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Home to 16,205 people, this town lies in Greater Manchester, North West. Council tax at Band D comes to £2,152.
Where it does best is schools (A−) — primary results beat 97% of towns in England; secondary results beat 52% of towns in England. A median £250,000 buys a home here, 5.8 times what households in the Wigan council area earn in a year. Residents’ health trails most towns: men here can expect to live to 79.1, women to 83. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for jobs & income, C+ for walkability and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: life expectancy and incomes, ONS · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency. Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Tyldesley has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects still get grades, below.
The 3 things Tyldesley 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 Tyldesley is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Tyldesley has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects still get grades, below.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 12 buildings inside Tyldesley’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*, and 1 scheduled monument.
21% 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 Tyldesley.
76% of pupils at the town’s 3 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Below are three of its 4 schools, each with why it was picked. Some 2,574 pupils attend Tyldesley’s three primaries and one secondary.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Hall Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 520 | A |
| Fred Longworth High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,283 | B |
| Tyldesley Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 441 | A |
4 GP practices serve the town; 78% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. At the census, 83% of people in Tyldesley called their health good or very good, higher than both Greater Manchester’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (82%). Women here live to 83 on average and men to 79.1 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Tyldesley | Greater Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.6% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 18% | 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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 1 of them. Homes from before 1919 make up just over a fifth of the total, near Greater Manchester’s towns (20%) and higher than England’s towns (16%). Tyldesley has one scheduled monument.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 30% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Among 16 to 64s, 2.7% claimed unemployment benefits in 2026. The car took 85% of commuters, higher than both Greater Manchester’s towns (72%) and England’s towns (70%). 30% of commuters travelled under 5 km to work. Work in town: 7% of resident commuters.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Private tenants account for 16% of households. Social housing holds 8% of households, below both Greater Manchester’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (18%). Half of the 681 standard sales inside Tyldesley’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £250,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £385,000 | 210 |
| Semi-detached | £249,500 | 262 |
| Terraced | £150,750 | 184 |
| Flat or maisonette | £100,000 | 25 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
17% are under 15, about level with England’s towns (18%) and below Greater Manchester’s towns (19%). The age that splits Tyldesley in two is 42.1. Degrees are held by 31% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Tyldesley | Greater Manchester | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 24% | 25% |
| 65+ | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.7% | 5.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 31% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Greater Manchester and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Tyldesley. Best known first.
Garden · RHSRHS Garden Bridgewater2.3 km outside town, to the east
Historic house · RHSWorsley New Hall2.2 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumWinding House1 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumLancashire Mining Museum1 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumNorth West Computer Museum2.1 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumLeigh Spinners Mill Heritage Centre2.2 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
12 listed buildings in Tyldesley.
Tyldesley Chapel: Photo: J3Mrs · CC BY 3.0 · Church of St. George: Photo: J3Mrs · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Garrett Hall: Photo: J3Mrs · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Drinking Fountain: Photo: J3Mrs · CC BY-SA 3.0
17 notable people were born in Tyldesley.
Ella Toone: James Boyes from UK, CC BY 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyldesley | 16,205 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Astley | 4,735 | 0.7 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Higher Folds | 2,447 | 1.2 | — | A | — | D |
| Atherton | 27,571 | 1.8 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Worsley | 11,958 | 2 | — | D− | — | A− |
| Little Hulton | 25,824 | 2.1 | — | D | — | D− |
| Walkden | 18,684 | 2.3 | — | D− | — | C |
| Leigh | 45,499 | 2.9 | — | A− | — | D |
Higher Folds has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Astley, Higher Folds, Atherton, Worsley, Little Hulton, Walkden and Leigh have no Safety Grade: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish to police.uk. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Secondary results are closer to the middle, beating 52%.
We can’t say from police.uk: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime data there, so Tyldesley has no Safety Grade. Greater Manchester Police’s own figures cover whole boroughs, not towns.
Band D council tax in Tyldesley is £2,152 for 2026–27, less than in 84% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in Greater Manchester, England
Tyldesley is a built-up area of 16,205 people, in the Wigan 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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