United Kingdom · East of England · Local Authority
Basildon
Non-metropolitan district · East of England, England · population ~188k · 58 state-funded schools
Expensive to live in, average to earn in. Basildon's median house price is 8.7 times median annual pay, a multiple higher than two-thirds of the region, and monthly rents consume 40% of gross median earnings, both well above the East of England median. While weekly pay matches the regional average at £805.90, and council tax is below the median, recorded crime is significantly higher than the regional average, and deprivation scores are among the worst in the East of England. School performance is average for the region. This is a place that offers little affordability advantage for those looking to move, despite average earnings.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Basildon ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£41,907/yr
High
Better than 68% of UK LAs
House price
£362,500
Expensive
Worse than 72% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,396/mo
Expensive
Worse than 77% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,327/yr
Cheap
Better than 74% of UK LAs
Crime
85.3/1k
High
Worse than 69% of UK LAs
Deprivation
23.2
High
Worse than 68% of UK LAs
Schools
94.5%
Strong
Better than 63% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
57 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
52 of 55 (94.5%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 2 schools are on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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58 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 58 schools, sortable and filterable.
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