United Kingdom · Yorkshire and The Humber · Local Authority
Calderdale
Metropolitan district · Yorkshire and The Humber, England · population ~211k · 99 state-funded schools
Affordable to buy into, but not cheap to live in. Calderdale offers a house price to pay multiple of 5.1x, and rent takes a significant 23.9% of gross median earnings. While median weekly pay (£716.90) is just above the regional median, council tax (£2,420) and recorded crime (106.4 per 1,000) are both higher than the regional median. The genuine strength lies in education, with 97.9% of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools, better than 89% of England authorities. This suits families prioritising school quality over lower living costs.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Calderdale ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£37,279/yr
Low
Worse than 72% of UK LAs
House price
£190,000
Most affordable
Better than 86% of UK LAs
Rent
£741/mo
Most affordable
Better than 83% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,420/yr
Mid
Around UK average
Crime
106.4/1k
Highest
Worse than 88% of UK LAs
Deprivation
26.4
High
Worse than 78% of UK LAs
Schools
92.8%
Mid
Around UK average
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
99 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
90 of 97 (92.8%) 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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99 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 99 schools, sortable and filterable.
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