United Kingdom · South East · Local Authority
Chichester
Non-metropolitan district · South East, England · population ~122k · 58 state-funded schools
Expensive to live in, hard to earn in. Chichester's median house price is 11.5 times median annual pay, one of the highest multiples in the South East, and rent takes a steep 43.7% of gross median earnings. While council tax and crime rates are around the regional median, and school performance is slightly above it at 93.3% of pupils in Good or Outstanding places, Chichester ranks low for earnings, at £696.20 weekly, and high for deprivation. This location suits those prioritising property size and school quality over career progression and affordability.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Chichester ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£36,202/yr
Very low
Worse than 81% of UK LAs
House price
£415,000
Expensive
Worse than 79% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,319/mo
Expensive
Worse than 72% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,470/yr
Expensive
Worse than 61% of UK LAs
Crime
61.9/1k
Low
Better than 67% of UK LAs
Deprivation
14.1
Low
Better than 73% of UK LAs
Schools
89.5%
Weak
Worse than 76% 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
58 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
51 of 57 (89.5%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 1 school is 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.
Schools in Chichester →Places with similar signatures
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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.