United Kingdom · North West · Local Authority
Halton
Unitary authority · North West, England · population ~130k · 66 state-funded schools
Affordable to settle in, yet economically constrained. Halton offers a median house price of £195,500, which sits below the North West median and represents a manageable 5.4x multiple of median annual gross pay. Rent is similarly accessible, consuming 24.2% of median gross earnings. These lower costs are balanced against a local economy where weekly pay of £697.80 remains below the regional median. The area faces significant social challenges, with a deprivation score higher than 93% of England authorities and crime levels that exceed the regional median. While housing costs are attractive, the trade-off is a challenging economic environment and high levels of deprivation that potential residents should weigh carefully against the lower cost of entry.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 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
89.2%
Weak
Worse than 78% 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
73 state-funded schools · Ofsted Sep 2026
58 of 65 (89.2%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 8 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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66 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 66 schools, sortable and filterable.
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