United Kingdom · South East · Local Authority
Sevenoaks
Non-metropolitan district · South East, England · population ~121k · 48 state-funded schools
High pay, high prices. Sevenoaks offers median weekly earnings of £900.60, well above the South East average, but this is swallowed by exceptionally high housing costs. A median house price of £480,000 is 10.2 times annual pay, and rent consumes a steep 45.6% of gross median earnings, both among the highest in the region. While crime is below the South East median at 52.8 per 1,000, and deprivation is also low, the sheer cost of living here means it suits those with substantial existing wealth rather than those seeking to build it.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Sevenoaks ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£46,831/yr
Very high
Better than 89% of UK LAs
House price
£480,000
Very expensive
Worse than 89% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,781/mo
Very expensive
Worse than 90% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,522/yr
Expensive
Worse than 74% of UK LAs
Crime
52.8/1k
Safest
Better than 84% of UK LAs
Deprivation
12.4
Least deprived
Better than 80% of UK LAs
Schools
95.8%
Strong
Better than 73% 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
48 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
46 of 48 (95.8%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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48 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 48 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.