United Kingdom · Yorkshire and The Humber · Local Authority
Kirklees
Metropolitan district · Yorkshire and The Humber, England · population ~441k · 181 state-funded schools
Expensive to buy into, but with relatively low crime. Kirklees has a median house price 5.8 times median annual pay, higher than the regional average, and rent takes 25% of gross pay. While median weekly earnings are £700.40, below the Yorkshire and The Humber median, recorded crime is lower than the regional average at 89.2 per 1,000. Deprivation is also better than the regional median. This may suit those prioritising lower crime and deprivation over higher earning potential or top-tier school performance, with only 91.4% of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Kirklees ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£36,421/yr
Low
Worse than 79% of UK LAs
House price
£210,000
Affordable
Better than 77% of UK LAs
Rent
£759/mo
Most affordable
Better than 80% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,441/yr
Mid
Around UK average
Crime
89.2/1k
High
Worse than 72% of UK LAs
Deprivation
25.1
High
Worse than 73% of UK LAs
Schools
89.4%
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
180 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
161 of 180 (89.4%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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181 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 181 schools, sortable and filterable.
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