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Some 5,791 people live in this town, in Cumbria, North West.
Egremont’s weakest is jobs & income: the mean household earns £46,125 a year. Overall, Egremont earns a D: better than 8% of UK towns, and #17 of 23 in Cumbria. Homes sell for a median £120,000, about 2.7 years of what households in the Copeland council area earn. Walkability is its strong suit (B+): on the way to work, 18% walk, cycle or take a bus or train.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
ONS publishes one rent for all of Cumberland, so this town's Cost Grade uses house prices and council tax only.
The 3 things Egremont 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 Egremont is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 16 buildings inside Egremont’s built-up area, and 1 scheduled monument.
15% 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 Egremont.
Egremont has a median age of 45.6 years. 17% are under 15, above Cumbria’s towns (15%) but below England’s towns (18%).
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Egremont | Cumbria | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.9% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 25% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.2% | 8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 20% | 28% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cumbria and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Of its 4 schools, three are shown below, each with the reason. Bookwell Primary School’s results beat 93% of schools in England like it. Attainment 8 at the one secondary school within 3 km averages 39.6, and nearly a third of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orgill Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 228 | D− |
| West Lakes AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,017 | C− |
| Bookwell Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 194 | A |
Violence and sexual offences accounted for 52% of recorded crime. Burglary and damage came to 14.3 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Cumbria’s towns (8.4) and England’s towns (9.4). The 12 months to August 2026 brought 458 recorded crimes inside Egremont’s built-up area, and 43 reports of anti-social behaviour. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Egremont has more crime per resident than 91% of them.
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.
One GP practice serves the town; 83% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Women here live to 79.1 on average and men to 79 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Egremont | Cumbria | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 76% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.6% | 6.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 21% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
By car: that was how 80% of commuters travelled at the census. 3.2% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026, above Cumbria’s towns (1.6%) and England’s towns (2.3%) alike. About 13% of its commuters stay in Egremont for work. Jobs per working resident: 0.4.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Egremont is the second cheapest of the 23 towns in Cumbria, at £120,000. 11% rent privately, below both Cumbria’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (21%). Private rents average £681 a month across the Cumberland council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £240,000 | 36 |
| Semi-detached | £129,250 | 70 |
| Terraced | £110,000 | 107 |
| Flat or maisonette | £78,000 | 5 |
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 15% of the total, about level with England’s towns (16%) and below Cumbria’s towns (28%). Egremont has one scheduled monument.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Egremont. Best known first.
CastleEgremont Castle100 m outside town, to the southeastAttractionAttractionBraystones Tower3.9 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumWest Cumberland Railway Museum2.8 km outside town, to the westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
16 listed buildings in Egremont.
Church of St Mary and St Michael: Photo: Alex · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 17, Bridge End: Photo: Milestone Society · CC BY-SA 2.0
6 notable people were born in Egremont.
Rob Purdham: Mortonstalker, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egremont | 5,791 | — | D | B | D | D |
| St Bees | 1,187 | 2.3 | — | C | B− | B+ |
| Cleator Moor | 6,671 | 2.8 | D | B | C− | C− |
| Whitehaven | 22,952 | 4.3 | D | B− | D | D |
| Frizington | 1,754 | 4.5 | — | B+ | D− | D |
| Moresby Parks | 1,180 | 5.4 | — | B | A+ | C− |
| Seascale | 1,708 | 6.2 | — | B− | A− | B |
| Distington | 1,375 | 7.9 | — | B | C+ | D |
St Bees, Frizington, Moresby Parks, Seascale and Distington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £120,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £78,000, terraced houses £110,000, semi-detached houses £129,250 and detached houses £240,000.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Cumbria, England
Egremont is a built-up area of 5,791 people, in the Copeland 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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