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A town of 6,738 in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Rawdon grades B+ overall against UK towns: better than 74% of UK towns, and #17 of 91 in West Yorkshire. Its strongest subject is jobs & income (A+): mean household income £63,814; 1.2% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Its weakest is cost of living (D): median sale £332,250, 6.6 years of area income; rent £1,145 a month.
The 3 things Rawdon 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 Rawdon is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 30 buildings inside Rawdon’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
19% 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 Rawdon. Best known first.
Abbey or prioryKirkstall Abbey (Ruins)3.6 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumBradford Industrial Museum4.1 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumAbbey House Museum3.6 km outside town, to the southeast
GardenBramley Park2.4 km outside town, to the southeast
GardenPudsey Park3.9 km outside town, to the south
MuseumHorsforth Museum1.1 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rawdon.
Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 2.9% of the town, and just over one in ten residents have a disability, lower than both West Yorkshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (17%). Life expectancy here is 85.8 for women and 81.3 for men (2019–23). Rawdon has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Rawdon | West Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.9% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 12% | 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.
Rawdon Littlemoor Primary School’s results beat 75% of schools in England like it. At the town’s 2 primary schools, 68% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its three schools are below. Attainment 8 at the 6 secondary schools within 3 km averages 47.8, and 52% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rawdon St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 298 | B− |
| Benton Park SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,516 | B |
| Rawdon Littlemoor Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 291 | A− |
6% live in social housing, below West Yorkshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Private tenants account for 10% of households. Behind the median of £332,250: 338 standard sales inside Rawdon’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £500,000 | 83 |
| Semi-detached | £350,750 | 122 |
| Terraced | £260,000 | 120 |
| Flat or maisonette | £161,250 | 13 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Children are 20% of the town. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.1%, below West Yorkshire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (12%) alike. Rawdon has a median age of 40.3.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Rawdon | West Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.2% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 48% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 1 of them. Rawdon counts 30 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 1 Grade II*. 19% of its homes were built before 1919, between West Yorkshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (16%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 43% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
15% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both West Yorkshire’s towns (22%) and England’s towns (27%). Driving is how 83% of commuters got to work at the census. Working from home was the norm for 43% of workers at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Reported offences in Rawdon came to 305 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 45. Violence comes to 21.7 per 1,000 residents a year. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Rawdon has more crime per resident than 56% 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
30 listed buildings in Rawdon.
Church of St Peter: Photo: Chemical Engineer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Low Hall: Photo: RichTea · CC BY-SA 2.0
4 notable people were born in Rawdon.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
Primary schools stand out: Key Stage 2 results beat 80% of towns in England. Secondary results beat 68%. Rawdon has 3 state schools; places are handled by Leeds council.
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Against all UK towns, it grades C+. Police recorded 305 crimes inside Rawdon’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 45% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Town in West Yorkshire, England
Rawdon is a built-up area of 6,738 people, in the Leeds 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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