United Kingdom · Wales · Local Authority
Powys
Local Authority · Wales · population ~133k
Low rents and low crime are the draw, but buying a home here is a stretch. Powys offers the lowest median rent in Wales at £621 a month, taking a manageable 20.3% of median weekly pay, and recorded crime is also low at 56 per 1,000. However, house prices are high for the region at £245,000, representing 6.7 times median annual pay, and are higher than 86% of Welsh authorities. Council tax is around the Welsh median. This is a place for those prioritising low rental costs and a quiet environment over career prospects or home ownership.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
The signature
How Powys ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£36,681/yr
Low
Worse than 78% of UK LAs
House price
£245,000
Affordable
Better than 62% of UK LAs
Rent
£621/mo
Most affordable
Better than 98% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,352/yr
Cheap
Better than 68% of UK LAs
Crime
56.0/1k
Low
Better than 77% of UK LAs
Deprivation
—
no data
Schools
—
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 Powys, see the official Estyn site.
Places with similar signatures
Nearest by quintile position across pay · housing · tax · crime · IMD · schools
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.