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Home to 42,693 people, this large town lies in Lancashire, North West. Mortgage-free owners make up 46% of households.
Lytham St Anne's’s weakest subject is cost of living: the median home sold for £255,000, 5.4 years of area income. This Lancashire town grades B− overall, better than half of UK towns, and ranks #24 of 65 in Lancashire. Jobs & income is weaker too — households earn a mean £45,625 a year, and 2.9% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Where it does best is schools: primary results beat 84% of towns in England; secondary results beat 51% of towns in England. It is easy to get around without a car: on the way to work, 18% walk, cycle or take a bus or train.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income, ONS · claimants, DWP.
The 3 things Lytham St Anne's 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 Lytham St Anne's is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 104 buildings inside Lytham St Anne's’s built-up area, 4 of them Grade II*.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Lytham St Anne's. Best known first.
PierSt Anne's Pierin town
Theme parkBlackpool Pleasure Beach2.8 km outside town, to the northwest
ZooBlackpool Zoo5 km outside town, to the north
AttractionAvalanche2.8 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumLytham Hall200 m outside town, to the east
AttractionRevolution2.7 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lytham St Anne's.
Degrees are held by 36% of adults, above both Lancashire’s towns (29%) and England’s towns (34%). One measure of family life: just over one in ten residents are under 15. Lytham St Anne's has a median age of 54.4 years. People aged 15 to 24 make up 7.9% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
| Lytham St Anne's | Lancashire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 32% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 36% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lancashire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Below are three of its 11 schools, each with why it was picked. Lytham St Anne's’s nine primaries and two secondaries have 4,394 pupils between them. Attainment 8 at the town’s 2 secondary schools averages 46.7, and 44% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 575 | B |
| Lytham St Annes High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,588 | B− |
| Lytham Hall Park Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 387 | A |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
26% of homes were built before 1919. Grade II* covers 4 of them. Lytham St Anne's has 3 registered historic parks and gardens.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 34% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Lytham St Anne's counts 1 jobs per working resident. The car took nearly four in five commuters, near Lancashire’s towns (78%) and higher than England’s towns (70%). Home was the main workplace for 34% of workers at the census. 37% of commuters who live in Lytham St Anne's also work there.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Council and housing-body homes hold 7% of households. Half of the 2,349 standard sales inside Lytham St Anne's’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £255,000. Renting privately is how 22% of households live.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £355,000 | 657 |
| Semi-detached | £255,000 | 670 |
| Terraced | £215,000 | 343 |
| Flat or maisonette | £149,000 | 679 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 2,440 crimes and 869 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Lytham St Anne's’s built-up area. Violent crime comes to 27.3 per 1,000 residents a year. Burglary and damage came to 11.2 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Lancashire’s towns (9.8) and England’s towns (9.4). Of all the crimes, 50% were violence and sexual offences.
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.
At the census, 78% of people in Lytham St Anne's called their health good or very good, lower than both Lancashire’s towns (80%) and England’s towns (82%). 5 GP practices serve the town; 72% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Lytham St Anne's is Blackpool Victoria Hospital, 4.9 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Lytham St Anne's | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.3% | 6.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 20% | 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.
104 listed buildings in Lytham St Anne's.
Lytham St Anne's War Memorial: Photo: Ray Hindle · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Parish Church of St Cuthbert: Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Burlingtons Bar (at the Town House): Photo: Peter James · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Queens Hotel: Photo: Terry Robinson · CC BY-SA 2.0
37 notable people were born in Lytham St Anne's.
Steve Barclay: Richard Townshend, CC BY 3.0 · Chris Davies: Andy Mabbett, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Aidan Nichols: Me, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Craig Kelly: Birdlegs, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell: Philip Allfrey, CC BY-SA 2.5
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lytham St Anne's | 42,693 | — | B− | C | C+ | C+ |
| Wrea Green | 1,899 | 4.1 | — | D | A− | C+ |
| Warton (Fylde) | 4,180 | 4.5 | D | C+ | C− | C |
| Staining | 1,622 | 4.6 | — | C | B | C+ |
| Blackpool | 149,087 | 5 | D− | C− | D− | D− |
| Kirkham | 8,939 | 5.5 | C | B− | C− | C |
| Freckleton | 4,478 | 5.6 | C+ | B− | B− | C |
| Wesham | 4,474 | 5.6 | C+ | B | C+ | C− |
Wrea Green and Staining 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: 35% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C+.
Large town in Lancashire, England
Lytham St Anne's is a built-up area of 42,693 people, in the Fylde 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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