United Kingdom · South West · Local Authority
Plymouth
Unitary authority · South West, England · population ~263k · 98 state-funded schools
Affordable housing comes at the cost of lower earnings and higher social challenges in Plymouth. A median house price of £225,000 is the lowest in the South West, yet this figure still represents 6.4 times median annual gross pay. Rent is relatively accessible, consuming 33.4% of median earnings, but weekly pay of £680.70 sits well below the regional median of £741.20. The trade-off is most visible in the social data, where the deprivation score is among the highest in the region and recorded crime is higher than 77% of England authorities. This location suits those prioritising a lower barrier to property ownership, provided they are prepared to navigate a local labour market that lags behind the wider region.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 data.
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How Plymouth ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£35,396/yr
Very low
Worse than 89% of UK LAs
House price
£225,000
Affordable
Better than 70% of UK LAs
Rent
£985/mo
Mid-range
Around UK average
Council tax
£2,442/yr
Mid
Around UK average
Crime
91.9/1k
High
Worse than 77% of UK LAs
Deprivation
26.6
High
Worse than 79% of UK LAs
Schools
90.8%
Weak
Worse than 67% 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
116 state-funded schools · Ofsted Sep 2026
89 of 98 (90.8%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 18 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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98 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 98 schools, sortable and filterable.
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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.