United Kingdom · Yorkshire and The Humber · Local Authority
Rotherham
Metropolitan district · Yorkshire and The Humber, England · population ~265k · 123 state-funded schools
Affordable to rent but difficult to thrive in, Rotherham offers low housing costs at the expense of limited local economic growth. Median rent takes 23.3% of gross pay, a figure lower than the regional median, while a house costs 5.5 times the median annual salary. Despite these lower costs, weekly earnings of £671 sit well below the regional median. The area faces significant social challenges, with a deprivation score higher than 86% of England authorities. Furthermore, the education sector struggles, as only 85.9% of pupils attend Good or Outstanding schools, the lowest proportion in the region. This location suits those prioritising immediate housing affordability over local career prospects or school performance.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 data.
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How Rotherham ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£34,892/yr
Very low
Worse than 92% of UK LAs
House price
£191,996
Most affordable
Better than 85% of UK LAs
Rent
£678/mo
Most affordable
Better than 94% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,382/yr
Cheap
Better than 62% of UK LAs
Crime
90.9/1k
High
Worse than 75% of UK LAs
Deprivation
29.6
Most deprived
Worse than 86% of UK LAs
Schools
84.6%
Concerning
Worse than 96% 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
146 state-funded schools · Ofsted Sep 2026
104 of 123 (84.6%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 23 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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123 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 123 schools, sortable and filterable.
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