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A town of 4,040 in County Durham, North East.
Wynyard grades A− overall against UK towns: better than 81% of UK towns, and #3 of 52 in County Durham. Its strongest subject is jobs & income (A−): mean household income £59,643; 1.4% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Its weakest is walkability (D−): 5% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The median home sold for £396,495 in the last three years, 7.9 times what households in the Stockton-on-Tees council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Wynyard 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 Wynyard is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1866.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wynyard.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 35% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
That puts Wynyard below both County Durham’s towns (41%) and England’s towns (45%). The car carried 92% of commuters at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wynyard Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 467 | A |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
On this, Wynyard is below both County Durham’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (16%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
In the comparison, Wynyard comes above both County Durham’s towns (77%) and England’s towns (82%). Wynyard’s share in bad or very bad health, 2.1%, is the lowest of the 85 towns in County Durham. 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.
| Census 2021 | Wynyard | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 92% | 77% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.1% | 7.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 10% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
For Wynyard, that is below both County Durham’s towns (18.3) and England’s towns (9.4). Violence comes to 16.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Police recorded 189 crimes inside Wynyard’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 36 reports of anti-social behaviour.
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
Wynyard sits above both County Durham’s towns (62%) and England’s towns (61%) on this measure. 2% of households live in social housing. No town in County Durham costs more to buy into than Wynyard, at £396,495, the highest of 52.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £420,000 | 435 |
| Semi-detached | £232,147 | 30 |
| Terraced | £227,520 | 20 |
| Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | 5 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
12% of residents are 65 or over, below both County Durham’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (18%). 20% of residents are children under 15. Wynyard has a median age of 40.6.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Wynyard | County Durham | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 12% | 21% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 7.8% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.4% | 6.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 51% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · County Durham and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wynyard | 4,040 | — | A− | C+ | A− | A− |
| Billingham | 33,917 | 3.1 | C | A | D | D |
| Stillington | 1,407 | 3.5 | — | A | C | B |
| Sedgefield | 4,979 | 4.3 | A | B | B− | B |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 84,824 | 4.4 | C+ | A | D− | D |
| Fishburn | 2,387 | 4.7 | — | A− | C− | D |
| Trimdon | 2,835 | 5.4 | C+ | A− | C− | D |
| Hartlepool | 88,001 | 5.9 | C− | A− | D− | D |
Stillington and Fishburn have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Police recorded 189 crimes inside Wynyard’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 39% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £396,495, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £195,000, terraced houses £227,520, semi-detached houses £232,147 and detached houses £420,000.
Band D council tax in Wynyard is £2,573 for 2026–27, more than in 81% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in County Durham, England
Wynyard is a built-up area of 4,040 people, in the Stockton-on-Tees 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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