Living in Corby

At the end of 2021, Corby had a population of 68,160. At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €3,138 per month. The city faced an unemployment rate of 4.41% at the end of 2018.

Last checked 2026-09-2427 sources

Population68,160people31 Dec 2021Official source · Office for National Statistics

Median gross salary (region)3,138EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Average rent1,159EUR/month31 Aug 2026District figureOfficial source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price

Unemployment rate4.41%country median 3.4% — 30% aboveOfficial source · Eurostat

Recorded crime7,332incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)

PM2.5, annual mean7.22µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · uk-air.defra.gov.uk

Higher unemployment than 77% of United Kingdom cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 84% of United Kingdom cities that publish it.

Which United Kingdom-wide rules apply when you move to Corby?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in United KingdomNational rates and thresholds that apply in Corby.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Corby. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€24

Mobile plan, 10 GB€13

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	24.02 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	BT Full Fibre 150¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12.87 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Three 100GB one-month data pack¹⁴Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,159 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price¹⁰Official · county

Is Corby a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 42–64%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on safety · range 52–72%

Student41%strong on education, weak on work · range 31–51%

Family59%strong on family, weak on cost · range 48–70%

Retirement36%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 22–50%

Work and income

For Corby, the employment rate was 65.6% at the end of 2021. The workforce in Corby was 34,990 at the end of 2021.

What is the unemployment rate in Corby?

The unemployment rate is about 4.4 % (2018).

Unemployment rate: 4.41 % · Eurostat⁴

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Corby is 4.4%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Corby 4.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	65.6 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁵Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,138 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Office for National Statistics (ONS)⁷Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.41 %country median 3.4%	31 Dec 2018	Eurostat⁴Official

What does a salary buy in Corby?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,408of €2,603 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,603
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price · 2026-08-31	− €1,159
Internet€24 · official · BT Full Fibre 150 · 2026-09-30	− €24
Mobile plan€13 · official · Three 100GB one-month data pack · 2026-09-30	− €13
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,408

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Corby Salary needed to live in Corby

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Corby. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Jobcentre Plus — Public employment service

Department for Work and Pensions

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Corby. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	20 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)³Official
Schools	28 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)³Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 16, and public school is free.

A country-wide rule for United Kingdom; Corby's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: legislation.gov.uk · 1996–2026.

Safety

How safe is Corby?

Police recorded about 7,332 incidents per 100,000 (2025-26). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹³

Recorded crime across major citiesCorby highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Manchester14,267

Bristol13,099

Liverpool12,409

Leeds11,462

Birmingham11,416

Leicester11,001

Sheffield9,693

Cardiff9,379

Belfast9,156

Coventry8,836

Glasgow757

Edinburgh549

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	7,332 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹³Official · county

Mobility and administration

Corby's nearest airport was EMA, 57 km away and offered 57 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	57 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹¹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	57 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	EMA	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 4.3°C in January to 17.2°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Corby?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.2 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 7.22 µg/m³ · uk-air.defra.gov.uk¹⁵

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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10°3°

13°5°

17°7°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

125

168

205

195

207

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152

113

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.57.2WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United KingdomAnnual PM2.5 in Corby is 7.2 µg/m³. Of 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1013–14

Corby 7.2

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.22 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	uk-air.defra.gov.uk¹⁵Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Average daytime high by month	Jan 7.1 · Feb 7.9 · Mar 10.4 · Apr 13.4 · May 16.5 · Jun 19.5 · Jul 22.1 · Aug 21.7 · Sep 18.7 · Oct 14.4 · Nov 10.1 · Dec 7.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.4 · Feb 1.4 · Mar 2.7 · Apr 4.6 · May 7.4 · Jun 10.2 · Jul 12.3 · Aug 12.3 · Sep 10.2 · Oct 7.4 · Nov 4 · Dec 1.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.3 · Feb 4.6 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 9 · May 11.9 · Jun 14.9 · Jul 17.2 · Aug 17 · Sep 14.5 · Oct 10.9 · Nov 7.1 · Dec 4.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 47 · Feb 38.9 · Mar 39 · Apr 44.2 · May 49.6 · Jun 52.9 · Jul 55.5 · Aug 59.9 · Sep 52.8 · Oct 63.3 · Nov 57.5 · Dec 53 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 63.4 · Feb 86.2 · Mar 124.8 · Apr 167.9 · May 204.9 · Jun 195.3 · Jul 207.1 · Aug 192.9 · Sep 151.8 · Oct 113 · Nov 73.7 · Dec 64.2 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Ipswich ±0.2 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±0.9 °C, Werl (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Heide (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Meldorf (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Neustadt in Holstein (Germany) ±1.1 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Corby recorded a median age of 36 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Corby?

The published population was 68,160 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics⁶

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	68,160 people	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁶Official

International community in Corby

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Usual residents living in the individual ONS Built-up Area on Census Day 21 March 2021 · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Europe: United Kingdom	52,125	76.5%
Europe: EU countries	11,410	16.7%
Non-EU countries (including British Overseas)	4,625	6.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	22.3 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁵Official
Workers aged 16 and over	34,990 workers	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁵Official
Median age	36 years	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁵Official
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Corby

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Rugby as a Corby alternative in the same region

41 km away, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,509 Rugby vs 7,332 Corby−25%
Unemployment: 3.6% Rugby vs 4.4% Corby−19%
Median gross pay, region: €3,527 Rugby vs €3,138 Corby+12%
Residents: 78,120 Rugby vs 68,160 Corby+15%

Full comparison More about Rugby

Rochester as a Corby alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 148 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 37 Rochester vs 7,332 Corby−100%
Median gross pay, region: €3,409 Rochester vs €3,138 Corby+9%
Residents: 67,285 Rochester vs 68,160 Corby−1%

Full comparison More about Rochester

Cities near Corby

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in United Kingdom

Other cities in United Kingdom to compare with Corby, nearest in population first.

All United Kingdom cities

Bognor Regis68,435 residents Acton67,546 residents Paignton67,520 residents Maidenhead67,375 residents Rochester67,285 residents Dartford69,130 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Corby under the national coverage rules.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Corby?

The published population was 68,160 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Is the air quality good in Corby?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.2 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: uk-air.defra.gov.uk.

How safe is Corby?

What is the unemployment rate in Corby?

The unemployment rate is about 4.4 % (2018). Source: Eurostat.

What is the typical salary around Corby?

The median gross salary is 3,138 EUR/month. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Is Corby a good place to live?

Corby may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Corby?

Kettering, Market Harborough, Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt, Kibworth Harcourt, Wellingborough are near Corby. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Europe: United Kingdom live in Corby?

The official country of birth distribution records 52,125 people (76.5%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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