Living in Coventry

In Coventry, the median gross salary is €4,015 a month (2025) and tenants pay an average rent of €1,192 a month (2026).

The population of Coventry totalled 344,285 at the end of 2021. At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €3,346 per month. An unemployment rate of 4.97% was measured at the end of 2018.

Last checked 2026-09-2334 sources

Population344,285people31 Dec 2021Official source · Office for National Statistics

Median gross salary4,015EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Annual survey of hours and earnings - workplace analysis, NOMIS table NM_99_1 (ONS)

Average rent1,192EUR/month31 Aug 2026Official source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, Table 1: average monthly rent price by local authority

Unemployment rate4.97%country median 3.4% — 46% aboveOfficial source · Eurostat

Recorded crime8,836offences per 100,000country median 9,646 — 8% belowOfficial source · Office for National Statistics

PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³31 Dec 2019Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Higher unemployment than 83% of United Kingdom cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 67% of United Kingdom cities that publish it and dirtier air than any other United Kingdom city that publishes it.

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

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 Coventry.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Coventry. 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 150²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12.87 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Three 100GB one-month data pack²⁰Official · national market
Rent price index, mean	1,192 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR), UK: monthly price statistics, 16 September 2026 edition¹⁹Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,192 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, Table 1: average monthly rent price by local authority¹⁵Official

Is Coventry 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 worker47%strong on work, weak on safety · range 38–56%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–65%

Student36%strong on education, weak on work · range 29–43%

Family48%strong on family, weak on cost · range 40–56%

Retirement30%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 19–41%

Work and income

The employment rate of 53.9% was recorded at the end of 2021. Coventry had 148,880 at the end of 2021.

What is the typical salary in Coventry?

The median gross salary is about 4,015 EUR/month (2025). The regional series (home-region basis, 2024) is a separate labelled row in the table.

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

Median gross salary: 4,015 EUR/month · Annual survey of hours and earnings - workplace analysis, NOMIS table NM_99_1 (ONS)¹
Median gross salary (regional): 3,346 EUR/month · 2026-08-06 · Office for National Statistics (ONS)¹³

What is the unemployment rate in Coventry?

The unemployment rate is about 5 % (2018).

Unemployment rate: 4.97 % · Eurostat⁷

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Coventry is 5.0%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

652

263

0–22–44–66–88–1010–1216–18

Coventry 5.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	53.9 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics¹⁰Official
Median gross salary	4,015 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Annual survey of hours and earnings - workplace analysis, NOMIS table NM_99_1 (ONS)¹Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,346 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Office for National Statistics (ONS)¹³Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.97 %country median 3.4%	31 Dec 2018	Eurostat⁷Official

Unemployment rate over time8 published observations, 2004–2018

3.6%

5.7%

7.8%

9.8%

5.0%2004200920152018

Unemployment rate fell 9.0% between 2004 and 2018, from 5.5% to 5.0%.

What does a salary buy in Coventry?

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

Left over each month€2,001of €3,230 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.	€3,230
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, Table 1: average monthly rent price by local authority · 2026-08-31	− €1,192
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	€2,001

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

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Coventry. 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

Job SearchUnemployment Claim

Open official service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Public language course providers	1 count	31 Dec 2026	Coventry Language and Integration Project — six-week ESOL for Work⁴Official
Primary schools	96 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)⁵Official
Schools	141 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)⁵Official

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; Coventry's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
GP practices	129 count	30 Sept 2026	ODS GP Practices report (epraccur)⁸Official
Pharmacies	92 count	30 Sept 2026	ODS Pharmacy/Dispensaries report (edispensary)⁹Official

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

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Coventry?

Police recorded about 8,836 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 8,836 offences per 100,000 · Office for National Statistics¹²

Recorded crime across major citiesCoventry 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
Burglaries per 100,000 residents	462.3 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2026	PFA tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C2 counts; Table C4 rates and mid-2024 population)¹⁸Official
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	8,836 offences per 100,000country median 9,646	31 Dec 2024	Office for National Statistics¹²Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	3,435 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2026	PFA tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C2 counts; Table C4 rates and mid-2024 population)¹⁸Official

Mobility and administration

Coventry's nearest airport was BHX, 17 km away and offered 81 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	81 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	17 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BHX	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁷Official

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 levels for Coventry stood at 10 µg/m³ at the end of 2019.

Is the air quality good in Coventry?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁶

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

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

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7°2°

8°2°

10°3°

14°4°

17°7°

20°10°

22°12°

19°10°

14°7°

10°4°

7°2°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

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

PM2.510WHO 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 KingdomOf 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

211

487

200

3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1013–14

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	10 µg/m³	31 Dec 2019	European Environment Agency⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 7.1 · Feb 7.8 · Mar 10.4 · Apr 13.6 · May 16.7 · Jun 19.8 · Jul 22.2 · Aug 21.8 · Sep 18.7 · Oct 14.3 · Nov 10 · Dec 7.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.5 · Feb 1.5 · Mar 2.7 · Apr 4.3 · May 7.1 · Jun 10 · Jul 11.9 · Aug 12 · Sep 10 · Oct 7.4 · Nov 4.1 · Dec 1.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²³Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.3 · Feb 4.6 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 8.9 · May 11.9 · Jun 14.9 · Jul 17.1 · Aug 16.9 · Sep 14.3 · Oct 10.8 · Nov 7.1 · Dec 4.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 58 · Feb 44.2 · Mar 43 · Apr 46.5 · May 55 · Jun 55.1 · Jul 60 · Aug 67 · Sep 57.8 · Oct 67.4 · Nov 63.6 · Dec 59.6 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Ipswich ±0.2 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±0.8 °C, Werl (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Heide (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Meldorf (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Reims (France) ±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

Coventry had a median age of 34 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Coventry?

The published population was 344,285 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics¹¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport71.8%
Foreign residents28.2%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign-resident share	28.16 %	31 Dec 2021	Census 2021 (ONS): Towns and cities (characteristics of built-up areas), tables 4c/4d³Official
Foreign residents	96,950 people	31 Dec 2021	Census 2021 (ONS): Towns and cities (characteristics of built-up areas), tables 4c/4d³Official
Population	344,285 people	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics¹¹Official

International community in Coventry

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	247,340	71.8%
Non-EU countries (including British Overseas)	62,110	18.0%
Europe: EU countries	34,840	10.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	30.6 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics¹⁰Official
Workers aged 16 and over	148,880 workers	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics¹⁰Official
Median age	34 years	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics¹⁰Official
Universities	3 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students¹⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Coventry

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 Coventry alternative in the same region

18 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Unemployment: 3.6% Rugby vs 5.0% Coventry−28%
Residents: 78,120 Rugby vs 344,285 Coventry−77%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,509 (2025) Rugby vs 8,836 (2024) Coventryno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €3,527 Rugby vs €3,346 Coventry+5%
Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Rugby vs 10.0 µg/m³ Coventrysame level

Full comparison More about Rugby

Harrow as a Coventry alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 122 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,909 (2026) Harrow vs 8,836 (2024) Coventryno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €3,531 Harrow vs €3,346 Coventry+6%
Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Harrow vs 10.0 µg/m³ Coventrysame level

Full comparison More about Harrow

Cities near Coventry

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

Alternative cities in United Kingdom

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

All United Kingdom cities

Belfast352,390 residents Bradford333,950 residents Cardiff383,919 residents Nottingham299,790 residents Leicester406,580 residents Croydon407,821 residents

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Coventry in rankings

#6 of 30 in Highest salary cities in United Kingdom #6 of 21 in Most international cities in United Kingdom #12 of 30 in Largest cities in United Kingdom

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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 Coventry?

The published population was 344,285 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Is the air quality good in Coventry?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Coventry?

Police recorded about 8,836 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Office for National Statistics.

What is the typical salary in Coventry?

The median gross salary is about 4,015 EUR/month (2025). The regional series (home-region basis, 2024) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Annual survey of hours and earnings - workplace analysis, NOMIS table NM_99_1 (ONS).

What is the unemployment rate in Coventry?

The unemployment rate is about 5 % (2018). Source: Eurostat.

What is the typical salary around Coventry?

The median gross salary is 3,346 EUR/month. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Is Coventry a good place to live?

Coventry 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 Coventry?

Bedworth, Nuneaton, Hartshill, Rugby, Kenilworth are near Coventry. 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 Coventry?

The official country of birth distribution records 247,340 people (71.8%) 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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