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Some 5,576 people live in this town, in Leicestershire, East Midlands.
Health outcomes beat most towns: life expectancy 80.8 for men, 85.7 for women. Work and incomes are strong: households earn a mean £55,712 a year, and 1.9% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. It takes 6.7 years of household income in the Charnwood council area to buy the median home, at £370,000. The trade-off is hazard risk (D−) — 10.1% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. Overall, that makes a B+, better than 73% of UK towns. That places it #20 of 50 in Leicestershire. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B− for schools and C+ for walkability.
Figures: life expectancy and income, 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.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Quorndon is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things Quorndon does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 33 buildings inside Quorndon’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →33 listed buildings in Quorndon, 1 of them Grade I.
Quorn and Woodhouse Station: Photo: Ronstar308 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maynell Lodge and Maynell Cottage, With Stable and Wall: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Quorn Court: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · War Memorial: Photo: Tombon · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Quorndon.
86% of Quorndon’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, higher than both Leicestershire’s towns (83%) and England’s towns (82%). Disability touches 15% of the town’s population. One GP practice serves the town; 95% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Quorndon is Leicester Royal Infirmary, 8.4 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Quorndon | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.6% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 15% | 16% | 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.
Both of its schools are shown below. 62% of pupils at the 11 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Between them, one primary and one secondary teach 1,952 pupils in Quorndon.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 497 | B |
| RawlinsLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,455 | C+ |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Quorndon’s listed buildings include the Church of St Bartholomew and Farnham Chapel, Grade I. 20% of its homes were built before 1919, above both Leicestershire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (16%). Listed buildings per head: 59 for every 10,000 residents of the town.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 43% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
85% of commuters took the car to work at the census. Short trips to work, under 5 km: 37%, lower than both Leicestershire’s towns (46%) and England’s towns (45%). The census counted 43% of workers working mainly from home.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Private renters make up just over one in ten households, below Leicestershire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. The social rented sector houses 6% of households. Quorndon is the most expensive of the 50 towns in Leicestershire: its median sale is £370,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £510,000 | 122 |
| Semi-detached | £346,250 | 56 |
| Terraced | £259,000 | 70 |
| Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | 21 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Violence and sexual offences made up 38% of the total. A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 231 offences in Quorndon and 44 cases of nuisance behaviour. Violent crime ran at 18.4 per 1,000 residents a year, below Leicestershire’s towns (21.7) and England’s towns (22) alike.
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 under-15s are 16% of the population here. A quarter of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Leicestershire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). Line up the people of Quorndon by age and the one in the middle is 48.5.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
| Quorndon | Leicestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 25% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.1% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 49% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Leicestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Quorndon. Best known first.
Heritage railwayMountsorrel Railway900 m outside town, to the southeast
MuseumLoughborough Carillon2.6 km outside town, to the northwest
Heritage railwayGreat Central Railway2.1 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumCharnwood Museum2.7 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumStonehurst Motor Museum800 m outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumJohn Taylor Bellfoundry Museum2.6 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Town in Leicestershire, England
Quorndon is a built-up area of 5,576 people, in the Charnwood 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quorndon | 5,576 | — | B+ | B− | B− | A |
| Barrow upon Soar | 6,823 | 1.3 | B+ | A− | C+ | B− |
| Mountsorrel | 12,879 | 2.3 | A− | A− | C | B+ |
| Loughborough | 64,850 | 2.3 | B | A | D | C |
| Woodhouse Eaves | 1,618 | 2.5 | — | B− | B | A |
| Sileby | 8,954 | 3.1 | B− | A | C | C+ |
| Burton on the Wolds | 1,260 | 3.3 | — | B− | A | A |
| Cropston | 1,120 | 3.6 | — | C+ | A | A+ |
Woodhouse Eaves, Burton on the Wolds and Cropston have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
That is 2.4 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Bartholomew and Farnham Chapel.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £370,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £210,000, terraced houses £259,000, semi-detached houses £346,250 and detached houses £510,000.
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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