United Kingdom · South East · Local Authority
Folkestone and Hythe
Non-metropolitan district · South East, England · population ~113k · 44 state-funded schools
Easier to buy into than the wider region, yet harder to live in once you arrive. Folkestone and Hythe offers a median house price of £315,000, which sits well below the South East median, though this remains an 8x multiple of annual earnings. Local pay is notably weak at £755.30 per week, falling short of the regional median and leaving residents to spend 34.6% of their gross earnings on rent. The trade-off is a high deprivation score that ranks among the bottom tier in the region, paired with a crime rate of 75 per 1,000 people. This location suits those seeking a lower barrier to entry for property who are willing to accept higher local deprivation and a more constrained labour market.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 data.
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How Folkestone and Hythe ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£39,276/yr
Mid
Around UK average
House price
£315,000
Mid-range
Worse than 59% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,132/mo
Expensive
Worse than 60% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,539/yr
Expensive
Worse than 78% of UK LAs
Crime
75.0/1k
Mid
Around UK average
Deprivation
24.1
High
Worse than 71% of UK LAs
Schools
100.0%
Very strong
Better 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
52 state-funded schools · Ofsted Sep 2026
44 of 44 (100%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 8 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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44 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 44 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.