United Kingdom · North West · Local Authority
Cheshire East
Unitary authority · North West, England · population ~387k · 155 state-funded schools
High prices and high pay, but affordability is a stretch. Cheshire East’s median house price is 7.1 times annual pay, and rent takes 27.8% of gross median earnings, both among the highest multiples in the North West. However, pay is also strong, £808.10 weekly, and recorded crime is well below the regional median at 59.7 per 1,000. Educational outcomes are a genuine strength, with 95.3% of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools, and deprivation is low. This suits those prioritising schools and lower crime over immediate affordability.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Cheshire East ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£42,021/yr
High
Better than 69% of UK LAs
House price
£300,000
Mid-range
Worse than 55% of UK LAs
Rent
£972/mo
Mid-range
Around UK average
Council tax
£2,455/yr
Mid
Worse than 56% of UK LAs
Crime
59.7/1k
Low
Better than 72% of UK LAs
Deprivation
14.5
Low
Better than 70% of UK LAs
Schools
92.9%
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
155 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
144 of 155 (92.9%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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155 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 155 schools, sortable and filterable.
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What we don't know yet
Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.