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A town of 8,929 in Surrey, South East.
Banstead grades A− overall against UK towns: better than 79% of UK towns, and #37 of 65 in Surrey. Its strongest subject is jobs & income (A): mean household income £66,864; 2.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Its weakest is cost of living (C−): median sale £600,000, 8.5 years of area income; rent £1,640 a month.
The 3 things Banstead 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 Banstead is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Banstead’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
7% 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 Banstead. Best known first.
Historic houseNonsuch Palace3.5 km outside town, to the northwest
Historic houseNonsuch Mansion3.5 km outside town, to the northwest
GardenGrove Park3.6 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumWhitehall3.3 km outside town, to the north
MuseumLittle Holland House2.2 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumBourne hall3.8 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 Banstead.
In the comparison, Banstead comes above both Surrey’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%). 8.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Banstead has a median age of 49.1.
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.
| Banstead | Surrey | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 28% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.1% | 4.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 36% | 42% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Surrey and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
St Anne's Catholic Primary School’s results beat 75% of schools in England like it. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodmansterne Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 432 | B |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 406 | A− |
For Banstead, that is above both Surrey’s towns (70%) and England’s towns (61%). 7% of households live in social housing.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £935,000 | 94 |
| Semi-detached | £660,000 | 104 |
| Terraced | £580,000 | 38 |
| Flat or maisonette | £340,000 | 118 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Banstead has 14 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 39% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Banstead sits below both Surrey’s towns (23%) and England’s towns (27%) on this measure. For 37% 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
83% of Banstead’s residents described their health as good or very good in 2021, against 87% across Surrey’s towns. 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 | Banstead | Surrey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 87% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.9% | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 14% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
That puts Banstead above both Surrey’s towns (10.5) and England’s towns (9.4). Police recorded 426 crimes inside Banstead’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 81 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 39% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking.
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
11 notable people were born in Banstead.
Angus Deayton: Piers Allardyce, CC BY 2.0 · Gordon Browne: Unnamed ILN artist - possibly from a photograph, Public domain · Jacob Paul: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banstead | 8,929 | — | A− | C− | B− | B+ |
| Chipstead and Woodmansterne | 4,523 | 1.6 | A | C− | B | A |
| Tadworth and Epsom Downs | 27,095 | 1.7 | A− | C− | C+ | A− |
| Kingswood | 3,757 | 2.3 | A | D | A− | A |
| Hooley | 1,010 | 2.9 | — | C | C− | A− |
| Langley Vale | 1,515 | 3 | — | C− | A− | A |
| Sutton | 208,858 | 3.1 | A | A− | C | B− |
| Epsom | 35,857 | 3.1 | A− | C+ | C− | B+ |
Hooley and Langley Vale have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £600,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £340,000, terraced houses £580,000, semi-detached houses £660,000 and detached houses £935,000.
Secondary schools stand out: GCSE results beat 85% of towns in England. Primary results beat 69%.
Town in Surrey, England
Banstead is a built-up area of 8,929 people, in the Reigate and Banstead 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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