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A town of 14,187 in Surrey, South East.
Byfleet grades B+ overall against UK towns: better than 70% of UK towns, and #49 of 65 in Surrey. Its strongest subject is jobs & income (A+): mean household income £76,777; 2.3% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Its weakest is hazard risk (D): 4.3% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The median home sold for £485,000 in the last three years, 6.6 times what households in the Woking council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Byfleet 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 Byfleet is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 27 buildings inside Byfleet’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 2 scheduled monuments.
8% 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 Byfleet. Best known first.
MuseumMercedes-Benz Worldin town
MuseumBrooklands Museumin town
MuseumLondon Bus Museumin townHistoric siteHistoric siteVickers 498 Viking 1Ain townHistoric siteHistoric siteVickers 668 Varsity T.1in townHistoric siteHistoric siteVickers VC10 'Victor Mike'in townPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Byfleet.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 45% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Byfleet counts 2.4 jobs per working resident. 78% of commuters drove, above Surrey’s towns (74%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. For 38% of commuters, work was under 5 km away. Of the commuters living in the town, 15% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Byfleet’s two primaries have 175 pupils between them. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. At the town’s 2 primary schools, 63% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byfleet Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 175 | A |
72% of households are owner-occupiers. Social housing holds 8% of households, below both Surrey’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (18%). Private rents average £1,738 a month across the Woking council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £967,500 | 138 |
| Semi-detached | £500,000 | 156 |
| Terraced | £445,000 | 133 |
| Flat or maisonette | £340,000 | 177 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
3.2% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, near Surrey’s towns (3.3%) and lower than England’s towns (5.2%). Asked at the census, 87% of residents of Byfleet said they were in good or very good health. Also worth knowing: there is no GP practice in the town: the nearest is 1.9 miles off.
| Census 2021 | Byfleet | Surrey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 87% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.2% | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 13% | 14% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
The 12 months to August 2026 brought 812 recorded crimes inside Byfleet’s built-up area, and 137 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence came to 25.2 per 1,000 residents a year, above Surrey’s towns (19.3) and close to England’s towns (22). Among the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Byfleet has less crime per resident than 63% of them.
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 heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Byfleet’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Grade I. Conservation areas cover 17% of the town’s land, above Surrey’s towns (4%) and England’s towns (7%) alike. The national list protects 2 ancient monuments in the town.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Byfleet has a median age of 42.6 years. Children under 15 make up 19% of residents. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, about level with both Surrey’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%).
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Byfleet | Surrey | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.4% | 4.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 43% | 42% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Surrey and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
27 listed buildings in Byfleet, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Photo: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Clubhouse, Brooklands Museum: Photo: MartynDavies · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Brooklands Industrial Park Building TI20 (Former Aero Control Tower): Photo: MartynDavies · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Byfleet War Memorial: Photo: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0
6 notable people were born in Byfleet.
Tom Richardson: Reinhold Thiele, Public domain · Harry Medhurst: Harry Sagers / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl · Harry Dodson: Adrian Cable, CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byfleet | 14,187 | — | B+ | C | C+ | B+ |
| Weybridge | 15,918 | 1.9 | A | C | B− | A+ |
| New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater | 33,035 | 1.9 | A− | D | B | B+ |
| Addlestone | 13,748 | 2 | B− | C | C− | B− |
| Hersham | 12,622 | 3 | A | C | B− | A− |
| Chertsey | 14,558 | 3.3 | B− | C | D | B− |
| Shepperton | 5,917 | 3.5 | A− | D | C+ | A+ |
| Cobham | 17,505 | 3.5 | A | C− | B− | A+ |
People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £485,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £340,000, terraced houses £445,000, semi-detached houses £500,000 and detached houses £967,500.
About the middle for its size: 37% 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+. Police recorded 812 crimes inside Byfleet’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 41% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Town in Surrey, England
Byfleet is a built-up area of 14,187 people, in the Woking 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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