United Kingdom · North West · Local Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Unitary authority · North West, England · population ~225k · 147 state-funded schools
Good pay, but expensive to live in. Westmorland and Furness offers median weekly earnings of £811.70, well above the North West average and placing it in the top quarter of regional authorities. However, this comes at a price: a median house costs 5.7 times annual pay, and while rent takes a manageable 22.7% of gross median earnings, the median house price itself is higher than in most of the North West. On the plus side, crime is below the regional median and deprivation is low, while school quality is exceptional, with 95.8% of pupils in Good or Outstanding places, ranking third in the region. This area suits those prioritising high earnings and excellent schools over affordability.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Westmorland and Furness ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£42,208/yr
High
Better than 70% of UK LAs
House price
£239,975
Affordable
Better than 65% of UK LAs
Rent
£797/mo
Affordable
Better than 74% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,508/yr
Expensive
Worse than 71% of UK LAs
Crime
70.8/1k
Mid
Around UK average
Deprivation
20.0
Mid
Worse than 56% of UK LAs
Schools
94.6%
Strong
Better than 64% 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
147 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
139 of 147 (94.6%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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147 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 147 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.