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This town in Hampshire, South East has a population of 4,749. Walking, cycling and public transport carry 14% of commuters.
Households here earn well: mean household income £62,973; 1.6% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Health is a strength too (B+): life expectancy 79.5 for men, 82.9 for women. Buying the median home, at £430,000, takes 6.4 years of household income in the East Hampshire council area. Hazards are a real consideration: 1% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Overall, that makes an A−, good for #38 of 76 in Hampshire. On that grade it does better than 77% of UK towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety, B for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021.
The 3 things Liss 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 Liss is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 13 buildings inside Liss’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
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 Liss.
The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.3%. Children under 15 make up 16%, below Hampshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. The median resident of Liss is 47.4 years old. Graduates make up 37% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Liss | Hampshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.4% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 37% | 33% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Hampshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
62% of pupils at the 5 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Liss’s two primaries have 261 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liss Junior SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 176 | C+ |
Liss has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 3.7 miles away. The nearest A&E to Liss is St Richard's Hospital, 14.9 miles away. Also worth knowing: at the census, 84% of people in Liss called their health good or very good, near Hampshire’s towns (83%) and higher than England’s towns (82%).
| Census 2021 | Liss | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.8% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 17% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Owners make up 71% of households, higher than both Hampshire’s towns (64%) and England’s towns (61%). Council and housing-body homes hold 14% of households. The £430,000 median rests on 200 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £575,000 | 61 |
| Semi-detached | £440,000 | 71 |
| Terraced | £335,000 | 49 |
| Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | 19 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 183 offences in Liss and 11 cases of nuisance behaviour. Violence and sexual offences made up 55% of the total. There were 3.4 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below both Hampshire’s towns (5.4) and England’s towns (7.8).
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 heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Historic England’s list names 13 listed buildings in Liss: 1 Grade II*. Scaled to its population, Liss has 27 listed buildings per 10,000 people, higher than Hampshire’s towns (25) yet lower than England’s towns (39).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 36% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
There are 0.5 jobs in Liss for each resident in work. The car took 84% of commuters, above Hampshire’s towns (75%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. Of the commuters living here, 9% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Liss. Best known first.
MuseumPetersfield Museum4.4 km outside town, to the southwestPark or estatePark or estate · National TrustChurch Field4.8 km outside town, to the southeastHistoric houseHistoric houseGreatham Manor House1.3 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
13 listed buildings in Liss.
Spread Eagle Public House: Photo: Shazz · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Church of St Mary: Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0
7 notable people were born in Liss.
Andrew Simmons: Sammybadge, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cliff Lazarenko: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0 · John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood: Thom32, Public domain · Caroline Walker: Geoffrey Cannon, CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liss | 4,749 | — | A− | B | B | B+ |
| Hill Brow and Rake | 1,200 | 1.1 | — | C+ | A | A− |
| Petersfield | 14,994 | 3.3 | A | B | C+ | A |
| Whitehill | 5,178 | 4 | B+ | A | B | B |
| Liphook | 7,128 | 4.3 | A | B | B− | A− |
| Bordon | 9,349 | 4.8 | C+ | A | C− | C |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 5.4 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C+ |
| Headley Down and Headley | 4,935 | 6.1 | B+ | B− | A− | A− |
Hill Brow and Rake has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £430,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £195,000, terraced houses £335,000, semi-detached houses £440,000 and detached houses £575,000. Household incomes are higher than in 75% of UK towns, so cost of living still grades B.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Hampshire, England
Liss is a built-up area of 4,749 people, in the East Hampshire 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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