United Kingdom · North West · Local Authority
Halton
Unitary authority · North West, England · population ~130k · 66 state-funded schools
Low pay is offset by affordable housing and good schools. Halton’s median house price is 5.4 times median annual pay, and monthly rents take 24.2% of gross median earnings, both below the North West median. However, weekly earnings are also below the regional average at £697.80. Recorded crime is higher than the North West median, and deprivation is also above the regional average, ranking 25 of 35 in the region. On the positive side, 90.1% of pupils are in Good or Outstanding schools, and council tax is among the lowest in the North West. This offers a trade-off for those prioritising lower housing costs and school quality over career prospects.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Halton ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£36,286/yr
Very low
Worse than 81% of UK LAs
House price
£195,500
Most affordable
Better than 82% of UK LAs
Rent
£732/mo
Most affordable
Better than 85% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,367/yr
Cheap
Better than 65% of UK LAs
Crime
85.6/1k
High
Worse than 69% of UK LAs
Deprivation
32.3
Most deprived
Worse than 93% of UK LAs
Schools
90.6%
Weak
Worse than 69% 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
58 of 64 (90.6%) 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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66 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 66 schools, sortable and filterable.
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