Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,516 in Merseyside, North West. 12% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport.
Lydiate grades B overall against UK towns: better than 61% of UK towns, and #7 of 25 in Merseyside. Its strongest subject is safety (A): 13.6 violent and sexual offences and 5.4 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Its weakest is cost of living (D): median sale £245,000, 5.4 years of area income; rent £938 a month.
The 3 things Lydiate 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 Lydiate is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Lydiate’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*, and 1 scheduled monument.
5% 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 Lydiate.
Social housing holds 5% of households, lower than both Merseyside’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (18%). 10% of households rent privately. The median sale, £245,000, comes from 320 standard sales inside Lydiate’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £347,500 | 56 |
| Semi-detached | £245,000 | 195 |
| Terraced | £225,000 | 35 |
| Flat or maisonette | £127,000 | 34 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
GCSE results at the 3 secondary schools within 3 km: 34% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 42.5. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 4 primary schools: just over two thirds of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northway Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 370 | B− |
| St Thomas Church of England Primary School, LydiateTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 236 | A+ |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Lydiate has one scheduled monument. Conservation areas cover 3% of the town’s land, about level with both Merseyside’s towns (6%) and England’s towns (7%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Residents of Lydiate have a median age of 49.7. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Merseyside’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (12%). One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
| Lydiate | Merseyside | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 27% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.5% | 5.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 32% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Merseyside and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
53% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Reported offences in Lydiate came to 144 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 19. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 2.9 reports per 1,000, below both Merseyside’s towns (8.2) and 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.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 30% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
85% of commuters took the car to work at the census. Unemployment benefit claims came to 1.8% of 16 to 64s in 2026, lower than both Merseyside’s towns (2.3%) and England’s towns (2.3%). Of the commuters living in Lydiate, 2% work in the town itself. Average household income comes to £50K a year before tax.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
At the census, 18% of people here had a disability, below Merseyside’s towns (22%) and close to England’s towns (17%). Lydiate has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 0.5 miles away. Men in Lydiate can expect to live to 81.7, women to 85.6 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Lydiate | Merseyside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 78% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6% | 7.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 22% | 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.
4 listed buildings in Lydiate.
Church of Our Lady: Photo: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lydiate Bridge: Photo: Raymond Knapman · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
Band D council tax in Lydiate is £2,682 for 2026–27, more than in 94% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in Merseyside, England
Lydiate is a built-up area of 6,516 people, in the Sefton 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
