United Kingdom · North West · Local Authority
Wirral
Metropolitan district · North West, England · population ~324k · 124 state-funded schools
Higher housing costs are balanced by slightly better than average pay and schools. Wirral's median house price is 5.7 times median annual pay, a multiple higher than the regional average, and rent takes 26.3% of gross median earnings. However, median weekly earnings are slightly above the North West median at £728.20, and 88% of pupils are in Good or Outstanding schools, also above the regional median. Recorded crime is lower than the regional average at 69.9 per 1,000, though the deprivation score is higher at 29.59. This offers a trade-off for those prioritising home ownership and schools over higher earning potential.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Wirral ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£37,866/yr
Low
Worse than 64% of UK LAs
House price
£217,500
Affordable
Better than 74% of UK LAs
Rent
£830/mo
Affordable
Better than 69% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,501/yr
Expensive
Worse than 69% of UK LAs
Crime
69.9/1k
Mid
Around UK average
Deprivation
29.6
Most deprived
Worse than 86% of UK LAs
Schools
87.7%
Concerning
Worse than 84% 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
124 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
107 of 122 (87.7%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 2 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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124 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 124 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.