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A village of 1,930 in Northumberland, North East.
Wooler has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is walkability (A): 25% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−): mean household income £39,346; 2.6% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £214,950 in the last three years, 4.6 times what households in the Northumberland council area earn in a year.
Northumbria Police published 34 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published. No state school with published KS2 or GCSE results is in or within 3 km of this town, so it has no School Grade.
The 3 things Wooler 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 Wooler is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 30 buildings inside Wooler’s built-up area, and 1 scheduled monument.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1905.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wooler.
On this, Wooler is above both Northumberland’s towns (25%) and England’s towns (18%). Under-15s account for 9.8% of the population. The median resident of Wooler is 59.9 years old.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
| Wooler | Northumberland | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.8% | 15% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 6.4% | 9.4% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 13% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 25% |
| 65+ | 41% | 25% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 9.3% | 7.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 25% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Northumberland and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School)Largest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 107 | – |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 21% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
74% of commuters drove, below Northumberland’s towns (79%) but above England’s towns (70%). For 40% of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
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.
In the comparison, Wooler comes above both Northumberland’s towns (45) and England’s towns (39). Wooler has 30 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II*. Homes from before 1919 make up 23% of the total.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
For Wooler, that is above both Northumberland’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%). 14% of households rent privately.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £315,000 | 30 |
| Semi-detached | £215,975 | 48 |
| Terraced | £153,547 | 28 |
| Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | 11 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Wooler sits below both Northumberland’s towns (78%) and England’s towns (82%) on this measure. The nearest A&E to Wooler is Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, 37.1 miles away. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
| Census 2021 | Wooler | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 74% | 78% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.7% | 6.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 24% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
Police recorded 83 crimes inside Wooler’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 24 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 48% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking, so it runs higher than U.S. “violent crime”.
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
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Wooler. Best known first.
FortHumbleton Hill Hillfort1.7 km outside town, to the westRuinsRuinsGleadscleugh Hillfort3.8 km outside town, to the westFortFortMonday Cleugh Hillfort2.7 km outside town, to the westPhotos: 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 →
That is 6.4 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £214,950, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £130,000, terraced houses £153,547, semi-detached houses £215,975 and detached houses £315,000.
Village in Northumberland, England
Wooler is a built-up area of 1,930 people, in the Northumberland 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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