Living in Thames Ditton

At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €4,218 per month. At the end of 2023, unemployment in Thames Ditton reached 4.5%.

Last checked 2026-10-0727 sources

Population9,396people21 Mar 2021Official source · Census 2021 TS001 — Number of usual residents in households and communal establishments

Median gross salary (region)4,218EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Average rent2,209EUR/month31 Aug 2026District figureOfficial source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price

Unemployment rate4.5%31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Recorded crime5,151incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)

PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · ENV02 — Air quality statistics: Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Tables

Higher unemployment than 77% of United Kingdom cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 95% 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 Thames Ditton?

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 Thames Ditton.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Thames Ditton. 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 pack¹⁸Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	2,209 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price¹⁴Official · county

Is Thames Ditton 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 worker33%strong on work, weak on safety · range 18–48%

Skilled employee38%strong on work, weak on safety · range 26–50%

Student32%strong on education, weak on housing · range 20–44%

Family27%strong on family, weak on housing · range 15–39%

Retirement36%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 21–51%

Work and income

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Thames Ditton is 4.5%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Thames Ditton 4.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,218 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Office for National Statistics (ONS)¹¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.5 %	31 Dec 2023	Office for National Statistics (ONS)¹²Official · regional context

What does a salary buy in Thames Ditton?

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

Left over each month€1,135of €3,381 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.	€3,381
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price · 2026-08-31	− €2,209
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	€1,135

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

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	3 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)³Official
Schools	5 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; Thames Ditton's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Thames Ditton?

Police recorded about 5,151 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)¹⁷

Recorded crime across major citiesThames Ditton 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	5,151 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹⁷Official · county

Mobility and administration

Thames Ditton's nearest airport was LHR, 12 km away and offered 171 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	171 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	12 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	LHR	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁶Official

Climate and air quality

Thames Ditton's monthly mean temperatures were 5.6°C in January and 19°C in July. Thames Ditton's monthly precipitation totalled 58.8 mm in January and 45.8 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Thames Ditton?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: ENV02 — Air quality statistics: Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Tables⁵

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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8°3°

9°3°

12°4°

15°6°

18°9°

22°12°

24°14°

23°14°

20°12°

16°9°

12°5°

9°3°

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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

124

177

208

218

202

157

115

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

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

PM2.58WHO 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 Thames Ditton is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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487

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3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1013–14

Thames Ditton 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	ENV02 — Air quality statistics: Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Tables⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 8.4 · Feb 9 · Mar 11.7 · Apr 15 · May 18.4 · Jun 21.6 · Jul 23.9 · Aug 23.4 · Sep 20.2 · Oct 15.8 · Nov 11.5 · Dec 8.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2.7 · Feb 2.6 · Mar 4.1 · Apr 6 · May 9.1 · Jun 12 · Jul 14.2 · Aug 14.1 · Sep 11.6 · Oct 8.8 · Nov 5.3 · Dec 3.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 5.6 · Feb 5.8 · Mar 7.9 · Apr 10.5 · May 13.7 · Jun 16.8 · Jul 19 · Aug 18.7 · Sep 15.9 · Oct 12.3 · Nov 8.4 · Dec 5.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 58.8 · Feb 45 · Mar 38.8 · Apr 42.3 · May 45.9 · Jun 47.2 · Jul 45.8 · Aug 52.8 · Sep 49.6 · Oct 65.1 · Nov 66.6 · Dec 57 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 61.1 · Feb 78.8 · Mar 124.4 · Apr 176.7 · May 207.5 · Jun 208.4 · Jul 217.8 · Aug 202.1 · Sep 157.1 · Oct 115.2 · Nov 70.7 · Dec 55 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Bexley ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±0.9 °C, Reims (France) ±1.3 °C, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France) ±0.6 °C, Werl (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Argenteuil (France) ±0.7 °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

How many people live in Thames Ditton?

The published population was 9,396 people in March 2021. Source: Census 2021 TS001 — Number of usual residents in households and communal establishments²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	9,396 people	21 Mar 2021	Census 2021 TS001 — Number of usual residents in households and communal establishments²Official

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students¹³Official

Alternatives for people set on Thames Ditton

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.

Hampton as a Thames Ditton alternative in the same region

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

Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,729 Hampton vs 5,151 Thames Ditton+11%
Unemployment: 4.0% Hampton vs 4.5% Thames Ditton−11%
Median gross pay, region: €4,316 Hampton vs €4,218 Thames Dittonsame level
Residents: 9,716 Hampton vs 9,396 Thames Ditton+3%

Full comparison More about Hampton

Cumbernauld as a Thames Ditton alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 559 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Unemployment: 3.2% Cumbernauld vs 4.5% Thames Ditton−29%
Median gross pay, region: €3,215 Cumbernauld vs €4,218 Thames Ditton−24%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,880 Cumbernauld vs 5,151 Thames Dittonno percentage

Full comparison More about Cumbernauld

Cities near Thames Ditton

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

Alternative cities in United Kingdom

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

All United Kingdom cities

Yaxley9,405 residents Sandiacre9,370 residents Aveley9,360 residents Pontllanfraith9,360 residents Bordon9,350 residents Whiteley9,350 residents

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

Thames Ditton 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 19.7 km away by straight-line distance. London city profile

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Common questions

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How many people live in Thames Ditton?

The published population was 9,396 people in March 2021. Source: Census 2021 TS001 — Number of usual residents in households and communal establishments.

Is the air quality good in Thames Ditton?

How safe is Thames Ditton?

What is the typical salary around Thames Ditton?

The median gross salary is 4,218 EUR/month. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Is Thames Ditton a good place to live?

Thames Ditton 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 Thames Ditton part of London?

Thames Ditton 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 19.7 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Thames Ditton?

Long Ditton, West Molesey, Surbiton, Hampton Wick, Teddington are near Thames Ditton. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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