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Primary school results beat 97% of towns in England. 11,958 people live in this town in Greater Manchester, North West.
Worsley’s best grade is for jobs & income: mean household income £58,609; 1.5% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. It is strong on health as well: life expectancy is 81.5 for men and 85.3 for women. Homes are dear: a typical home costs £336,000 and rent runs £1,170 a month. Walkability is weaker too (C): on the way to work, 11% walk, cycle or take a bus or train.
Figures: income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021. Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Worsley has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects are graded below.
The 3 things Worsley 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 Worsley is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Worsley has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects are graded below.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 35 buildings inside Worsley’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 2 scheduled monuments.
14% 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 →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Worsley. Best known first.
Garden · RHSRHS Garden Bridgewater300 m outside town, to the east
Historic house · RHSWorsley New Hall300 m outside town, to the eastTheme parkTheme parkTherme Manchester4 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumWinding House1.1 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumLancashire Mining Museum1.1 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumNorth West Computer Museum4.2 km outside town, to the westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Worsley.
Council and housing-body homes hold 4% of households. 11% rent privately, below both Greater Manchester’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (21%). Also worth knowing: the median sale, £336,000, comes from 548 standard sales inside Worsley’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £490,000 | 157 |
| Semi-detached | £320,000 | 240 |
| Terraced | £285,000 | 110 |
| Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | 41 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
St Andrew's CofE Primary School’s results beat 95% of schools in England like it. Below are two of its 3 schools, each with why it was picked. 77% of pupils at the town’s 3 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 466 | A+ |
| St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 437 | A |
At the census, 85% of people in Worsley called their health good or very good, above Greater Manchester’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. 4.1% of residents report bad or very bad health. Women here live to 85.3 on average and men to 81.5 (2019–23). One GP practice serves the town; nearly four in five patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Worsley | Greater Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.1% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 39% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Short trips to work, under 5 km: 24%, below both Greater Manchester’s towns (47%) and England’s towns (45%). 39% of workers did their job mainly from home at the census. The next most common way to work was walking (6%).
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
14% of homes were built before 1919. Worsley’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mark, Grade I. The national list protects 2 ancient monuments here.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Residents of Worsley have a median age of 44.5. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town. 17% are under 15, below Greater Manchester’s towns (19%) and close to England’s towns (18%). Among adults, 41% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Worsley | Greater Manchester | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 24% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 16% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.7% | 5.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 41% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Greater Manchester and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
35 listed buildings in Worsley, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St Mark: Photo: Parrot of Doom · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canal tunnel entrances and wharf: Photo: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Worsley Court House: Photo: Barrie Price · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Former Oil Store: Photo: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0
10 notable people were born in Worsley.
James Fearnley: Redadeg, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worsley | 11,958 | — | — | D− | — | A− |
| Walkden | 18,684 | 1.1 | — | D− | — | C |
| Astley | 4,735 | 1.8 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Tyldesley | 16,205 | 2 | — | B− | — | C |
| Little Hulton | 25,824 | 2 | — | D | — | D− |
| Wardley | 2,298 | 2.5 | — | D− | — | C− |
| Eccles | 41,116 | 2.6 | — | D− | — | D− |
| Swinton | 22,886 | 2.7 | — | D− | — | C− |
Wardley has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Walkden, Astley, Tyldesley, Little Hulton, Wardley, Eccles and Swinton 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 53%. Worsley has 3 state schools; places are handled by Salford council.
We can’t say from police.uk: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime data there, so Worsley has no Safety Grade. Greater Manchester Police’s own figures cover whole boroughs, not towns.
Band D council tax in Worsley is £2,594 for 2026–27, more 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
Worsley is a built-up area of 11,958 people, in the Salford 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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