United Kingdom · South West · Local Authority
South Gloucestershire
Unitary authority · South West, England · population ~288k · 117 state-funded schools
High pay and excellent schools come at a steep price. South Gloucestershire offers median weekly earnings of £793, well above the South West average, and 97.3% of its pupils attend Good or Outstanding schools, placing it among the best in the region for educational outcomes. However, this comes with a median house price 8.2 times median annual pay, and monthly rents consume a significant 42.1% of gross earnings, both among the highest costs in the South West. Council tax is also above the regional median. This is a place for those prioritising educational outcomes and higher incomes, who can absorb the substantial housing and rental costs.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How South Gloucestershire ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£41,236/yr
High
Better than 65% of UK LAs
House price
£340,000
Expensive
Worse than 65% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,445/mo
Expensive
Worse than 80% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,551/yr
Most expensive
Worse than 81% of UK LAs
Crime
72.4/1k
Mid
Around UK average
Deprivation
11.7
Least deprived
Better than 85% of UK LAs
Schools
91.1%
Weak
Worse than 65% 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
116 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
102 of 112 (91.1%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 4 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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117 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 117 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.