Housing Affordability in EnglandLocal Authorities Ranked

Name: House price to residence-based earnings ratio
Creator: Office for National Statistics
License: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

All 294 local authorities in England, ranked by housing affordability. Data: Office for National Statistics (2025), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Rank	Local authority	Housing Affordability
1	Kensington and Chelsea	21×
2	Westminster	16×
3	Hammersmith and Fulham	15×
4	Camden	14×
5	Brent	14×
6	Mole Valley	14×
7	Ealing	13×
8	Haringey	13×
9	Barnet	13×
10	Richmond upon Thames	13×
11	Elmbridge	13×
12	Tandridge	12×
13	Islington	12×
14	Three Rivers	12×
15	Harrow	12×
16	Hertsmere	12×
17	Hillingdon	12×
18	Waltham Forest	12×
19	Hounslow	12×
20	Chichester	12×
21	Hackney	12×
22	Wandsworth	12×
23	Kingston upon Thames	12×
24	Epping Forest	12×
25	Windsor and Maidenhead	12×
26	Redbridge	11×
27	Cambridge	11×
28	Southwark	11×
29	Waverley	11×
30	St Albans	11×
31	Reigate and Banstead	11×
32	Lambeth	11×
33	Cotswold	11×
34	Surrey Heath	11×
35	Enfield	11×
36	Sevenoaks	11×
37	Merton	11×
38	Epsom and Ewell	11×
39	Brighton and Hove	11×
40	Lewisham	11×
41	Guildford	10×
42	Spelthorne	10×
43	Brentwood	10×
44	Buckinghamshire	10×
45	Oxford	10×
46	Bromley	10×
47	Sutton	10×
48	Slough	10×
49	Newham	10×
50	Greenwich	10×
51	Winchester	10×
52	Woking	10×
53	Dacorum	10×
54	Horsham	10×
55	Hart	10×
56	Rother	10×
57	New Forest	10×
58	Barking and Dagenham	10×
59	Arun	10×
60	Watford	10×
61	Mid Sussex	10×
62	Bexley	10×
63	Havering	10×
64	Welwyn Hatfield	10×
65	Bath and North East Somerset	10×
66	Runnymede	10×
67	Adur	10×
68	Croydon	10×
69	Tonbridge and Malling	10×
70	Worthing	10×
71	Babergh	9×
72	Rushmoor	9×
73	South Hams	9×
74	Maidstone	9×
75	Lewes	9×
76	Bracknell Forest	9×
77	Dorset	9×
78	Wokingham	9×
79	Malvern Hills	9×
80	Broxbourne	9×
81	Tower Hamlets	9×
82	Ashford	9×
83	Luton	9×
84	South Oxfordshire	9×
85	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	9×
86	Basildon	9×
87	Wychavon	9×
88	Canterbury	9×
89	West Oxfordshire	9×
90	Crawley	9×
91	Rochford	9×
92	Bristol	9×
93	West Berkshire	9×
94	Test Valley	9×
95	Tunbridge Wells	9×
96	North Devon	9×
97	East Hampshire	9×
98	Vale of White Horse	9×
99	Stratford-on-Avon	9×
100	Uttlesford	9×
101	Chelmsford	9×
102	Harlow	9×
103	North Norfolk	9×
104	Trafford	9×
105	Maldon	9×
106	Castle Point	9×
107	East Hertfordshire	9×
108	Reading	9×
109	Wealden	9×
110	Havant	9×
111	South Cambridgeshire	9×
112	Exeter	9×
113	Gravesham	9×
114	Dartford	9×
115	Isle of Wight	9×
116	Herefordshire	8×
117	Thurrock	8×
118	Stroud	8×
119	Braintree	8×
120	North Hertfordshire	8×
121	Wiltshire	8×
122	Teignbridge	8×
123	Cherwell	8×
124	East Devon	8×
125	Huntingdonshire	8×
126	South Gloucestershire	8×
127	Cornwall	8×
128	Colchester	8×
129	Southend-on-Sea	8×
130	Central Bedfordshire	8×
131	Thanet	8×
132	Milton Keynes	8×
133	East Cambridgeshire	8×
134	Bedford	8×
135	Stevenage	8×
136	Tewkesbury	8×
137	Folkestone and Hythe	8×
138	Eastleigh	8×
139	Basingstoke and Deane	8×
140	Hastings	8×
141	Bromsgrove	8×
142	Torridge	8×
143	Broadland	8×
144	Mid Devon	8×
145	Fareham	8×
146	Swale	8×
147	Rutland	8×
148	Stockport	8×
149	Medway	8×
150	North Somerset	8×
151	West Devon	8×
152	Melton	8×
153	Cheltenham	8×
154	Somerset	8×
155	West Northamptonshire	8×
156	Harborough	8×
157	East Suffolk	8×
158	South Norfolk	8×
159	Leicester	8×
160	Breckland	7×
161	Eastbourne	7×
162	Torbay	7×
163	South Kesteven	7×
164	Lichfield	7×
165	South Staffordshire	7×
166	York	7×
167	Derbyshire Dales	7×
168	Shropshire	7×
169	Blaby	7×
170	North Yorkshire	7×
171	Wyre Forest	7×
172	Rushcliffe	7×
173	South Holland	7×
174	Redditch	7×
175	Portsmouth	7×
176	Dover	7×
177	Gloucester	7×
178	Warwick	7×
179	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	7×
180	Hinckley and Bosworth	7×
181	West Suffolk	7×
182	Mid Suffolk	7×
183	Cheshire East	7×
184	Swindon	7×
185	Southampton	7×
186	Charnwood	7×
187	Solihull	7×
188	Bury	7×
189	Tendring	7×
190	East Lindsey	7×
191	High Peak	7×
192	Gosport	7×
193	Manchester	7×
194	Boston	7×
195	North West Leicestershire	7×
196	Worcester	7×
197	Peterborough	7×
198	Norwich	7×
199	Oadby and Wigston	7×
200	Dudley	7×
201	Fenland	7×
202	North Northamptonshire	7×
203	Salford	7×
204	Nuneaton and Bedworth	7×
205	Broxtowe	7×
206	Ribble Valley	7×
207	Ipswich	7×
208	Leeds	7×
209	Sandwell	7×
210	Nottingham	6×
211	Walsall	6×
212	Birmingham	6×
213	North Kesteven	6×
214	Gedling	6×
215	Plymouth	6×
216	Forest of Dean	6×
217	North Warwickshire	6×
218	Newark and Sherwood	6×
219	North East Derbyshire	6×
220	Stafford	6×
221	Cannock Chase	6×
222	Warrington	6×
223	Tameside	6×
224	Great Yarmouth	6×
225	West Lancashire	6×
226	Wolverhampton	6×
227	East Staffordshire	6×
228	Telford and Wrekin	6×
229	Cheshire West and Chester	6×
230	Sefton	6×
231	Tamworth	6×
232	South Derbyshire	6×
233	Derby	6×
234	Coventry	6×
235	Rugby	6×
236	Oldham	6×
237	Erewash	6×
238	Amber Valley	6×
239	Staffordshire Moorlands	6×
240	Bolton	6×
241	Ashfield	6×
242	Rochdale	6×
243	Wakefield	6×
244	West Lindsey	6×
245	East Riding of Yorkshire	6×
246	Sheffield	6×
247	Wirral	6×
248	Lancaster	6×
249	Kirklees	6×
250	Westmorland and Furness	6×
251	Mansfield	6×
252	South Ribble	6×
253	Bassetlaw	6×
254	North Tyneside	6×
255	Newcastle upon Tyne	6×
256	Chorley	6×
257	Halton	5×
258	Bradford	5×
259	Lincoln	5×
260	Rotherham	5×
261	Newcastle-under-Lyme	5×
262	Fylde	5×
263	Chesterfield	5×
264	Calderdale	5×
265	Northumberland	5×
266	Rossendale	5×
267	Bolsover	5×
268	Wigan	5×
269	North Lincolnshire	5×
270	Wyre	5×
271	St. Helens	5×
272	Doncaster	5×
273	Knowsley	5×
274	Liverpool	5×
275	Preston	5×
276	South Tyneside	5×
277	Barnsley	5×
278	Blackburn with Darwen	5×
279	Gateshead	5×
280	Stoke-on-Trent	5×
281	Pendle	5×
282	Redcar and Cleveland	5×
283	North East Lincolnshire	5×
284	Hartlepool	5×
285	Darlington	5×
286	Stockton-on-Tees	4×
287	Sunderland	4×
288	Kingston upon Hull	4×
289	Blackpool	4×
290	Middlesbrough	4×
291	County Durham	4×
292	Cumberland	4×
293	Hyndburn	4×
294	Burnley	4×