Living in Guildford

In Guildford, tenants pay an average rent of €2,028 a month (2026).

Guildford's population was 77,880 at the end of 2021. The regional median gross salary was €3,710 per month at the end of 2024. Guildford registered an unemployment rate of 4.32% at the end of 2018.

Last checked 2026-09-2429 sources

Population77,880people31 Dec 2021Official source · Office for National Statistics

Median gross salary (region)3,710EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Average rent2,028EUR/month31 Aug 2026Official source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, Table 1: average monthly rent price by local authority

Unemployment rate4.32%country median 3.4% — 27% aboveOfficial source · Eurostat

Recorded crime7,210incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)

PM2.5, annual mean6.96µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · uk-air.defra.gov.uk

Higher unemployment than 75% 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 Guildford?

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 Guildford.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Guildford. 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 pack¹⁵Official · national market
Rent price index, mean	2,028 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR), UK: monthly price statistics, 16 September 2026 edition¹⁴Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	2,028 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, Table 1: average monthly rent price by local authority¹⁰Official

Is Guildford a good place to live?

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Remote worker24%strong on work, weak on safety · range 14–34%

Skilled employee40%strong on work, weak on safety · range 31–49%

Student37%strong on education, weak on work · range 28–46%

Family42%strong on family, weak on cost · range 32–52%

Retirement29%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 16–42%

Work and income

For Guildford, the employment rate was 57% at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, 37,150 comprised the workforce in Guildford.

What is the unemployment rate in Guildford?

The unemployment rate is about 4.3 % (2018).

Unemployment rate: 4.32 % · Eurostat⁴

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Guildford is 4.3%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Guildford 4.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	57 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁵Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,710 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Office for National Statistics (ONS)⁷Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.32 %country median 3.4%	31 Dec 2018	Eurostat⁴Official

Unemployment rate over time5 published observations, 2011–2018

1.6%

3.2%

4.8%

6.3%

4.3%201120162018

Unemployment rate rose 63.0% between 2011 and 2018, from 2.6% to 4.3%.

What does a salary buy in Guildford?

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

Left over each month€949of €3,014 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.	€3,014
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	− €2,028
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	€949

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

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Guildford. 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 Guildford. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	29 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)²Official
Schools	50 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)²Official

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; Guildford's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Guildford?

Police recorded about 7,210 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 citiesGuildford 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	7,210 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹³Official · county

Mobility and administration

Guildford's nearest airport was LHR, 27 km away and offered 171 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	171 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹¹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	27 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	LHR	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official

Climate and air quality

Guildford's monthly mean temperatures were 4.8°C in January and 17.7°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Guildford?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7 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: 6.96 µg/m³ · uk-air.defra.gov.uk¹⁶

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

PM2.57WHO 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 Guildford is 7.0 µg/m³. Of 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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Guildford 7.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	6.96 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	uk-air.defra.gov.uk¹⁶Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Average daytime high by month	Jan 8 · Feb 8.5 · Mar 11.3 · Apr 14.4 · May 17.7 · Jun 20.6 · Jul 22.9 · Aug 22.4 · Sep 19.4 · Oct 15.2 · Nov 11 · Dec 8.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.6 · Feb 1.4 · Mar 2.7 · Apr 4.4 · May 7.5 · Jun 10.4 · Jul 12.5 · Aug 12.2 · Sep 9.7 · Oct 7.2 · Nov 4 · Dec 1.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.8 · Feb 5 · Mar 7 · Apr 9.4 · May 12.6 · Jun 15.6 · Jul 17.7 · Aug 17.3 · Sep 14.6 · Oct 11.2 · Nov 7.5 · Dec 5.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 73.3 · Feb 53.2 · Mar 46 · Apr 48.8 · May 46.5 · Jun 49.3 · Jul 46.2 · Aug 57.4 · Sep 59.4 · Oct 79 · Nov 82.6 · Dec 73 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Gillingham ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±0.7 °C, Reims (France) ±0.9 °C, Werl (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Eutin (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Heide (Germany) ±1.5 °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

Median age stood at 34 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Guildford?

The published population was 77,880 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics⁶

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	77,880 people	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁶Official

International community in Guildford

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	58,365	74.9%
Non-EU countries (including British Overseas)	12,525	16.1%
Europe: EU countries	6,995	9.0%

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	46.2 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁵Official
Workers aged 16 and over	37,150 workers	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁵Official
Median age	34 years	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁵Official
Universities	1 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Guildford

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.

Wokingham as a Guildford alternative in the same region

27 km away, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,921 Wokingham vs 7,210 Guildford−46%
Residents: 50,325 Wokingham vs 77,880 Guildford−35%
Median gross pay, region: €3,866 Wokingham vs €3,710 Guildford+4%

Full comparison More about Wokingham

Chatham as a Guildford alternative in the same country

78 km away, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 37 Chatham vs 7,210 Guildford−99%
Median gross pay, region: €3,409 Chatham vs €3,710 Guildford−8%
Residents: 76,955 Chatham vs 77,880 Guildford−1%

Full comparison More about Chatham

Cities near Guildford

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

Alternative cities in United Kingdom

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

All United Kingdom cities

Carlisle77,730 residents Rugby78,120 residents Burnley78,255 residents Paisley77,270 residents Bracknell78,675 residents Chatham76,955 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Guildford 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 Guildford part of London?

Guildford is near London, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 43.3 km away by straight-line distance. London city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source³

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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 Guildford?

The published population was 77,880 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Is the air quality good in Guildford?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7 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 Guildford?

What is the unemployment rate in Guildford?

The unemployment rate is about 4.3 % (2018). Source: Eurostat.

What is the typical salary around Guildford?

The median gross salary is 3,710 EUR/month. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Is Guildford a good place to live?

Guildford 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 Guildford part of London?

Guildford is near London, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 43.3 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Guildford?

Burpham, West Clandon, Send, Woking, Milford are near Guildford. 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 Guildford?

The official country of birth distribution records 58,365 people (74.9%) 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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