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3,504 residents make their home in this town in Cheshire, North West.
What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Housing is within reach: the median home sold for £200,000, 3.9 years of area income. The trade-off is health: life expectancy is 77 for men and 79.3 for women. It also trails on walkability: on the way to work, 10% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. All told, that adds up to a B+ overall, better than 65% of UK towns. Its place in the ranking is #23 of 46 in Cheshire. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · life expectancy and income, ONS · commuting, Census 2021 · claimants, DWP.
The 3 things Burtonwood 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 Burtonwood is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 1 building inside Burtonwood’s built-up area.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Burtonwood.
25% of adults hold a degree, below both Cheshire’s towns (34%) and England’s towns (34%). Children under 15 make up 14% of residents. The median resident of Burtonwood is 49.7 years old. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Burtonwood | Cheshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 28% | 21% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.8% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 25% | 34% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cheshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 2 primary schools: 67% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Some 324 pupils attend Burtonwood’s two primaries. Secondary results at the 2 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 44.8, with 41% at grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burtonwood Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 206 | A− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Burtonwood has 3 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents. 17% of homes date from before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
10% rent privately, lower than both Cheshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (21%). Private rents average £899 a month across the Warrington council area. Also worth knowing: 147 standard sales inside Burtonwood’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £200,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £341,500 | 18 |
| Semi-detached | £202,000 | 83 |
| Terraced | £150,000 | 43 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
At the census, 7.3% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, higher than both Cheshire’s towns (5.4%) and England’s towns (5.2%). Disability touches just over a fifth of Burtonwood’s population. Seeing a GP means leaving Burtonwood: the nearest practice is 1.4 miles away. Self-reported good health: 78% of the town’s residents.
| Census 2021 | Burtonwood | Cheshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.3% | 5.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 27% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Household income came to £49K a year before tax, lower than both Cheshire’s towns (£56K) and England’s towns (£55K). 34% of commuters travelled under 5 km to work. About 8% of its commuters stay in Burtonwood for work. The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 2.8%.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
For its size, Burtonwood records less crime per resident than 71% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 147 offences in Burtonwood and 6 cases of nuisance behaviour. Of all the crimes, 45% were violence and sexual offences.
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.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Burtonwood. Best known first.
Theme parkGulliver's World3.2 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumNorth West Museum of Road Transport4.9 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumWorld of Glass5 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumRAF Burtonwood Heritage Centre3.1 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burtonwood | 3,504 | — | B+ | A | B+ | D |
| Newton-le-Willows | 24,651 | 1.6 | D | C | C− | D |
| Winwick | 2,062 | 2.2 | — | C+ | D− | C− |
| Haydock | 16,143 | 2.5 | D | C+ | C | D |
| Warrington | 174,968 | 3.7 | B | A− | C− | C− |
| St Helens | 107,684 | 3.8 | D | C+ | D | D− |
| Ashton-in-Makerfield | 26,367 | 4.2 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Croft | 1,520 | 4.2 | — | C+ | A | A− |
Winwick and Croft have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Ashton-in-Makerfield has no Safety Grade: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish to police.uk. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £200,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £150,000, semi-detached houses £202,000 and detached houses £341,500.
Town in Cheshire, England
Burtonwood is a built-up area of 3,504 people, in the Warrington 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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