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The town, home to 2,692 people, lies in Lancashire, North West.
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Where it does best is jobs & income — the mean household earns £50,652 a year. It takes 5.2 years of household income in the South Ribble council area to buy the median home, at £257,000. Most journeys need a car: 7% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, better than 62% of UK towns. In the ranking it comes #14 of 65 in Lancashire. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for safety, B− for schools, C+ for health and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The thing Farington Moss 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 Farington Moss is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 2 buildings inside Farington Moss’s built-up area.
6% 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 Farington Moss.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 6% of the total. For its size, Farington Moss has 7 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, below Lancashire’s towns (16) and England’s towns (39) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
60% of pupils at the 26 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its one school is below. Secondary results at the 8 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 48.7, with 47% at grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 184 | B |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 31% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Short trips to work, under 5 km: 41%, below Lancashire’s towns (49%) and England’s towns (45%) alike. Unemployment benefit claims reached 1.8% of 16 to 64s in 2026. Jobs per working resident: 1.2.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
6% live in social housing, below both Lancashire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (18%). The private rented sector houses 7% of households. Also worth knowing: the median sale, £257,000, comes from 233 standard sales inside Farington Moss’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £308,995 | 115 |
| Semi-detached | £228,000 | 80 |
| Terraced | £202,500 | 38 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Violence and sexual offences made up 40% of the total. Over the year to August 2026, 179 offences were reported in Farington Moss, along with 36 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 14.4 reports per 1,000, lower than Lancashire’s towns (17.3) yet higher than 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.
15% of residents in Farington Moss live with a disability. At the census, 4.3% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, lower than both Lancashire’s towns (6.3%) and England’s towns (5.2%). There is no GP practice in the town: the nearest is 1.1 miles off.
| Census 2021 | Farington Moss | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.3% | 6.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 15% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Among adults, 35% have a degree. Farington Moss has a median age of 42.2. 17% of residents are 65 or over, lower than Lancashire’s towns (20%) and near England’s towns (18%).
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Farington Moss | Lancashire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.5% | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 35% | 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 Farington Moss. Best known first.
MuseumHarris Museum3.9 km outside town, to the north
CathedralSyro-Malabar Cathedral of St Alphonsa, Preston4.4 km outside town, to the north
MuseumBritish Commercial Vehicle Museum1.3 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumMuseum of Lancashire4.3 km outside town, to the north
MuseumRibble Steam Railway4.9 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumSouth Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre1.7 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farington Moss | 2,692 | — | B | B+ | C+ | C+ |
| Leyland | 39,281 | 1.1 | C+ | A | C− | C− |
| Bamber Bridge | 40,359 | 2.1 | C+ | A | C | C |
| Penwortham | 20,489 | 2.4 | A− | A− | B− | B− |
| Wymott | 2,092 | 2.7 | — | A− | B | C− |
| Hutton | 2,140 | 2.8 | — | B+ | B− | A− |
| Euxton | 17,519 | 2.9 | A | A | B | B− |
| Longton | 10,912 | 3.3 | A+ | B+ | A− | B+ |
Wymott and Hutton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
About the middle for its size: 57% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades C+.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Lancashire, England
Farington Moss is a built-up area of 2,692 people, in the South Ribble 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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