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A village of 2,461 in Berkshire, South East. One resident in 2 is 15 to 24.
Eton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is walkability (A+): 61% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is hazard risk (D−): 30% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The median home sold for £465,000 in the last three years, 6.4 times what households in the Windsor and Maidenhead council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Eton does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Eton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Eton’s built-up area.
49% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Eton. Best known first.
MuseumEton Natural History Museumin town
CastleWindsor Castle400 m outside town, to the south
Big drawTheme parkLegoland Windsor3.8 km outside town, to the southwest · 2.3M visitors a year (2024)
Historic houseFrogmore House1.6 km outside town, to the southeast
GardenFrogmore Estate1.6 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Eton.
35% of adults hold a degree, about level with England’s towns (34%) and below Berkshire’s towns (40%). Those 65 and older account for 6.7% of residents. At 18.6, the median resident of Eton sits in the middle of the age range. Under 15: 22% of residents.
25% women, 75% men
About 33 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Eton is a campus town: students living in halls or boarding houses count as residents.
| Eton | Berkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 40% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 29% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 18% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 6.7% | 15% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 2.6% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 8.7% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 35% | 40% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Berkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Key Stage 2 results at the 17 primary schools within 3 km: 69% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Below is its only school. Attainment 8 at the 16 secondary schools within 3 km averages 54.5, and 60% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eton Porny CofE First SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 139 | – |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 38% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Income per household averages £62K a year, before tax. The car took 30% of commuters, lower than both Berkshire’s towns (73%) and England’s towns (70%). Also worth knowing: the 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 0.9%. 56% of commuters who live in Eton also work there.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Of Eton’s land, 94% lies in conservation areas, above Berkshire’s towns (23%) and England’s towns (7%) alike. The town’s listed buildings include Eton College, Grade I. Per 10,000 residents, Eton counts 349 listed buildings. Historic England’s list names 86 listed buildings in the town: 1 Grade I, 5 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
At the census, 94% of people in Eton called their health good or very good, above both Berkshire’s towns (87%) and England’s towns (82%). Of the 45 towns in Berkshire, Eton has the second-smallest share in bad or very bad health: 0.9%. Women here live to 87.7 on average and men to 82.2 (2019–23). One GP practice serves the town; four in five patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Eton | Berkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 94% | 87% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 0.9% | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 6.6% | 13% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
Owners make up a third of households, below Berkshire’s towns (63%) and England’s towns (61%) alike. The social rented sector houses one in ten households. Private rents average £1,800 a month across the Windsor and Maidenhead council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Terraced | £560,000 | 5 |
| Flat or maisonette | £416,250 | 16 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Eton logged 153 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 31 complaints of anti-social conduct. Violence and sexual offences were 29% of the crimes. Violent crime ran at 18.8 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Berkshire’s towns (20.4) and England’s towns (22).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
32 notable people were born in Eton.
William Oughtred: Wenceslaus Hollar, Public domain · Donald Tovey: Doncooke2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Humphrey Lyttelton: Original uploader was MaxHund at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eton | 2,461 | — | — | C+ | B− | A |
| Eton Wick | 2,121 | 1.3 | — | C | C+ | A− |
| Windsor | 31,569 | 1.4 | B | C | C− | B |
| Slough | 166,868 | 1.6 | C | D | D | C− |
| Datchet | 4,807 | 1.7 | B | C | C | B− |
| Old Windsor and Wraysbury | 7,689 | 2.9 | B | C− | B− | A− |
| Colnbrook | 1,898 | 3.6 | — | B− | D− | C− |
| Stoke Poges | 3,920 | 4.1 | A− | C | B | B+ |
Eton Wick and Colnbrook have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
That is 14.3 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Eton College.
GCSE results beat 91% of towns in England, and primary results beat 84% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Windsor and Maidenhead council.
Village in Berkshire, England
Eton is a built-up area of 2,461 people, in the Windsor and Maidenhead council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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