United Kingdom · Wales · Local Authority
Monmouthshire
Local Authority · Wales · population ~95k
High pay, high costs. Monmouthshire offers the highest median weekly earnings in Wales at £811.80, but this comes with the highest housing costs, where a median house price of £310,000 is 7.3 times annual pay. Rent is also steep, taking 28.1% of gross median earnings and costing £987 a month, the highest in Wales. While recorded crime is below the Welsh median at 64.2 per 1,000, council tax is above the Welsh median at £2,416. This is a place for those prioritising earning potential over affordability.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Monmouthshire ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£42,214/yr
High
Better than 70% of UK LAs
House price
£310,000
Mid-range
Worse than 58% of UK LAs
Rent
£987/mo
Mid-range
Around UK average
Council tax
£2,416/yr
Mid
Around UK average
Crime
64.2/1k
Low
Better than 63% of UK LAs
Deprivation
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no data
Schools
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no data
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 data
School quality is published by the Estyn regulator, which uses a methodology distinct from England's Ofsted. We don't synthesise a Wales schools list here — for current ratings of schools in Monmouthshire, see the official Estyn site.
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