Living in Halifax

The population of Halifax totalled 88,115 at the end of 2021. The regional median gross salary reached €3,102 per month at the end of 2025. At the end of 2023, unemployment in Halifax reached 3.3%.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population88,115people31 Dec 2021Official source · Office for National Statistics

Median gross salary (region)3,102EUR/month30 Apr 2025Official source · Office for National Statistics — ASHE Table 8.1a, 2025 provisional

Average rent883.1EUR/month31 Aug 2026District figureOfficial source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price

Unemployment rate3.3%31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Recorded crime10,341incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)

PM2.5, annual mean12µg/m³31 Dec 2019Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

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

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 Halifax.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month4 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Utilities, 85 m² flat€346

Transport pass€101

Internet, 60 Mbps€33

Mobile plan, 10 GB€27

Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	33.07 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Numbeo city cost-of-living page — /cities/uk/halifax/²⁸Community estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB	27.43 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Numbeo city cost-of-living page — /cities/uk/halifax/²⁸Community estimate · Supplemental context
Monthly transport pass	101.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Numbeo city cost-of-living page — /cities/uk/halifax/²⁸Community estimate · Supplemental context
Basic utilities, 85 m² home	345.7 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Numbeo city cost-of-living page — /cities/uk/halifax/²⁸Community estimate · Supplemental context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	883.1 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price¹⁰Official · county

Is Halifax 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 worker39%strong on work, weak on safety · range 28–50%

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

Student36%strong on education, weak on safety · range 26–46%

Family61%strong on family, weak on cost · range 50–72%

Retirement51%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 37–65%

Work and income

The employment rate of 53.1% was recorded at the end of 2021. Halifax had 36,665 at the end of 2021.

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Halifax is 3.3%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Halifax 3.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	53.1 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,102 EUR/month	30 Apr 2025	Office for National Statistics — ASHE Table 8.1a, 2025 provisional⁶Official · regional context
Average net monthly salary	2,607 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Numbeo city cost-of-living page — /cities/uk/halifax/²⁸Community estimate · Supplemental context
Unemployment rate	3.3 %	31 Dec 2023	Office for National Statistics (ONS)⁷Official · regional context

What does a salary buy in Halifax?

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

Left over each month€1,184of €2,575 take-home

Rent
Utilities
Transport
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.	€2,575
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price · 2026-08-31	− €883
Public transport pass€101 · market price · Numbeo city cost-of-living page · 2025-12-31	− €101
Utilities, 85 m²€346 · market price · Numbeo city cost-of-living page · 2025-12-31	− €346
Internet€33 · market price · Numbeo city cost-of-living page · 2025-12-31	− €33
Mobile plan€27 · market price · Numbeo city cost-of-living page · 2025-12-31	− €27
Left over	€1,184

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Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	41 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)²Official
Schools	58 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; Halifax's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Halifax?

Police recorded about 10,341 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 citiesHalifax 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	10,341 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹³Official · county

Mobility and administration

Halifax's nearest airport was LBA, 21 km away and offered 51 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	51 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹¹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	21 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	LBA	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official

Climate and air quality

The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 12 µg/m³ at the end of 2019.

Is the air quality good in Halifax?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency³

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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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

PM2.512WHO 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.

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3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1013–14

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	12 µg/m³	31 Dec 2019	European Environment Agency³Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.7 · Feb 6.2 · Mar 8.3 · Apr 11.4 · May 14.5 · Jun 17.2 · Jul 19.3 · Aug 18.7 · Sep 16.1 · Oct 12.3 · Nov 8.5 · Dec 6.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1 · Feb 0.9 · Mar 1.9 · Apr 3.6 · May 6.2 · Jun 9.1 · Jul 11.2 · Aug 11.2 · Sep 9.2 · Oct 6.4 · Nov 3.5 · Dec 1.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.3 · Feb 3.5 · Mar 5.1 · Apr 7.5 · May 10.4 · Jun 13.2 · Jul 15.3 · Aug 15 · Sep 12.6 · Oct 9.4 · Nov 6 · Dec 3.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 109.2 · Feb 88.8 · Mar 77.2 · Apr 66 · May 64 · Jun 79.8 · Jul 75.1 · Aug 86.4 · Sep 82.5 · Oct 97.8 · Nov 109.4 · Dec 121.1 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Aberdeen ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Cork (Ireland) ±1.3 °C, Eutin (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Heide (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Meldorf (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Neustadt in Holstein (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

At the end of 2021, the median age reached 37 years.

How many people live in Halifax?

The published population was 88,115 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics⁵

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	88,115 people	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁵Official

International community in Halifax

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	75,600	85.8%
Non-EU countries (including British Overseas)	8,825	10.0%
Europe: EU countries	3,695	4.2%

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	25.4 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁴Official
Workers aged 16 and over	36,665 workers	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁴Official
Median age	37 years	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁴Official
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Halifax

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.

Rossendale as a Halifax alternative in the same region

26 km away, better on 3 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,619 Rossendale vs 10,341 Halifax−36%
Median gross pay, region: €3,093 (2024) Rossendale vs €3,102 (2025) Halifaxno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Rossendale vs 12.0 µg/m³ Halifax−25%
Unemployment: 2.9% Rossendale vs 3.3% Halifax−12%

Full comparison More about Rossendale

Fylde as a Halifax alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,350 Fylde vs 10,341 Halifax−48%
Median gross pay, region: €2,804 (2024) Fylde vs €3,102 (2025) Halifaxno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Fylde vs 12.0 µg/m³ Halifax−25%
Unemployment: 3.0% Fylde vs 3.3% Halifax−9%

Full comparison More about Fylde

Cities near Halifax

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

Bradford 10.6 km away

Salary: 3,425 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in United Kingdom

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

All United Kingdom cities

Hartlepool87,995 residents Aylesbury87,950 residents Doncaster87,455 residents Nuneaton88,815 residents Grimsby85,925 residents Wallasey85,610 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Halifax 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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Common questions

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

How many people live in Halifax?

The published population was 88,115 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Is the air quality good in Halifax?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 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 Halifax?

What is the typical salary around Halifax?

The median gross salary is 3,102 EUR/month. Source: Office for National Statistics — ASHE Table 8.1a, 2025 provisional.

How much is public transport in Halifax?

A monthly transport pass is 101.5 EUR/month. This is a supplemental estimate, not an official municipal measurement. Source: Numbeo city cost-of-living page — /cities/uk/halifax/.

Is Halifax a good place to live?

Halifax 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 Halifax?

Sowerby Bridge, Brighouse, Rastrick, Wilsden, Huddersfield are near Halifax. 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 Halifax?

The official country of birth distribution records 75,600 people (85.8%) 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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