United Kingdom · South East · Local Authority
Rother
Non-metropolitan district · South East, England · population ~97k · 39 state-funded schools
Expensive to live in, difficult to earn in. Rother's median house price is 10 times median annual pay, and rent takes a high 38.8% of gross median earnings, both well above the South East median. This is despite median weekly earnings being among the lowest in the region at £690.90, and council tax being the highest at £2,701. Recorded crime is below the South East median, but deprivation is high, and the share of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools is among the lowest in the region. This suits those prioritising lower housing costs over career prospects and who can tolerate higher local taxes.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Rother ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£35,927/yr
Very low
Worse than 85% of UK LAs
House price
£360,000
Expensive
Worse than 71% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,162/mo
Expensive
Worse than 62% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,701/yr
Most expensive
Worse than 97% of UK LAs
Crime
58.7/1k
Low
Better than 74% of UK LAs
Deprivation
19.8
Mid
Worse than 55% of UK LAs
Schools
97.4%
Very strong
Better 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
39 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
38 of 39 (97.4%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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39 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 39 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.