United Kingdom · North West · Local Authority
Lancaster
Non-metropolitan district · North West, England · population ~148k · 66 state-funded schools
Affordable to buy into, but earnings lag behind. Lancaster’s median house price is 5.6 times median annual pay, a multiple that is lower than the North West median, and rent takes a manageable 27% of gross median earnings. However, weekly pay itself is below the regional average at £686.70, ranking low in the North West. Crime rates are slightly below the regional median at 73.2 per 1,000. This offers a reasonable entry point for buyers prioritising affordability over career prospects, though council tax is higher than the regional average.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Lancaster ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£35,708/yr
Very low
Worse than 87% of UK LAs
House price
£200,000
Most affordable
Better than 80% of UK LAs
Rent
£802/mo
Affordable
Better than 73% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,503/yr
Expensive
Worse than 70% of UK LAs
Crime
73.2/1k
Mid
Around UK average
Deprivation
24.2
High
Worse than 72% of UK LAs
Schools
87.9%
Concerning
Worse than 83% 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
66 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
58 of 66 (87.9%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 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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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.