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15,788 residents make their home in this town in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Its strongest is cost of living (A): the median home sold for £190,000, 4 years of area income. Pupils here do better than most: primary results beat just over three in five towns in England; secondary results beat 81% of towns in England. Safety lags: 45 violent and sexual offences and 18 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Against UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, it has more crime per resident than 82%. All told, that adds up to a B overall, better than 57% of UK towns. That places it #37 of 91 in West Yorkshire.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
The 3 things Elland 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 Elland is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 58 buildings inside Elland’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade I.
33% 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 Elland. Best known first.
MuseumShibden Hall3.6 km outside town, to the north
Art galleryHuddersfield Library and Art Gallery4.5 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumEureka! The National Children's Museum2.9 km outside town, to the north
MuseumCalderdale Industrial Museum3.2 km outside town, to the north
MuseumColne Valley Museum4.3 km outside town, to the south
MuseumBankfield Museum4.4 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Elland.
Police figures for Elland’s built-up area: 1,451 crimes and 347 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 19.7 reports per 1,000, above both West Yorkshire’s towns (6.8) and England’s towns (7.8). 46% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
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.
At the town’s 6 primary schools, 64% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Below are three of its 7 schools, each with why it was picked. Elland’s six primaries and one secondary have 2,919 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Earth Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 461 | B |
| The Brooksbank SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,446 | A− |
| The Greetland AcademyTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 385 | A+ |
15% live in social housing, below West Yorkshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Private rents average £756 a month across the Calderdale council area. The £190,000 median rests on 648 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £360,000 | 97 |
| Semi-detached | £233,000 | 196 |
| Terraced | £155,000 | 291 |
| Flat or maisonette | £107,750 | 64 |
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.
Elland counts 58 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 2 Grade I, 5 Grade II*. Its listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
2 GP practices serve the town; 73% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Elland is Calderdale Royal Hospital, 1.5 miles away. Also worth knowing: at the census, 18% of people here had a disability, close to West Yorkshire’s towns (18%) and above England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Elland | West Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.5% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 18% | 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 Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 26% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For every resident in work, Elland has 1.8 jobs. About nearly a quarter of its commuters stay in Elland for work. 56% of commuters travelled under 5 km, above both West Yorkshire’s towns (46%) and England’s towns (45%). At the census, 20% of commuters got to work without a car.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town, lower than both West Yorkshire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (12%). 20% of residents have reached 65. At 42.7, the median resident of Elland sits in the middle of the age range.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Elland | West Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
58 listed buildings in Elland, 2 of them Grade I.
New Hall: Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Clay House Barn: Photo: Betty Longbottom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Calder and Hebble Navigation, Canal Warehouse and Integral House at Elland Wharf Approximately 100 Metres of Elland Bridge: Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Railway Viaduct over Stainland Road: Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0
6 notable people were born in Elland.
Danny Racchi: Ingy The Wingy, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elland | 15,788 | — | B | A | D | C− |
| Holywell Green and Stainland | 2,799 | 1.6 | B+ | A− | C | C |
| Outlane | 1,172 | 2.5 | — | A− | B− | B− |
| Brighouse | 33,159 | 2.6 | B− | A− | D | C |
| Huddersfield | 141,683 | 3.2 | C | A | D | D |
| Halifax | 88,111 | 3.2 | C+ | A | D− | D |
| Sowerby Bridge | 4,483 | 3.7 | C+ | A | D− | C− |
| Shelf and Northowram | 9,191 | 4.3 | B+ | A− | C+ | B+ |
Outlane has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 1.5 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of St Mary.
Secondary schools stand out: GCSE results beat 81% of towns in England. Primary results are closer to the middle, beating 61%.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £190,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £107,750, terraced houses £155,000, semi-detached houses £233,000 and detached houses £360,000.
Town in West Yorkshire, England
Elland is a built-up area of 15,788 people, in the Calderdale 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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