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A town of 17,519 in Lancashire, North West.
Euxton grades A overall against UK towns: better than 90% of UK towns, and #3 of 65 in Lancashire. Its strongest subject is jobs & income (A): mean household income £54,724; 1.6% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Its weakest is walkability (C−): 9% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The median home sold for £220,000 in the last three years, 4.5 times what households in the Chorley council area earn in a year.
The 2 things Euxton 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 Euxton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Euxton’s built-up area, 4 of them Grade II*.
2% 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 Euxton.
Social housing holds 7% of households, below both Lancashire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (18%). 16% of households rent privately. Also worth knowing: from September 2023 to August 2026, 997 homes sold inside Euxton’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £220,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £330,000 | 320 |
| Semi-detached | £220,000 | 291 |
| Terraced | £195,000 | 202 |
| Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | 184 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Two of its 5 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. St. Mary's Catholic Primary School Euxton’s results beat 93% of schools in England like it. The town’s five primaries have 1,766 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Church of England/Methodist Primary School, Buckshaw VillageLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 559 | B |
| St. Mary's Catholic Primary School EuxtonTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 195 | A |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 33% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Short trips to work, under 5 km: 39%, below Lancashire’s towns (49%) and England’s towns (45%) alike. For every resident in work, Euxton has 1 jobs. Work in town: a tenth of resident commuters.
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.
2% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Lancashire’s towns (23%) and England’s towns (16%). Grade II* covers 4 of them. Relative to its size, Euxton keeps 14 listed buildings per 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Homes saw 6.9 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, below both Lancashire’s towns (9.8) and England’s towns (9.4). Over the year to August 2026, 626 offences were reported in Euxton, along with 195 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 56% of the crimes.
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.
2 GP practices serve the town; just over four in five patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. At the census, 3.5% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, lower than both Lancashire’s towns (6.3%) and England’s towns (5.2%). Disability touches 15% of Euxton’s population.
| Census 2021 | Euxton | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.5% | 6.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 15% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
Half the people of Euxton are older than 37.9. Degrees are held by 40% of adults, above Lancashire’s towns (29%) and England’s towns (34%) alike.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Euxton | Lancashire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 15% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9% | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 40% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lancashire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Euxton. Best known first.
MuseumAstley Hall600 m outside town, to the southeast
MuseumBritish Commercial Vehicle Museum1.4 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumSouth Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre1.3 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
25 listed buildings in Euxton.
Euxton Parish Church: Photo: Galatas · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bolton Green Farmhouse: Photo: David Long · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chapel Circa 50 Metres South East of Euxton Hall: Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Pincock Bridge: Photo: Ian Greig · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euxton | 17,519 | — | A | A | B | B− |
| Whittle-le-Woods | 4,388 | 1.6 | A− | B | B− | B+ |
| Leyland | 39,281 | 1.9 | C+ | A | C− | C− |
| Chorley | 39,539 | 2.3 | B− | A | D | D |
| Charnock Richard | 1,098 | 2.6 | — | B+ | D | B |
| Eccleston | 4,543 | 2.9 | A | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Farington Moss | 2,692 | 2.9 | B | B+ | C+ | C+ |
| Wymott | 2,092 | 3.3 | — | A− | B | C− |
Charnock Richard and Wymott have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Primary schools stand out: Key Stage 2 results beat 82% of towns in England. Secondary results are closer to the middle, beating 64%.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £220,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £115,000, terraced houses £195,000, semi-detached houses £220,000 and detached houses £330,000.
Town in Lancashire, England
Euxton is a built-up area of 17,519 people, in the Chorley 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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