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A village of 1,046 in Cornwall, South West.
Lizard has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is schools (A−): primary results beat 72% of towns in England. Its weakest is cost of living (D−): median sale £335,000, 7.3 years of area income; rent £1,000 a month.
Devon And Cornwall Police published 33 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
The 3 things Lizard 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 Lizard is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists them inside Lizard’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds a map from c. 1919.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lizard.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Children under 15 make up 13%, below both Cornwall’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). Half of Lizard is older than 54.3, half younger.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Lizard | Cornwall | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 33% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.9% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 30% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cornwall and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Below is its only school. Landewednack Community Primary School’s results beat 75% of schools in England like it. Key Stage 2 results at the 2 primary schools within 3 km: nearly two thirds of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landewednack Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 73 | A− |
67% of households own their home, higher than both Cornwall’s towns (64%) and England’s towns (61%). Social renters account for 13% of households. Private rents average £1,000 a month across the Cornwall council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £432,500 | 16 |
| Semi-detached | £265,000 | 9 |
| Terraced | £292,500 | 6 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 28% of the total, above both Cornwall’s towns (24%) and England’s towns (16%). Lizard’s listed buildings include the Church of St Winwalaus, Grade I. It has 15 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade I.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Over the year to August 2026, 35 offences were reported in Lizard, along with 3 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Homes saw 12.1 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, above Cornwall’s towns (7.6) and England’s towns (9.4) alike. Violence and sexual offences accounted for nearly a quarter of recorded crime.
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.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 32% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 77% of commuters went by car. 3.3% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026, above both Cornwall’s towns (3%) and England’s towns (2.3%). Also worth knowing: a household here earns £46K a year before tax, on average.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Just over three quarters of Lizard’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, below Cornwall’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. The nearest A&E to Lizard is Royal Cornwall Hospital, 21 miles away. Seeing a GP means leaving Lizard: the nearest practice is 4.3 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Lizard | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 76% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.5% | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 24% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Lizard. Best known first.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lizard | 1,046 | — | — | D− | A− | B− |
| Mullion | 2,148 | 4.3 | — | D− | B | B |
| Porthleven | 3,118 | 9.4 | D | D− | B | B− |
| Helston | 11,366 | 9.7 | D | D | C+ | B− |
| Mawnan Smith | 1,001 | 11 | — | D− | A+ | A− |
Mullion and Mawnan Smith have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 5.9 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Winwalaus. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Primary results beat 72% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Cornwall council.
Against all UK towns, it grades A−.
Village in Cornwall, England
Lizard is a built-up area of 1,046 people, in the Cornwall 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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