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A town in Hertfordshire, East of England, home to 11,961 people.
A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. The local economy does well: the mean household earns £76,111 a year. Tring’s overall grade, A, puts it better than 89% of UK towns. That places it #10 of 50 in Hertfordshire. Homes are dear: the median home sold for £530,000, 8.1 years of area income. Hazard risk is weaker too: 0.7% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 3 things Tring 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 Tring is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 63 buildings inside Tring’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 6 old photos and postcards going back to 1847.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Tring. Best known first.
MuseumNatural History Museum at Tringin town · 134K visitors a year (2022)
Historic houseHalton House3.1 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumTring Local History Museumin townMuseumMuseumTrenchard Museum3 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumPitstone Green Museum2.5 km outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionGo Ape!3 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tring.
Just over two thirds 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 5 schools, each with why it was picked. Between them, four primaries and one secondary teach 2,689 pupils in Tring.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove Road Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 443 | B+ |
| Tring SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,599 | A− |
| Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, TringTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 243 | A− |
The nearest A&E to Tring is Stoke Mandeville Hospital, 6 miles away. 87% of the town’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, above both Hertfordshire’s towns (85%) and England’s towns (82%). Disability touches 14% of the town’s population. Men in Tring can expect to live to 81.5, women to 86.3 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Tring | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 85% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3% | 3.8% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 14% | 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.
Social housing holds just over one in ten households. 14% rent privately, below both Hertfordshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (21%). Private rents average £1,594 a month across the Dacorum council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £795,000 | 178 |
| Semi-detached | £585,000 | 147 |
| Terraced | £411,250 | 200 |
| Flat or maisonette | £254,000 | 68 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 45% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Three quarters of commuters took the car to work at the census. Unemployment benefit claims came to 1.9% of 16 to 64s in 2026, below both Hertfordshire’s towns (2.1%) and England’s towns (2.3%). Tring counts 1 jobs per working resident.
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.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, above Hertfordshire’s towns (12%) and close to England’s towns (16%). Tring’s listed buildings include the Church of St Peter and St Paul (Church of England), Grade I. It has one registered historic park or garden.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Violence came to 17.4 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Hertfordshire’s towns (21.3) and England’s towns (22). 515 crimes and 184 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Tring’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Homes see 10.2 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.
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
People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, above Hertfordshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. At 44, the median resident of Tring sits in the middle of the age range. The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Tring | Hertfordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.5% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 43% | 39% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Hertfordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
63 listed buildings in Tring, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St Peter and St Paul (Church of England): Photo: Stefan Czapski · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Mansion: Photo: Ian Petticrew · CC BY-SA 2.0 · New Mill Tring Baptist Church with Adjoining Schoolroom and 2 Cottages,In Graveyard: Photo: AlbK · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Bell Public House: Photo: No Swan So Fine · CC BY-SA 4.0
15 notable people were born in Tring.
Edward Barber: not identified, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tring | 11,961 | — | A | D | B | A |
| Aston Clinton | 5,511 | 2.5 | B+ | C | B | A− |
| Pitstone | 4,109 | 2.7 | A | C+ | B | A |
| Cheddington | 1,770 | 3.4 | — | C+ | A | A |
| Wendover | 8,729 | 3.7 | A | C | A− | A+ |
| Weston Turville | 1,835 | 4.1 | — | C | A− | A− |
| Berkhamsted | 21,236 | 4.6 | A | D | B | A+ |
| Broughton | 2,168 | 5.2 | — | C+ | D | A |
Cheddington, Weston Turville and Broughton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Peter and St Paul (Church of England).
Police recorded 515 crimes inside Tring’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 43% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
GCSE results beat 86% of towns in England, and primary results beat 83% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £530,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £254,000, terraced houses £411,250, semi-detached houses £585,000 and detached houses £795,000.
Town in Hertfordshire, England
Tring is a built-up area of 11,961 people, in the Dacorum 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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