United Kingdom · North West · Local Authority
Cheshire East
Unitary authority · North West, England · population ~387k · 158 state-funded schools
High earnings and low crime come at the cost of a significant premium on property. Cheshire East offers strong wages at £808.10 per week, which sits well above the North West median, yet the local housing market is expensive. A median house price of £300,000 creates a challenging affordability ratio of 7.1 times annual gross pay. Rent is similarly steep, consuming 27.8% of median earnings. While the financial barrier to entry is high, the trade-off includes a deprivation score that ranks 2 of 35 in the region and a crime rate significantly lower than the North West median. This location suits professionals with established incomes who prioritise safety and lower deprivation levels over housing affordability.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 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
93.0%
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
178 state-funded schools · Ofsted Sep 2026
146 of 157 (93%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 21 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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158 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 158 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.