United Kingdom · West Midlands · Local Authority
Solihull
Metropolitan district · West Midlands, England · population ~217k · 84 state-funded schools
High earnings offset the steep cost of living in Solihull. While weekly pay is strong at £898.70, housing remains expensive, with a median house price sitting at 7.1 times annual earnings. Rent is particularly demanding, claiming 32.3% of gross median pay, and stands as the highest in the West Midlands. These costs are tempered slightly by a Band D council tax of £2,197, which sits well below the regional median. Crime rates are also elevated, ranking among the higher end of the region. This location suits high-earning professionals who can absorb the significant housing premiums in exchange for access to a strong local labour market and schools where 94.5% of pupils attend Good or Outstanding providers.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 data.
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How Solihull ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£46,732/yr
Very high
Better than 89% of UK LAs
House price
£330,000
Expensive
Worse than 63% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,258/mo
Expensive
Worse than 69% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,197/yr
Cheapest
Better than 91% of UK LAs
Crime
78.9/1k
Mid
Worse than 59% of UK LAs
Deprivation
17.4
Mid
Better than 55% of UK LAs
Schools
89.3%
Weak
Worse than 77% 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
102 state-funded schools · Ofsted Sep 2026
75 of 84 (89.3%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 18 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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84 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
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