Living in Cowplain

At the end of 2021, Cowplain had a population of 34,050. For Cowplain, the regional median gross salary was €3,638 per month at the end of 2024. Cowplain had an unemployment rate of 2.7% at the end of 2023.

Last checked 2026-09-2427 sources

Median gross salary (region)3,638EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Average rent1,474EUR/month31 Aug 2026District figureOfficial source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price

Unemployment rate2.7%31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Recorded crime7,576incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)

PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2019Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Lower unemployment than 84% of United Kingdom cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 82% 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 Cowplain?

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

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Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Cowplain. 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 pack¹⁵Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,474 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price¹¹Official · county

Is Cowplain 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 worker27%strong on work, weak on safety · range 16–38%

Skilled employee54%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–64%

Student32%strong on education, weak on work · range 22–42%

Family51%strong on family, weak on cost · range 40–62%

Retirement34%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 20–48%

Work and income

Cowplain's employment rate reached 58% at the end of 2021. Cowplain had 16,320 at the end of 2021.

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Cowplain is 2.7%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Cowplain 2.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	58 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁶Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,638 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Office for National Statistics (ONS)⁷Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	2.7 %	31 Dec 2023	Office for National Statistics (ONS)⁸Official · regional context

What does a salary buy in Cowplain?

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

Left over each month€1,452of €2,963 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.	€2,963
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price · 2026-08-31	− €1,474
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	€1,452

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Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Jobcentre Plus — Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	4 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)⁴Official
Schools	6 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)⁴Official

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; Cowplain's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesCowplain 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	7,576 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹⁴Official · county

Mobility and administration

Cowplain's nearest airport was SOU, 25 km away and offered 23 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	23 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹²Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	25 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	SOU	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 in the air was 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2019.

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

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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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

PM2.59WHO 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 Cowplain is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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Cowplain 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2019	European Environment Agency⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 8.3 · Feb 8.6 · Mar 11 · Apr 13.7 · May 16.9 · Jun 19.7 · Jul 21.8 · Aug 21.8 · Sep 19.4 · Oct 15.6 · Nov 11.7 · Dec 9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2.8 · Feb 2.6 · Mar 4 · Apr 5.7 · May 8.7 · Jun 11.6 · Jul 13.6 · Aug 13.7 · Sep 11.4 · Oct 8.9 · Nov 5.6 · Dec 3.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 84.5 · Feb 57.7 · Mar 49.8 · Apr 49.6 · May 43.3 · Jun 48.2 · Jul 46.9 · Aug 57.2 · Sep 61.4 · Oct 86 · Nov 90.6 · Dec 92.6 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Basingstoke ±0.8 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±0.9 °C, Cork (Ireland) ±1.4 °C, Bremerhaven (Germany) ±1.5 °C, Werl (Germany) ±1.6 °C, Le Havre (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.

International community in Cowplain

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	32,055	94.1%
Non-EU countries (including British Overseas)	1,170	3.4%
Europe: EU countries	825	2.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	29.3 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁶Official
Workers aged 16 and over	16,320 workers	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁶Official
Median age	46 years	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁶Official
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students⁹Official

Alternatives for people set on Cowplain

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.

Titchfield as a Cowplain alternative in the same region

16 km away, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,195 Titchfield vs 7,576 Cowplain−31%
Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Titchfield vs 9.0 µg/m³ Cowplain+11%
Median gross pay, region: €3,638 Titchfield vs €3,638 Cowplainsame level
Unemployment: 2.7% Titchfield vs 2.7% Cowplainsame level

Full comparison More about Titchfield

Banbury as a Cowplain alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 131 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,369 Banbury vs 7,576 Cowplain−16%
Median gross pay, region: €3,452 Banbury vs €3,638 Cowplain−5%
Unemployment: 2.6% Banbury vs 2.7% Cowplain−4%

Full comparison More about Banbury

Cities near Cowplain

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

Portsmouth Commuting Zone · 11.2 km away

Salary: 3,775 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2025-12-31

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Cowplain 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.

Is Cowplain part of Portsmouth?

Cowplain is in the published commuting zone of Portsmouth; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Portsmouth city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source¹⁶

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Common questions

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

What is the typical salary around Cowplain?

The median gross salary is 3,638 EUR/month. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS).

What is the unemployment rate in Cowplain?

The unemployment rate is 2.7 %. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Is the air quality good in Cowplain?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Cowplain?

Police recorded 7,576 incidents per 100,000. 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).

Is Cowplain a good place to live?

Cowplain 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.

Is Cowplain part of Portsmouth?

Cowplain is in the published commuting zone of Portsmouth; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Cowplain?

Portsmouth, Waterlooville, Havant, Cosham, Fareham are near Cowplain. 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 Cowplain?

The official country of birth distribution records 32,055 people (94.1%) 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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  title = {Cowplain, United Kingdom: rent, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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