United Kingdom · North West · Local Authority
Tameside
Metropolitan district · North West, England · population ~227k · 96 state-funded schools
Affordable housing remains elusive when weighed against modest local wages. Tameside presents a house price to income ratio of 5.8x, which sits alongside a median house price of £211,000. While these figures are near the regional median, the cost of renting is more burdensome, consuming 30.4% of gross median earnings. Economic pressure is compounded by social indicators, as the deprivation score is higher than 91% of England authorities and recorded crime sits well above the North West median at 95.4 per 1,000 people. With only 85.3% of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools, this area is a difficult sell for families prioritising education or those seeking a low-crime environment, despite council tax being slightly below the regional median at £2,447.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 data.
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How Tameside ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£36,140/yr
Very low
Worse than 82% of UK LAs
House price
£211,000
Affordable
Better than 76% of UK LAs
Rent
£917/mo
Mid-range
Better than 60% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,447/yr
Mid
Around UK average
Crime
95.4/1k
Highest
Worse than 80% of UK LAs
Deprivation
31.4
Most deprived
Worse than 91% of UK LAs
Schools
86.5%
Concerning
Worse than 89% 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 Sep 2026
83 of 96 (86.5%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 20 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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96 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 96 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.