_2014">{{cite web | title = Kersal Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388907/kersal-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 | access-date = 14 April 2017 | archive-date = 25 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210725144712/https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388907/kersal-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Langworthy (ward)|Langworthy]]
| {{convert|203|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Langworthy ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/langworthy.htm|access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070330070355/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/langworthy.htm|archive-date=30 March 2007 }}</ref> || 12,980 <ref name="Langworthy_2014">{{cite web | title = Langworthy Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388911/langworthy-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Little Hulton (ward)|Little Hulton]]
| {{convert|452|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Little Hulton ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/little-hulton.htm|access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080328012002/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/little-hulton.htm |archive-date = 28 March 2008 }}</ref> || 13,469 <ref name="LittleH_2014">{{cite web | title = Little Hulton Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388910/little-hulton-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Ordsall (ward)|Ordsall]]
| {{convert|414|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Ordsall ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/little-hulton.htm|access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080328012002/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/little-hulton.htm |archive-date = 28 March 2008}}</ref> || 16,725 <ref name="Ordsall_2014">{{cite web | title = Ordsall Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388909/ordsall-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref> 
|-
| [[Pendlebury (ward)|Pendlebury]]
| {{convert|662|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Pendlebury ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/pendlebury.htm|access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080328010910/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/pendlebury.htm |archive-date = 28 March 2008}}</ref> || 13,434 <ref name="Pendlebury_2014">{{cite web | title = Pendlebury Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388914/pendlebury-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Swinton North (ward)|Swinton North]]
| {{convert|349|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Swinton North ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/swinton-north.htm|access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080328011010/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/swinton-north.htm |archive-date = 28 March 2008}}</ref> || 11,473 <ref name="SwintonN_2014">{{cite web | title = Swinton North Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388912/swinton-north-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Swinton South (ward)|Swinton South]]
| {{convert|281|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Swinton South ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/swinton-south.htm|access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080328010946/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/swinton-south.htm |archive-date = 28 March 2008}}</ref> || 11,458 <ref name="SwintonS_2014">{{cite web | title = Swinton South Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388916/swinton-south-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Walkden North]]
| {{convert|448|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Walkden North ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/walkden-north.htm|access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070330093443/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/walkden-north.htm|archive-date=30 March 2007 }}</ref> || 12,232 <ref name="WalkdenN_2014">{{cite web | title = Walkden North Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388917/walkden-north-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Walkden South]]
| {{convert|361|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Walkden South ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/walkden-south.htm|access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080328011933/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/walkden-south.htm |archive-date = 28 March 2008}}</ref> || 10,185 <ref name="WalkdenS_2014">{{cite web | title = Walkden South Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388913/walkden-south-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Weaste & Seedley (ward)|Weaste and Seedley]]
| {{convert|354|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Weaste and Seedley ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/weaste-and-seedley.htm|access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070330101525/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/weaste-and-seedley.htm|archive-date=30 March 2007 }}</ref> || 12,616 <ref name="W&S_2014">{{cite web | title = Weaste and Seedley Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388915/weaste-seedley-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Winton, Greater Manchester|Winton]]
| {{convert|370|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Winton ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/salfordwest/key-facts-and-information/winton-ward-profile.htm|access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080328135248/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/salfordwest/key-facts-and-information/winton-ward-profile.htm |archive-date = 28 March 2008}}</ref> || 12,339 <ref name="Winton_2014">{{cite web | title = Winton Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388918/winton-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Worsley (ward)|Worsley]]
| {{convert|838|ha|sqmi}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Worsley ward profile |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/worsley-wp.htm|access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070330034527/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/ward-profiles/worsley-wp.htm|archive-date=30 March 2007 }}</ref> || 10,090 <ref name="Worsley_2014">{{cite web | title = Worsley Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388919/worsley-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
|}

===Central Salford and Salford West===
The district is divided into two areas (Central Salford and Salford West)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/salford-west-areas.htm |title=Which areas are covered by Salford West? - Salford City Council |access-date=2 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516211806/http://salford.gov.uk/salford-west-areas.htm |archive-date=16 May 2013  }}</ref> for some purposes including planning, regeneration and housing.
*'''Central Salford''' is the eastern part of the district and comprises seven wards: Broughton, Claremont, Irwell Riverside, Kersal, Ordsall, Langworthy and Weaste & Seedley. This is the more urban half of the district and lies partly within the [[Manchester Inner Ring Road]]. [[Salford Quays]] lies within this area. Between 2005 and 2011, the Central Salford Urban Regeneration Company was responsible for [[urban regeneration]] in this area, securing over £1 billion of private sector investment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/centralsalford.htm |title=Central Salford - Salford City Council |access-date=2 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427004129/http://www.salford.gov.uk/centralsalford.htm |archive-date=27 April 2013  }}</ref> Social housing is provided by [[Salix Homes]] in this area.
*'''Salford West''' comprises the other 13 wards, including the towns of Eccles, Pendlebury, Swinton and Walkden. This is the more suburban and rural half of the district. Salford City Council's aspiration is that "In 2028, Salford West will be one of the most desirable and prosperous areas in [[Greater Manchester]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/salfordwest.htm |title=Salford West - Salford City Council |access-date=2 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425054355/http://salford.gov.uk/salfordwest.htm |archive-date=25 April 2013  }}</ref> Social housing is provided by [[City West Housing Trust]] in this area.

=== Coat of arms ===
{{Infobox COA wide
|image  = [[File:Coat of Arms of Salford City Council.svg|200px]]
|escutcheon = Azure a shuttle erect between five bees volant two two and one on a chief Or a three-masted ship of the 19th century in full sail Proper between two millrinds Sable.
|crest = On a wreath Or and Azure, a demi-griffin Gules gorged with a collar of steel Proper supporting a staff Or flying therefrom a forked pennon Argent charged with three boars' heads erased and erect in fess Sable langued Gules.
|supporters = On either side a lion Gules gorged with a chain of steel Proper pendant therefrom a pentagon Argent that on the dexter charged with a pheon Sable that on the sinister with a boar's head erased Gules armed Or langued Azure and each holding in the interior forepaw a miner's pickaxe Proper.
|motto = 'Salus Populi Suprema Lex'
|notes = Granted 10 June 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Salford|title=Salford | publisher=Heraldry of the World |accessdate=18 March 2023}}</ref>
}}

The coat of arms of Salford City Council depicts a [[Shuttle (weaving)|weaving shuttle]] surrounded by five bees with a three masted ship above, on a shield flanked by two lions.<ref name="Coat of arms">{{cite web |title=Salford City coat of arms |url=http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/great_man.html#salford%20city |publisher=Civicheraldry.co.uk |access-date=10 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823000532/http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/great_man.html#salford%20city |archive-date=23 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The blue background with a gold [[chief (heraldry)|chief]] is taken from the arms of the city council of the [[County Borough of Salford]], who in turn took it from the colours of the [[Earl of Chester]]. The shuttle and five bees represent the industry of the area and five settlements who benefited from the textile industry.<ref name="Coat of arms"/> The ship is borrowed from the crest of [[Eccles, Greater Manchester|Eccles Borough Council]] and represents the importance of waterways to the city. The ship is flanked by two [[millrind]]s – the iron centres of [[millstone]]s – symbolising engineering.<ref name="Coat of arms"/> The lions are taken from the crest of the Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury; they are wearing iron steel chain representing engineering. The shield is topped by a [[griffin]] carrying a [[pennon]] depicting three boars' heads. The griffin is taken from the crest of Eccles and the boars are from the crest of [[Irlam Urban District]].<ref name="Coat of arms"/> Beneath the shield is a scroll reading ''salus populi suprema lex'', Latin for "the welfare of the people is the highest law".<ref name="Coat of arms"/>

=== Budget ===
In 2017–18, Salford City Council agreed to spend £267 million. They agreed an estimated £79M on children's services (30%); £56M on community health and social care (21%); £40M on levies and charges (15%); £39M on environment and community safety (14%); £36M and on capital financing (13%); £9M on corporate business (3%); £7M on regeneration (3%); and £2M on public health, reform and commissioning (1%). For the 2016–17 financial year, the council's income is expected to consist of £65M including council tax and efficiency savings. The net expenditure is therefore expected to be £202M.<ref>{{citation | contribution = Appendix 5: 2017–18 revue budget |title= 2017-18 Revue Budget and Capital Programme | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/390069/budget_report_2017-18.pdf | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | page = 115 | date = 22 February 2015 }}</ref>

=== Audit ===
A Comprehensive Area Assessment by the [[Audit Commission (United Kingdom)|Audit Commission]] in 2009 found that Salford's key priorities are improving health, reducing crime, helping young people achieve [[A-level]] qualifications, social services, including the views of minority groups, improving skills and "making Salford a cleaner and more attractive place to live".<ref>{{cite book | title = One place: Salford overview | url = http://oneplace.audit-commission.gov.uk/infobyarea/region/area/Pages/areaoverview.aspx?region=53&area=431 | archive-url = http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101019153126/http://oneplace.audit-commission.gov.uk/infobyarea/region/area/Pages/areaoverview.aspx?region=53&area=431 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 19 October 2010 | page = 6 | publisher = [[Audit Commission (United Kingdom)|Audit Commission]] | date = 19 October 2009 }} [https://web.archive.org/web/20170415013911/http://www.partnersinsalford.org/documents/Item_3_Appendix_1b_-_Area_Assessment_2009_Salford_Full_Draft.pdf Pdf.]</ref>

== Demography ==

=== Ethnicity ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group
! colspan="6" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |2001 census<ref>{{cite web |title=KS006 – Ethnic group |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/submit.asp?forward=yes&menuopt=201&subcomp= |access-date=30 January 2016 |publisher=NOMIS}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011 census<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethnic Group by measures |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/QS201EW/view/1946157259?cols=measures |access-date=8 January 2016 |publisher=NOMIS}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1|title=Ethnicity - Ethnicity by local authorities, ONS}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
![[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!207,746
!96.1%
!210,862
!90%
!222,248
!82.4%
|-
|White: [[White British|British]]
|200,343
|92.7
|197,445
|84.4
|199,614
|74.0
|-
|White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|3,870
|1.8
|2,882
|1.2
|2,882
|1.1
|-
|White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|193
|0.1
|295
|0.1
|-
|White: [[Romani people in the United Kingdom|Roma]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|515
|0.2
|-
|White: [[Other White|Other]]
|3,533
|1.6
|10,342
|4.4
|18,942
|7.0
|-
![[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total
!4,180
!2%
!9,429
!4.1%
!14,938
!5.5%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|1,196
|0.6
|2,553
|1.1
|3,744
|1.4
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|963
|0.4
|1,843
|0.8
|4,074
|1.5
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|402
|0.2
|605
|0.3
|803
|0.3
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|1,191
|0.6
|2,547
|1.1
|3,319
|1.2
|-
|Asian or Asian British: Other Asian
|428
|0.2
|1,881
|0.8
|2,998
|1.1
|-
!Black or Black British: Total
!1,260
!0.6%
!6,541
!2.8%
!16,473
!6.1
|-
|Black or Black British: African
|709
|0.3
|5,354
|2.3
|13,477
|5.0
|-
|Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|417
|0.2
|666
|0.3
|1,338
|0.5
|-
|Black or Black British: |Other Black
|134
|0.1
|521
|0.2
|1,658
|0.6
|-
!Mixed or British Mixed: Total
!2,146
!0.9%
!4,616
!2%
!8,501
!3.2
|-
|Mixed: White and Black Caribbean
|839
|0.4
|1,647
|0.7
|2,596
|1.0
|-
|Mixed: White and Black African
|318
|0.1
|1,058
|0.5
|2,098
|0.8
|-
|Mixed: White and Asian
|495
|0.2
|929
|0.4
|1,844
|0.7
|-
|Mixed: Other Mixed
|494
|0.2
|982
|0.4
|1,963
|0.7
|-
!Other: Total
!771
!0.4%
!2,485
!1.1%
!7,762
!2.9
|-
|Other: [[British Arab|Arab]]
|–
|–
|1,425
|0.6
|3,214
|1.2
|-
|Other: Any other ethnic group
|771
|0.4
|1,060
|0.5
|4,548
|1.7
|-
!Total
!216,103
!100%
!233,933
!100%
!269,923
!100%
|}

At the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 UK census]], the City of Salford had a total population of 233,933.<ref name="Salford neighbourhood stats">{{cite web | title = Area: Salford (Local Authority | url = http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadPage.do?pageId=1004&tc=1492190096703&a=7&b=6275224&c=Salford&d=13&e=62&g=6345036&i=1001x1003x1032x1004x1011&m=0&r=1&s=1492190096703&enc=1 | website = neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk | access-date = 14 April 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170415104704/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadPage.do?pageId=1004&tc=1492190096703&a=7&b=6275224&c=Salford&d=13&e=62&g=6345036&i=1001x1003x1032x1004x1011&m=0&r=1&s=1492190096703&enc=1 | archive-date = 15 April 2017 | url-status = live }}</ref> Of the 103,556 households in Salford, 25.4% were married or same-sex civil partnership couples living together, 36.4% were one-person households, 11.2% were [[cohabitation|co-habiting]] couples and 13.5% were lone parents. The figures for lone parent households were above the national average of 10.6%, and the percentage of married couples was also below the national average of 33.2%; the proportion of one person households was higher than the national average of 30.3%.<ref name="Statistics.gov.uk">{{cite web |title=Salford Metropolitan Borough household data |publisher=Statistics.gov.uk |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275224&c=Salford&d=13&e=62&g=6345036&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1492190214078&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2489 |access-date=14 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415104046/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275224&c=Salford&d=13&e=62&g=6345036&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1492190214078&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2489 |archive-date=15 April 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The population density was 24.1 persons per hectare (Salford covers 9,719 hectares), 117,151 (50.1%) female, and 116,782 (49.9%) male.<ref>{{cite web |title=Salford Metropolitan Borough population density |publisher=Statistics.gov.uk |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275224&c=Salford&d=13&e=62&g=6345036&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1492190214078&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 |access-date=14 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415104856/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275224&c=Salford&d=13&e=62&g=6345036&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1492190214078&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 |archive-date=15 April 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Of those aged 16–74 in Salford, 27.1% had no [[Education in England#Specialist qualifications|academic qualifications]], significantly higher than 22.5% in all of England.<ref>{{cite web |title=Salford Metropolitan Borough Qualifications and Students, 2011 |publisher=Statistics.gov.uk |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275224&c=Salford&d=13&e=62&g=6345036&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1492195880625&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2536 |access-date=14 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415104401/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275224&c=Salford&d=13&e=62&g=6345036&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1492195880625&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2536 |archive-date=15 April 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> 11.8% of Salford's residents were born outside the United Kingdom, lower than the national average of 13.8%.<ref>{{cite web | title = Salford Metropolitan Borough country of birth data | publisher = Statistics.gov.uk | url = http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275224&c=Salford&d=13&e=62&g=6345036&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1492195880609&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2478 | access-date = 14 April 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170415104054/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275224&c=Salford&d=13&e=62&g=6345036&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1492195880609&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2478 | archive-date = 15 April 2017 | url-status = live }}</ref> The largest minority group was recorded as Asian, at 4.1% of the population.<ref>{{cite web | title = Salford Metropolitan Borough ethnic group data | publisher = Statistics.gov.uk | url = http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275224&c=Salford&d=13&e=62&g=6345036&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1492195880609&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2477 | access-date = 14 April 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170415104203/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275224&c=Salford&d=13&e=62&g=6345036&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1492195880609&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2477 | archive-date = 15 April 2017 | url-status = live }}</ref>

The number of theft from a vehicle offences and theft of a vehicle per 1,000 of the population was 21.3 and 7.9 compared to the English national average of 7.6 and 2.9 respectively.<ref name="CrimeFigs">{{cite web|url=http://www.upmystreet.com/local/police-crime/figures/l/Salford-4302.html |title=Local Area Crime Figures for Salford 2006/7 |access-date=18 June 2008 |publisher=UpMyStreet.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004093721/http://www.upmystreet.com/local/police-crime/figures/l/Salford-4302.html |archive-date=4 October 2008 }}</ref> The number of sexual offences was 1.1 compared to the average of 0.9.<ref name="CrimeFigs"/> The national average of violence against another person was 16.7 compared to the Salford average of 27.2.<ref name="CrimeFigs"/> The figures for crime statistics were all recorded during the 2006/7 financial year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upmystreet.com/local/police-crime/learn-more/l/Salford-4302.html |title=Local Area Crime Figures for Salford 2006/7 – Learn More section |access-date=18 June 2008 |publisher=UpMyStreet.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004093731/http://www.upmystreet.com/local/police-crime/learn-more/l/Salford-4302.html |archive-date=4 October 2008 }}</ref> Although all were above the averages for England, Salford's crime rate was lower than Manchester's.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upmystreet.com/local/police-crime/figures/l/Manchester.html |title=Local Area Crime Figures for Manchester 2006/7 |access-date=22 November 2007 |publisher=UpMyStreet.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071125172649/http://www.upmystreet.com/local/police-crime/figures/l/Manchester.html |archive-date=25 November 2007 }}</ref>

=== Population change ===
[[File:Salford B1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Salford [[tower blocks]] in 2001. Tower blocks were mostly built between the 1950s and 1970s.]]

The table below details the population change since 1801, including the percentage change since the last available census data. Although the City of Salford has existed as a metropolitan borough since 1974, figures have been generated by combining data from the towns, villages, and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]]es that would later be constituent parts of the city.

{{Historical populations
| title = [[Population growth]] in City of Salford since 1801
| align = none
| shading = off
| pop_name = Population
| percentages = on
| cols = 3
|1801|29,495
|1811|38,460
|1821|49,114
|1831|68,744
|1841|91,361
|1851|108,699
|1861|148,740
|1871|188,781
|1881|228,822
|1891|265,000
|1901|296,210
|1911|331,098
|1921|333,031
|1931|334,989
|1941|318,152
|1951|302,160
|1961|291,240
|1971|280,739
|1981|241,532
|1991|230,726
|2001|216,103
|2011|233,900
|2021|269,900
|align-fn= center
| footnote = ''Source: Vision of Britain''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10057073&c_id=10001043&add=N |title=Salford District: total population |publisher=Vision of Britain |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026091937/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP |archive-date=26 October 2012 }}</ref>
}}

=== Religion ===
{{See also|List of churches in Greater Manchester}}

[[File:The Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist, Salford - geograph.org.uk - 3027257.jpg|thumb|Aerial photo of [[Salford Cathedral]], one of the oldest and most prominent landmarks in the City of Salford. Also the home of the [[Diocese of Salford|Diocese]] and [[Bishop of Salford]].]]
[[File:The Church of St Peter, Apostle and Martyr, Swinton and Pendlebury (2695413954).jpg|thumb|St Peters' Church, [[Swinton, Greater Manchester|Swinton]] and [[Pendlebury]].]]

The following table shows the religious identity of residents residing in the city of Salford.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Religion
!colspan="2"|2011<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/QS208EW/view/1946157259?cols=measures |title=2011 census – theme tables |access-date=8 January 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062523/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/QS208EW/view/1946157259?cols=measures |url-status=live }}</ref>
!colspan="2"|2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS030/editions/2021/versions/1|title=Religion - Religion by local authorities, ONS}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Christianity|Christian]] || 150,111 || 64.2 || 128,785|| 47.7
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Islam|Muslim]] || 6,030 || 2.6 || 13,542 || 5.0
|-
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Judaism|Jewish]] || 7,687 || 3.3 || 10,373 || 3.8
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Hinduism|Hindu]] || 1,504 || 0.6 || 2,113 || 0.8
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Sikhism|Sikh]] || 324|| 0.1|| 728 || 0.3
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Buddhist|Buddhism]] || 1,040 || 0.4 || 1,022|| 0.4
|-
|style="text-align:left" | Other religion || 691 || 0.3|| 1,068|| 0.4
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Irreligion|No religion]] || 52,105 || 22.3|| 96,140 || 35.6
|-
|style="text-align:left" | Religion not stated || 14,441 || 6.2 || 16,152 || 6.0
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|style="text-align:left" | Total || 233,933 || 100.00% || 269,923 ||100.00% 
|}

Salford is covered by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Parishes of the Diocese |publisher= Salforddiocese.org.uk |url=http://www.salforddiocese.org.uk/parishes/masstimes.html |access-date=17 January 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080111021859/http://www.salforddiocese.org.uk/parishes/masstimes.html |archive-date = 11 January 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Church of England [[Anglican Diocese of Manchester|Diocese of Manchester]].<ref>{{cite web | title = The Church of England Diocese of Manchester | url = http://www.manchester.anglican.org/default.asp | publisher = Manchester.anglican.org | access-date = 17 January 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071227051946/http://www.manchester.anglican.org/default.asp | archive-date = 27 December 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

During the mid-19th century, there was an influx of [[Irish people]] into the Salford area, largely due to the famine in Ireland.<ref>Cooper, ''Salford: An Illustrated History'', p. 39</ref> In 1848, [[Salford Cathedral|Salford Roman Catholic Cathedral]] was consecrated, reflecting Salford's large Irish-born community at the time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shriking Cities: Manchester/Liverpool II|url=http://shrinkingcities.com/fileadmin/shrink/downloads/pdfs/WP-II_Manchester_Liverpool.pdf|date=March 2004|access-date=4 March 2008|page=36|publisher=shrikingcities.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409102709/http://shrinkingcities.com/fileadmin/shrink/downloads/pdfs/WP-II_Manchester_Liverpool.pdf|archive-date=9 April 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>

Of Salford's six Grade I listed buildings, three are churches. [[St. Augustine's Church, Pendlebury|St Augustine's Church, Pendlebury]], was built in 1874 by [[George Frederick Bodley]].<ref name="Salford buildings">{{cite web|title=Index to the List of Buildings, Structures and Features of Architectural, Archaeological or Historic Interest in Salford. |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/planning/heritage-and-conservation/listedbuilding/listed-building-register.htm |publisher=salford.gov.uk |author=Salford City Council |access-date=22 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004172815/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/planning/heritage-and-conservation/listedbuilding/listed-building-register.htm |archive-date=4 October 2008 }}</ref> The [[Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eccles|Church of St Mary the Virgin]], in [[Eccles, Greater Manchester|Eccles]], was originally built in the 13th century but was expanded in the 15th. A church has been on the site since at least the 12th century.<ref name="Salford buildings"/><ref>{{NHLE |num=1067498 |desc=St Mary's Church |access-date=22 December 2007}}</ref> [[St Mark's Church, Worsley]] was built in 1846 by [[George Gilbert Scott]].<ref name="Salford buildings"/> The six Grade II* listed churches are the Church of St Andrew in Eccles,<ref name="Salford buildings"/><ref>{{NHLE |num=1309482 |desc=St Andrew's Church |access-date=24 January 2008}}</ref> the [[Salford Cathedral|Cathedral Church of St John]],<ref>{{NHLE |num=1386115 |desc=Salford Cathedral |access-date=24 January 2008}}</ref> the [[St Luke's Church, Pendleton|Church of St Luke]] in Pendleton,<ref>{{NHLE |num=1386145 |desc=Church of St Luke |access-date=24 January 2008}}</ref> Monton Unitarian Church in [[Monton]],<ref>{{NHLE |num=1067501 |desc=Monton Unitarian Church |access-date=24 January 2008}}</ref> the [[St Philip's Church, Salford|Church of St Philip in Salford]],<ref>{{NHLE |num=1386165 |desc=St Philip's Church |access-date=24 January 2008}}</ref> and the United Reformed Church.<ref name="Salford buildings"/>

== Economy ==
[[File:Salford Quays from south bank of MSC, 2008.jpg|thumb|left|Salford Quays]]
[[Salford Docks]] (also called Manchester Docks) were opened by [[Queen Victoria]] in 1894, providing docks in Manchester and Salford for the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] which linked Manchester to the sea.<ref name="quays">{{cite web |title=Salford Quays milestones: the story of Salford Quays |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/quays-milestones.pdf |access-date=12 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080404012942/http://www.salford.gov.uk/quays-milestones.pdf |archive-date = 4 April 2008}}</ref> During the 1970s, the docks fell into decline as they proved too small for new, larger ships,<ref name="quays"/> and when they were abandoned in 1982 over 3,000 people lost their jobs.<ref name="quays"/> Salford City Council purchased the docks in 1984 and since then they underwent regeneration as a centre of tourism in Salford, which included the construction of the [[Lowry Centre]].<ref name="quays"/> More than 10,000 people are employed in the Quays in jobs such as retail, construction, and e-commerce.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/quays-regen/salford-quays.htm |title=Salford Quays Milestones |publisher=Salford City Council |date=10 June 2005 |access-date=9 July 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070710212859/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/regeneration/geographicareas/quays-regen/salford-quays.htm |archive-date = 10 July 2007}}</ref> In 2007, it was confirmed that the [[BBC]] would be moving five of its departments to a new development on Pier 9 of Salford Quays, called [[MediaCityUK]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Salford is on! |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/01/18/salford_mediacity_feature.shtml |access-date=20 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022030404/http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/01/18/salford_mediacity_feature.shtml |archive-date=22 October 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> The move was completed in 2011.
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!colspan="4"|'''City of Salford Compared'''
|-
|'''[[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 UK Census]]'''<ref name="census 2011">{{cite web |title=2011 Census: Quick Statistics >Economic Activity, 2011 (QS601EW) |publisher=Statistics.gov.uk |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=276781&c=Salford&d=13&e=61&g=354179&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1441287674044&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2521 |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107114220/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=276781&c=Salford&d=13&e=61&g=354179&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1441287674044&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2521 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>||'''City of Salford'''||'''[[North West England|North West]]'''||'''England'''
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|Population of working age||173,117||5,184,216||38,881,374
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|Full-time employment||39.3%||37.5%||38.6%
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|Part-time employment||12.5%||13.9%||13.7%
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|Self employed||6.6%||8.2%||9.8%
|-
|Unemployed||5.2%||4.7%||4.4%
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|Retired||12.1%||14.8%||13.7%
|}
Finance and professional services, tourism and culture, and computer and internet based services have been identified as growth industries in Greater Manchester and are concentrated in [[Manchester]] and Salford.<ref>{{cite web |title=Promoting a Dynamic Economy |publisher=Greater Manchester e-Government Partnership |url=http://www.gmep.org.uk/ccm/content/agma/promoting-a-dynamic-economy.en;jsessionid=64C7688F205BEE012F17A5E3001818D5 |access-date=12 April 2008 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20080112085728/http://www.gmep.org.uk/ccm/content/agma/promoting-a-dynamic-economy.en;jsessionid=64C7688F205BEE012F17A5E3001818D5 |archive-date = 12 January 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Average house prices in the City of Salford are sixth out of all the metropolitan boroughs in Greater Manchester, 7.6% lower than the average for the county.<ref>{{cite news |title=UK house prices: July to September 2012 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/uk_house_prices/counties/html/county38.stm |access-date=12 April 2008 |work=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515155902/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/uk_house_prices/counties/html/county38.stm |archive-date=15 May 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> There are, however, areas of considerable affluence, within the city, such as [[Broughton Park]], parts of Kersal, [[Ellesmere Park]], Worsley, parts of [[Swinton, Greater Manchester|Swinton]] and Pendlebury and the ultra-modern [[Salford Quays]].

At the 2011 UK census, Salford had 173,117 residents aged 16 to 74. 4.7% of these people were students with jobs, 4.1% looking after home or family, 6.9% permanently sick or disabled and 2.9% economically inactive for other reasons. The City of Salford has a high rate of people who are permanently sick and disabled, 70% higher than the national average of 4.0%.<ref name="census 2011"/>

In 2011, of 106,904 residents of the City of Salford in employment, the industry of employment was: 17.8% retail and wholesale; 7.6% manufacturing;13.7% health and social work; 8.7% education; 7.2% construction; 5.2% transport and storage; 6.6% accommodation and food service; 6.2% administrative and support services; 6.0% professional, scientific and technical; 5.1% public administration and defence; 4.4% financial and insurance; 3.4% information and communication; 1.6% real estate; 0.9% water supply and waste management; 0.6% energy supply; 0.1% agriculture, forestry and fishing; 0.1% mining and quarrying; and 4.7% other. This was roughly in line with national figures, except for the proportion of jobs in agriculture which is less than half the national average, reflecting the city's suburban nature and its proximity to the centre of Manchester.<ref>{{cite web | title=City of Salford Local Authority industry of employment | publisher=Statistics.gov.uk | url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275224&c=Salford&d=13&e=62&g=6345036&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1492195880625&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2538 | access-date=15 April 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415104218/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275224&c=Salford&d=13&e=62&g=6345036&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1492195880625&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2538 | archive-date=15 April 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[JCDecaux]] UK has its Manchester office in the Metroplex Business Park in Salford.<ref>"[http://www.jcdecaux.co.uk/contact/?departmentid=58 Contact] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301040459/http://www.jcdecaux.co.uk/contact/?departmentid=58 |date=1 March 2012 }}." [[JCDecaux]] UK. Retrieved on 28 September 2011. "JCDecaux – Manchester
Unit 122, Metroplex Business Park Broadway, Salford Manchester, M50 2UW"</ref>

== Culture ==

===Museums and arts===
[[File:Salford Museum and Art Gallery - geograph.org.uk - 3889437.jpg|thumb|Salford Museum and Art Gallery]]
[[File:Salford Museum, Gtr Manchester (150680) (9454370102).jpg|thumb|The Lark Hill Place exhibit, Salford Museum]]
[[Salford Museum and Art Gallery]] is situated in [[Peel Park, Salford|Peel Park]]. Opened in 1850, the institution is devoted to the history of Salford and Victorian art and architecture. The Salford collection includes works by artists such as [[Christian Ludwig Bokelmann]], [[Charles Landseer]] and [[Thomas Henry Illidge]], and ceramics from [[Pilkington's Lancastrian Pottery & Tiles]].<ref name="artuk">{{cite web|url=https://artuk.org/search/search/search/keyword:salford-museum-art-gallery|title=More about Salford Museum & Art Gallery|last=Anon|publisher=[[Art UK]]|access-date=3 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Collections |url=https://salfordmuseum.com/explore/collections/ |website=Salford Museum & Art Gallery |access-date=18 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Its extensive collection of artworks by the Salford-born painter [[L. S. Lowry]] was transferred to [[The Lowry]] in 2000. The museum also contains an indoor re-creation of a typical Victorian street, Lark Hill Place, which was built in 1957 using shop fronts that had been saved from demolition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lark Hill Place |url=https://salfordmuseum.com/explore/lark-hill-place/ |website=Salford Museum & Art Gallery |access-date=18 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:The Lowry (8020515819).jpg|thumb|The Lowry, Salford Quays]]
[[File:Lowry-gallery-interior-4.jpg|thumb|The L.S. Lowry permanent exhibition]]
At the southern edge of Salford lies [[The Lowry]] arts centre, on the waterfront of Salford Quays. Opened in 2000, it is named after the artist and houses the city's collection of Lowry artworks. Notable paintings on display there include ''[[Going to the Match]]'' (1953) and ''[[Industrial Landscape]]'' (1953).<ref>{{cite web |title=About LS Lowry |url=https://thelowry.com/about-us/ls-lowry/his-work/ |website=thelowry.com |publisher=The Lowry |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> The building also contains two theatres and a drama studio, hosting drama, concerts, opera and dance events.<ref>{{cite web |title=Theatre, Exhibitions & Events {{!}} About Us |url=https://thelowry.com/about-us/ |website=thelowry.com |publisher=The Lowry  |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>

=== Landmarks ===

[[File:Salford Cathedral - geograph.org.uk - 3886788.jpg|thumb|Salford Cathedral]]
As of September 2003, the City of Salford has 6 Grade I, 14 Grade II*, and 253 Grade II listed buildings.<ref name="listed buildings">{{cite web|title=Index to the List of Buildings, Structures and Features of Architectural, Archaeological or Historic Interest in Salford. |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/planning/heritage-and-conservation/listedbuilding/listed-building-register.htm |publisher=salford.gov.uk |author=Salford City Council |date=1 September 2003 |access-date=22 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004172815/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/planning/heritage-and-conservation/listedbuilding/listed-building-register.htm |archive-date=4 October 2008 }}</ref> The city has the equal second highest number of Grade I listed buildings out of the districts of Greater Manchester, behind Manchester. The Grade I listed buildings are the [[St. Augustine's Church, Pendlebury|Church of St Augustine]], the [[Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eccles|Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin]], [[St Mark's Church, Worsley|St Mark's Church]], [[Ordsall Hall]], [[Wardley Hall]], and a bridge over the River Irwell.<ref name="listed buildings"/> [[Salford Cathedral]], built in 1845, is the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford]] and a Grade II* listed building.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1386115 |desc=Cathedral of St John, Salford |access-date=24 February 2008}}</ref> Most of Salford's tallest buildings are mid-20th century residential [[tower block]]s or 21st century high rise apartments. A study by Christopher Collier of the [[University of Salford]] suggested that Manchester's [[drizzle|drizzly]] climate is largely due to the multitude of high-rise blocks in Salford.<ref name="Collier">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/sep/13/rebeccaallison|title=Manchester rain blamed on Salford high-rise flats|access-date=23 February 2008|last=Allison|first=Rebecca|location=London|date=13 September 2002|work=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415234236/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/sep/13/rebeccaallison|archive-date=15 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2255335.stm|title=Tower blocks 'make Manchester rainy'|date=13 September 2002|access-date=26 February 2008|work=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040728220701/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2255335.stm|archive-date=28 July 2004|url-status=live}}</ref> Collier has proposed that they have a "dramatic influence on the region's weather patterns", and may contribute to the 8&nbsp;°C (14&nbsp;°F) temperature difference between Salford and its surrounding countryside.<ref name="Collier"/>

There are three Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the city. The oldest is an [[Iron Age]] [[promontory fort]] occupied from 500&nbsp;BC–200&nbsp;AD.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=76682 |access-date=2 May 2008}}</ref> Also scheduled is [[Hanging Bridge]] on the border with Manchester, dating to the 14th century,<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=76682 |mname=Hanging Bridge over Hanging Ditch|access-date=30 December 2007}}</ref> and an underground section of the [[Bridgewater Canal]] in [[Swinton, Greater Manchester|Swinton]] built in 1759.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=44278 |mname=Underground section of the Bridgewater Canal|access-date=30 December 2007}}</ref>

=== Sport ===
[[File:The Peninsula Stadium - Salford City.jpg|thumb|[[Salford City Football Club]] stadium, Peninsula Stadium on Moor Lane, Salford. The spire of the cathedral is partly visible. ]]

Salford is home to a number of past and present [[rugby league]] teams. Founded in 1873, [[Salford Red Devils]] play in the [[Super League]] at the [[AJ Bell Stadium]], in Barton, Salford.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reds.co.uk/history.html |author=Graham Morris |title=Salford Red Devils – A Brief History |publisher=reds.co.uk |year=2006 |access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312134735/http://www.reds.co.uk/history.html |archive-date=12 March 2008 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> They are 6 times Champions and they won the [[Challenge Cup]] in 1938,<ref name="challenge cup">{{cite web |url=http://www.napit.co.uk/viewus/infobank/rugby/superleague/challengecup.php |title=The Rugby League Challenge Cup fixtures history and club information |publisher=reds.co.uk |date=19 October 2007 |access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320051104/http://www.napit.co.uk/viewus/infobank/rugby/superleague/challengecup.php |archive-date=20 March 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> and have experienced two previous stretches in the [[Super League]], 1997–2002 and 2004–2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reds.co.uk/history3.html |author=Graham Morris |title=Salford Red Devils – A Brief History (page 3) |publisher=reds.co.uk |year=2006 |access-date=3 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306120140/http://www.reds.co.uk/history3.html |archive-date=6 March 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2006/02/13/salford_reds_team.shtml |title=Salford Red Devils |work=BBC Online |date=8 September 2006 |access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111145205/http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2006/02/13/salford_reds_team.shtml |archive-date=11 November 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008 they won the [[Northern Rail Cup]] beating Doncaster 60–0 in the Final at Blackpool. They previously won the same trophy in 2003. They also won the National League 1 Grand Final in 2008, beating Celtic Crusaders after extra time in Warrington.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.thisischeshire.co.uk/2006/2/7/264999.html |title=Northern Rail Cup |publisher=thisischeshire.co.uk |date=7 February 2006 |access-date=3 April 2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Construction on a new 20,000 seat £35 million pound stadium was complete in 2012. Now named the AJ Bell stadium it is home to Salford Red Devils and [[Sale Sharks]] rugby union team.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/salford/6184407.stm |title=Salford's new home |date=19 December 2006 |access-date=3 April 2008 |work=BBC Sport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128004524/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/salford/6184407.stm |archive-date=28 January 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser/news/s/528505_stadium_delay_a_threat_to_reds_future_ |last=Howard |first=Tony |title=Stadium delay a threat to Reds future |publisher=M.E.N. Media |date=31 May 2007 |access-date=3 April 2008 |work=Salford Advertiser |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902081149/http://menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser/news/s/528505_stadium_delay_a_threat_to_reds_future_ |archive-date=2 September 2012 }}</ref>

[[Swinton Lions]] were founded in 1866 and play in the [[Championship (rugby league)|Championship]] at heywood road sale.<ref name="swinton lions">{{cite web|url=http://www.swintonlionsrlc.co.uk |author=Tony Howard |title=Swinton Lions: a brief history |publisher=swintonlionsrlc.co.uk |access-date=3 April 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325040003/http://www.swintonlionsrlc.co.uk/ |archive-date=25 March 2008  }}</ref> They won the [[Rugby Football League Championship]] six times between 1927 and 1964, before it was superseded by Super League. They have also won the Challenge Cup three times between 1900 and 1928.

[[Broughton Rangers]] were founded in 1877 and won the Rugby League Challenge Cup in the 1901–02 and 1910–11 seasons.<ref name="challenge cup"/> The club folded in 1955, but were reformed as a local amateur club in 2007 with the support of Salford Red Devils.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser/news/s/529689_rangers_to_be_brought_back_after_50_years_in_wilderness |last=Howard |first=Tony |title=Rangers to be Brought back after 50 years in wilderness |publisher=M.E.N. Media |date=28 June 2007 |access-date=3 April 2008 |work=Salford Advertiser |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902081204/http://menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser/news/s/529689_rangers_to_be_brought_back_after_50_years_in_wilderness |archive-date=2 September 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reds.co.uk/newsroom/news297_191007.html |title=All Golds' star hits Broughton |publisher=reds.co.uk |date=19 October 2007 |access-date=3 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203091416/http://www.reds.co.uk/newsroom/news297_191007.html |archive-date=3 February 2008 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

At amateur level, the city is represented in rugby league by the [[Langworthy Reds]]. They are the oldest amateur rugby league club in Salford.

Also in Salford are several football and cricket teams. [[Irlam F.C.]] is an amateur football team that has played in the [[Manchester Football League]] since 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fchd.info/MITCHELS.HTM |title=Mitchell Shackleton |publisher=fchd.info |access-date=3 April 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080316134627/http://www.fchd.info/MITCHELS.HTM |archive-date = 16 March 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> They were founded in 1969 as Mitchell Shackleton Football Club and changed their name in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fchd.info/MITCHELS.HTM |title=Irlam Mitchell Shackleton |publisher=fchd.info |access-date=3 April 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080316134627/http://www.fchd.info/MITCHELS.HTM |archive-date = 16 March 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Salford City F.C.]] was founded in 1940 and play in the [[Football League Two]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salfordcityfc.com/details.html |title=Salford City Football Club |publisher=salfordcityfc.com |access-date=3 April 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080529161106/http://www.salfordcityfc.com/details.html |archive-date = 29 May 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Monton & Weaste C.C.]] and [[Clifton C.C.]] have played in the [[Central Lancashire Cricket League]] since 2005 and 2006 respectively. Walkden play in the [[Bolton Cricket League]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Bolton Cricket League Website |url=http://www.boltoncricket.co.uk/ |access-date=27 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217150504/http://www.boltoncricket.co.uk/ |archive-date=17 December 2008  }}</ref> [[Little Hulton]] play in the Bolton and District Cricket Association.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Bolton & District Cricket Association Website |url=http://boltondca.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708163359/http://boltondca.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 July 2012 |access-date=27 September 2008 }}</ref> [[Winton, Greater Manchester|Winton]] and Worsley play in the Manchester and District Cricket Association.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Manchester and District Cricket Association Website|url=http://www.themdca.co.uk/|access-date=27 September 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807172230/http://www.themdca.co.uk/|archive-date=7 August 2008}}</ref>

== Education ==
{{See also|List of schools in City of Salford}}
[[File:Peel building salford university.jpg|thumb|left|Established in 1967, the [[University of Salford]] is one of four universities in Greater Manchester and has approximately 19,000 students.]]
Overall, Salford was ranked 75th out of all the [[Local Education Authority|Local Education Authorities (LEAs)]] – and seventh in Greater Manchester – in [[National Curriculum assessment]] performance in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7130024.stm |title=How different areas performed |date=6 December 2007 |access-date=23 January 2008 |work=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130062541/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7130024.stm |archive-date=30 January 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> Unauthorised absences and authorised absences from Salford secondary schools in 2006–07 were 2.0% and 7.0% respectively, both higher than the national average (1.4% and 6.4%).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/07/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/355_6011.stm |title=Salford schools |work=BBC Online |date=10 January 2008 |access-date=23 January 2008}}</ref> In 2007, the Salford LEA was ranked 127th out of 149 in the country – and ninth in Greater Manchester – based on the percentage of pupils attaining at least 5 A*–C grades at [[General Certificate of Secondary Education]] (GCSE) including maths and English (37.8% compared with the national average of 46.7%).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7180228.stm |title=How different areas performed |date=10 January 2008 |access-date=23 January 2008 |work=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223235525/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7180228.stm |archive-date=23 December 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2007, Beis Yaakov High School was the most successful school in Salford at GCSE, with 90% of the pupils gaining five or more GCSEs at A*–C grade including maths and English. Bridgewater School was the most successful at A–level.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/07/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/355_gcse_lea.stm |title=Secondary schools in Salford: GCSE-level |date=10 January 2008 |access-date=23 December 2008|work=BBC News}}</ref>

The [[University of Salford]] is one of four universities in Greater Manchester and was ranked 81st by ''[[The Times]]''. It has over 19,000 students<ref>{{cite web| last =Anon| title =Controlling access to university IT resources| work =Customer Snapshot: Education University of Salford| publisher =Sun Microsystems Inc.| url =http://www.sun.com/customers/software/salford.xml| format =http| access-date =14 June 2008| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080513142411/http://www.sun.com/customers/software/salford.xml| archive-date =13 May 2008| url-status =live}}</ref> and a 69.7% level of student satisfaction. In 2007, the university received nearly 17,000 applications for 3,660 places.<ref name ="Salford university">{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/sunday_times_university_guide/article2505569.ece |title=University of Salford |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=21 September 2007 |access-date=28 December 2007 |location=London |first=David |last=Robertson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906134523/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/sunday_times_university_guide/article2505569.ece |archive-date=6 September 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The university is undergoing £150M of redevelopment through investment in new facilities, including a £10M law school and a £22M building for health and social care which were opened in 2006.<ref name ="Salford university"/> In 2007, the drop out rate from the university was 25%. Of the students graduating, 50% gained [[British undergraduate degree classification#First-class honours|first class]] or [[British undergraduate degree classification#Second-class honours|2:1]] degrees,<ref name ="Salford university"/> which is below the national average of about 55%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hesa.ac.uk/dox/dataTables/studentsAndQualifiers/download/quals0506.xls |format=[[Microsoft Excel|XLS]] |title=Table 14 – HE qualifications obtained in the UK by level, mode of study, domicile, gender, class of first degree and subject area(#1) 2005/06 |publisher=hesa.acuk |date=21 September 2007 |access-date=8 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216060925/http://www.hesa.ac.uk/dox/dataTables/studentsAndQualifiers/download/quals0506.xls |archive-date=16 December 2007 }}</ref>

== Transport ==
[[File:Salford central railway station.jpg|thumb|Salford Central railway station]]
The city of Salford is served by nine railway stations on four routes. [[Eccles railway station|Eccles]] and [[Patricroft railway station|Patricroft]] are on the northern route of the [[Liverpool to Manchester Lines|Liverpool to Manchester Line]], while [[Irlam railway station|Irlam]], in the southwest of the borough, is on the southern route. [[Clifton railway station, Greater Manchester|Clifton]] is on the [[Manchester to Preston Line|line to Bolton and Preston]]; [[Swinton railway station (Greater Manchester)|Swinton]], [[Moorside railway station|Moorside]] and [[Walkden railway station|Walkden]] are on the [[Manchester to Southport Line]] via Wigan; and [[Salford Central railway station|Salford Central]] and [[Salford Crescent railway station|Salford Crescent]] are served by both routes. A station at [[Pendleton railway station|Pendleton]] was closed in 1998 after suffering fire damage and a loss of patronage in favour of nearby Salford Crescent, opened a few years earlier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.5546 |title=Regulator allows closure of Pendleton station |date=15 December 1998 |access-date=26 April 2008 |publisher=[[Office of Rail Regulation]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930224027/http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.5546 |archive-date=30 September 2007 }}</ref> All train services are provided by [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Northern Rail Network Map|publisher=FWT|date=22 March 2007|url=http://www.northernrail.org/pdfs/network_map/network_map.pdf|access-date=26 April 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410093323/http://www.northernrail.org/pdfs/network_map/network_map.pdf|archive-date=10 April 2008}}</ref> though First transpennine offer occasional services during peak hours.

[[File:Eccles Tram Station - geograph.org.uk - 1801441.jpg|thumb|[[Eccles Interchange|Eccles tram stop]] ]]
The Eccles line of the [[Manchester Metrolink]] runs through the City of Salford, with stations at [[Exchange Quay tram stop|Exchange Quay]], [[Salford Quays tram stop|Salford Quays]], [[Anchorage tram stop|Anchorage]], [[Harbour City tram stop|Harbour City]], [[Broadway tram stop|Broadway]], [[Langworthy tram stop|Langworthy]], [[Weaste tram stop|Weaste]], [[Ladywell tram stop|Ladywell]] and [[Eccles Interchange|Eccles]]. The line was opened in two stages, in 1999 and 2000, as Phase 2 of the system's development.<ref>{{cite web|title=History |publisher=metrolink.co.uk |author=Metrolink |year=2004 |url=http://www.metrolink.co.uk/pdf/past_present_future.pdf |access-date=26 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325191627/http://www.metrolink.co.uk/pdf/past_present_future.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2009  }}</ref> In 2010 a new tram stop was opened at MediaCityUK, a 1 stop spur off the main Eccles line. Trams operate from here to [[Etihad Campus tram stop|Etihad Campus]], sharing most of the route with the Eccles to Ashton line. Some Eccles and Ashton bound services also stop here, especially during peak hours. These lines provide good access for Eccles and the Quays to the rest of Greater Manchester.

There are bus stations at [[Pendleton, Greater Manchester|Pendleton]] and [[Eccles Interchange|Eccles]]. Buses run to destinations throughout the city, across Greater Manchester and further afield: Pendleton is served by a route to [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gmpte.com/destination/Pendleton.pdf|title=Destination Finder: Pendleton|date=28 January 2008|access-date=26 April 2008|publisher=www.gmpte.com|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080414223740/http://www.gmpte.com/destination/Pendleton.pdf |archive-date = 14 April 2008}}</ref> Eccles Interchange is next to the Metrolink stop.

The council is responsible for the administration and maintenance of public roads and footpaths in the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Streets & traffic |publisher=Salford.gov.uk |author=Salford MBC |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/streets.htm |access-date=7 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805141058/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/streets.htm |archive-date=5 August 2012  }}</ref>

Since 2020, electric scooters have been available for public hire in central Salford, Salford Quays, Ordsall, Pendleton and at the University of Salford. The e-scooter hire service is operated by shared micromobility company [[Lime (transportation company)|Lime]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=E-Scooter trial • Salford City Council |url=https://www.salford.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/e-scooters/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=www.salford.gov.uk}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
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* [[Jason Manford]] (born 1981), comedian and actor
* [[Mark E. Smith]] (1957-2018), leader of post-punk band [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]
* [[Harry Williams (footballer, born 1929)|Harry Williams]] (born 1929), footballer
* [[Tom Aspinall]] (born 1993), UFC fighter
* [[Brian Birch]] (1931-1989), football player and manager

== Twin towns ==
The City of Salford has formal [[Town twinning|twinning]] arrangements with four European places and one in Canada.<ref>{{cite web
 |title=Salford's twin towns 
 |author=Salford City Council 
 |publisher=Salford.gov.uk 
 |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/yourcom/salfordlife/twintowns.htm 
 |access-date=4 May 2008 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217135452/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/yourcom/salfordlife/twintowns.htm 
 |archive-date=17 December 2007 }}</ref> Each was originally twinned with a place within the city prior to its creation in 1974.

* [[Clermont-Ferrand]], France (originally twinned with [[County Borough of Salford]] in 1966)<ref name="Archant twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |title=British towns twinned with French towns |access-date=11 July 2013 |work=Archant Community Media Ltd |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705094933/http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |archive-date=5 July 2013  }}</ref>
* [[Lünen]], Germany ([[Swinton and Pendlebury|Municipal Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury]], 1966)
* [[Narbonne]], France ([[Eccles, Greater Manchester|Municipal Borough of Eccles]], 1957)<ref name="Archant twinning"/>
* [[Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Ouen]], France (Worsley Urban District, 1961)<ref name="Archant twinning"/>

==Freedom of the City==
The following people and military units have received the [[Freedom of the City]] of Salford.
 
{{Incomplete list|date=August 2019}}

===Individuals===
* [[Benjamin Armitage]]: January 1899.
* [[Benn Levy|Benn Wolfe Levy]]: January 1899.
* [[David Lloyd George]]: October 1922.
* [[Frederick Smith, 1st Baron Colwyn]]: July 1933.
* [[Edward Arthur Hardy]]: January 1960.
* [[L. S. Lowry]]: March 1965.
* [[Peter Maxwell Davies|Sir Peter Maxwell Davies]]: November 2004.
* [[Nelson Mandela|Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela]]: 30 November 2005.
* [[Ryan Giggs]]: January 2010.
* [[Harold Riley (artist)|Harold Riley]]: 15 November 2017.
* [[Mike Leigh]]: 24 July 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/24/film-maker-mike-leigh-given-freedom-of-city-of-salford |title=Film-maker Mike Leigh given freedom of city of Salford &#124; Film &#124; the Guardian |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=24 July 2019 |access-date=8 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808000626/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/24/film-maker-mike-leigh-given-freedom-of-city-of-salford |archive-date=8 August 2019 |url-status=live |last1=Hammond |first1=Jade }}</ref>
* Ben Wallsworth: 30 October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/freedom-of-salford-councillor-salford-17143093 |title=War hero whose vision led to the creation of Salford Quays to receive freedom of the city - Manchester Evening News |date=25 October 2019 |access-date=25 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025222536/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/freedom-of-salford-councillor-salford-17143093 |archive-date=25 October 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="Archived copy">{{Cite web |url=https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/awards/freedom-of-the-city/ |title=Freedom of the city • Salford City Council |access-date=8 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808000625/https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/awards/freedom-of-the-city/ |archive-date=8 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Alan Henning]]: 28 April 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keeling |first=Neal |date=2023-04-28 |title=Aid worker killed by Isis receives Salford's highest honour |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/murdered-aid-worker-alan-henning-26806255 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Henning: Murdered hostage given freedom of city honour |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-65430851 |website=BBC News Manchester |date=1 May 2023 |access-date=3 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[John Cooper Clarke]]: 19 July 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/john-cooper-clarke-salford-paul-mccartney-alex-turner-arctic-monkeys-b1095538.html |title='Bard of Salford' John Cooper Clarke awarded freedom of city  |last=Hurst |first=Pat |date=19 July 2023 |website=The Evening Standard |access-date=20 July 2023 }}</ref>

===Military units===
Military units:<ref name="Archived copy"/>
* The [[Lancashire Fusiliers]]: 18 October 1947.
* The [[Royal Regiment of Fusiliers]]: 26 April 1975.

== See also ==
{{Portal|Greater Manchester}}
* [[2006 Salford Council election]]
* [[Salford local elections]]
* [[Mayor of Salford]]
* [[List of tallest buildings and structures in Salford]]
* [[List of Scheduled Monuments in Greater Manchester]]
* [[Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester]]
* [[Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester]]
* [[List of public art in Greater Manchester]]

== References ==
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