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The town, home to 15,851 people, lies in Surrey, South East. Secondary school results beat 92% of towns in England.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Households here earn well: households earn a mean £72,712 a year, and 2.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. What counts against it is cost of living (C−): the median home sold for £655,000, 8.8 years of area income. The overall grade lands at A+, #3 of 65 in Surrey. That leaves it better than 98% of UK towns.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
The 3 things Worcester Park and Stoneleigh 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 Worcester Park and Stoneleigh is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 6 buildings inside Worcester Park and Stoneleigh’s built-up area.
1% 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 Worcester Park and Stoneleigh. Best known first.
Historic houseNonsuch Palace200 m outside town, to the southeast
Theme parkChessington World of Adventures4 km outside town, to the southwest
Historic houseNonsuch Mansion700 m outside town, to the southeast
AttractionDragon's Fury4.4 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumWhitehall1.2 km outside town, to the east
GardenGrove Park4.9 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Worcester Park and Stoneleigh.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
1% of homes date from before 1919. The register of parks and gardens lists one in Worcester Park and Stoneleigh. Per 10,000 residents, Worcester Park and Stoneleigh counts 4 listed buildings, below Surrey’s towns (31) and England’s towns (39) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Attainment 8 at the 13 secondary schools within 3 km averages 55, and 62% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 4 primary schools: 69% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Worcester Park and Stoneleigh’s five primaries have 1,401 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 585 | B− |
| Auriol Junior SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 342 | A− |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 46% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Working mainly from home: 46% of workers, near Surrey’s towns (44%) and higher than England’s towns (31%). The car carried just over two thirds of commuters at the census. Also worth knowing: about 5% of its commuters stay in Worcester Park and Stoneleigh for work. The town counts 0.4 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
87% of people in Worcester Park and Stoneleigh rate their own health good or very good. At the census, 2.7% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, below Surrey’s towns (3.3%) and England’s towns (5.2%) alike. Disability touches 12% of the town’s population. One GP practice serves the town; 72% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Worcester Park and Stoneleigh | Surrey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 87% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.7% | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 12% | 14% | 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.
Social housing holds 3% of households, below Surrey’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Private rents average £1,690 a month across the Epsom and Ewell council area. The median sale, £655,000, comes from 530 standard sales inside Worcester Park and Stoneleigh’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £800,000 | 87 |
| Semi-detached | £695,000 | 280 |
| Terraced | £586,000 | 61 |
| Flat or maisonette | £333,750 | 102 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Violent crime ran at 13.1 per 1,000 residents a year, below Surrey’s towns (19.4) and England’s towns (22) alike. Reported offences in Worcester Park and Stoneleigh came to 539 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 87. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 45% of recorded 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 · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6% of the town, lower than both Surrey’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). Line up the people of Worcester Park and Stoneleigh by age and the one in the middle is 44.7. Graduates make up 43% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Worcester Park and Stoneleigh | Surrey | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.3% | 4.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 43% | 42% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Surrey and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
6 listed buildings in Worcester Park and Stoneleigh.
Nonsuch Park: Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin: Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester Park and Stoneleigh | 15,851 | — | A+ | C− | A− | A |
| Ewell | 27,509 | 1 | A− | C | C+ | A− |
| Epsom | 35,857 | 2.4 | A− | C+ | C− | B+ |
| Kingston upon Thames | 166,333 | 2.5 | A | B | C+ | B+ |
| Sutton | 208,858 | 2.9 | A | A− | C | B− |
| Banstead | 8,929 | 3.7 | A− | C− | B− | B+ |
| Merton | 214,931 | 3.8 | B+ | C+ | C+ | B− |
| West Molesey | 47,144 | 4.2 | A | C− | B | A |
People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £655,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £333,750, terraced houses £586,000, semi-detached houses £695,000 and detached houses £800,000.
GCSE results beat 92% of towns in England, and primary results beat 85% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Town in Surrey, England
Worcester Park and Stoneleigh is a built-up area of 15,851 people, in the Epsom and Ewell 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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