United Kingdom · East of England · Local Authority
Thurrock
Unitary authority · East of England, England · population ~176k · 56 state-funded schools
Higher earnings come with higher living costs. Thurrock's median weekly pay of £852.70 is above the East of England average, and the median house price is 8 times annual gross pay. However, rent is a significant burden, taking 36.4% of gross median earnings, the highest proportion in the region. Crime is also high, with 84.5 incidents per 1,000 people, and Thurrock has the lowest percentage of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools in the East of England at 85.5%. This location suits those prioritising higher earnings over affordable living costs and school quality.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Thurrock ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£44,340/yr
High
Better than 78% of UK LAs
House price
£355,000
Expensive
Worse than 70% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,344/mo
Expensive
Worse than 75% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,255/yr
Cheapest
Better than 88% of UK LAs
Crime
84.5/1k
High
Worse than 68% of UK LAs
Deprivation
20.9
Mid
Worse than 60% 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
56 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
51 of 56 (91.1%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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56 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 56 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.