United Kingdom · South East · Local Authority
Cherwell
Non-metropolitan district · South East, England · population ~152k · 67 state-funded schools
Affordable to rent, but a struggle to buy into. Cherwell offers median rents at 38% of median weekly pay, a manageable proportion, and its median house price is 8.8 times median annual pay, below the South East average. However, weekly earnings are below the regional median at £783.50, and council tax is high, ranking 51 of 64 in the region. The area shines for education, with 97% of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools, above the South East median. This suits those prioritising school quality and rental affordability over career progression or home ownership.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Cherwell ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£40,742/yr
High
Better than 61% of UK LAs
House price
£360,000
Expensive
Worse than 71% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,289/mo
Expensive
Worse than 71% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,583/yr
Most expensive
Worse than 85% of UK LAs
Crime
63.6/1k
Low
Better than 65% of UK LAs
Deprivation
14.4
Low
Better than 70% of UK LAs
Schools
93.8%
Mid
Better than 57% 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
65 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
61 of 65 (93.8%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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67 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 67 schools, sortable and filterable.
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