 Trafford has a strong economy with low levels of unemployment and contains both Trafford Park industrial estate and the Trafford Centre , a large out @-@ of @-@ town shopping centre . Apart from the City of Manchester , Trafford is the only borough in Greater Manchester to be above the national average for weekly income . Socially , the area includes both working class areas like Old Trafford and Stretford and middle class ones such as Bowdon and Hale . Altrincham and Sale West is one of the five parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester to be held by the Conservative Party , the others being Bury North , Hazel Grove , Cheadle and Bolton West . 
