Housing · ONS · median monthly private rent July 2026, median full-time annual pay 2025

Annual rent as a share of pay by local authority, ranked

Every area with a published figure, in order of annual rent as a percentage of median full-time pay, lowest first, because this layer states that lower is better. Equal figures share a rank and are printed as ties; the order within a tie is alphabetical and means nothing. 32 areas have no published figure and are listed at the end with the reason, never counted as zero.

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#	Area	% of pay	UK percentile
1	Cumberland E06000063	19.1%	0
2	Powys W06000023	20.8%	0
3	Hartlepool E06000001	20.9%	1
4	North East Lincolnshire E06000012	21.7%	1
=5	Carmarthenshire W06000010	22.0%	1
=5	Northumberland E06000057	22.0%	1
=5	Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	22.0%	1
8	Hyndburn E07000120	22.1%	2
=9	Derbyshire Dales E07000035	22.6%	3
=9	North Lincolnshire E06000013	22.6%	3
=11	Barnsley E08000038	22.7%	3
=11	Burnley E07000117	22.7%	3
=11	Neath Port Talbot W06000012	22.7%	3
=11	Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	22.7%	3
=15	Darlington E06000005	22.8%	4
=15	Pembrokeshire W06000009	22.8%	4
=17	County Durham E06000047	23.1%	5
=17	East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	23.1%	5
=17	Fylde E07000119	23.1%	5
20	Wyre E07000128	23.2%	6
=21	West Lindsey E07000142	23.3%	6
=21	Westmorland and Furness E06000064	23.3%	6
=23	Blaenau Gwent W06000019	23.4%	7
=23	Forest of Dean E07000080	23.4%	7
25	Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	23.5%	8
26	Rotherham E08000018	23.6%	8
27	Doncaster E08000017	23.7%	8
28	Middlesbrough E06000002	23.8%	9
=29	Isle of Anglesey W06000001	23.9%	9
=29	Wigan E08000010	23.9%	9
31	Ribble Valley E07000124	24.0%	10
32	Chorley E07000118	24.2%	10
33	Bridgend W06000013	24.6%	10
34	Bassetlaw E07000171	24.9%	10
35	Calderdale E08000033	25.1%	11
=36	Amber Valley E07000032	25.2%	11
=36	Caerphilly W06000018	25.2%	11
=36	Chesterfield E07000034	25.2%	11
=39	South Ribble E07000126	25.3%	12
=39	West Lancashire E07000127	25.3%	12
=41	Halton E06000006	25.4%	13
=41	Preston E07000123	25.4%	13
=41	South Derbyshire E07000039	25.4%	13
44	Flintshire W06000005	25.7%	14
=45	Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	25.8%	14
=45	St. Helens E08000013	25.8%	14
=45	Sunderland E08000024	25.8%	14
=48	Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	25.9%	15
=48	Bolsover E07000033	25.9%	15
=48	North East Derbyshire E07000038	25.9%	15
=48	Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	25.9%	15
=52	Ceredigion W06000008	26.1%	16
=52	Denbighshire W06000004	26.1%	16
=52	Kirklees E08000034	26.1%	16
=52	West Devon E07000047	26.1%	16
=52	Wrexham W06000006	26.1%	16
=57	South Tyneside E08000023	26.2%	18
=57	Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	26.2%	18
=59	Newark and Sherwood E07000175	26.3%	18
=59	Torfaen W06000020	26.3%	18
=61	Gwynedd W06000002	26.4%	19
=61	Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	26.4%	19
=61	North Kesteven E07000139	26.4%	19
=61	Pendle E07000122	26.4%	19
=65	East Lindsey E07000137	26.6%	20
=65	Rugby E07000220	26.6%	20
=65	Shropshire E06000051	26.6%	20
=65	Warrington E06000007	26.6%	20
=69	Bradford E08000032	26.8%	22
=69	Conwy W06000003	26.8%	22
=71	Blackpool E06000009	26.9%	22
=71	Wirral E08000015	26.9%	22
73	Knowsley E08000011	27.0%	23
74	Stafford E07000197	27.1%	23
=75	Harborough E07000131	27.2%	23
=75	Rushcliffe E07000176	27.2%	23
77	Rutland E06000017	27.3%	24
78	East Suffolk E07000244	27.4%	24
=79	North Yorkshire E06000065	27.5%	25
=79	Rossendale E07000125	27.5%	25
=79	Torridge E07000046	27.5%	25
=82	Bromsgrove E07000234	27.6%	26
=82	Erewash E07000036	27.6%	26
=82	North Tyneside E08000022	27.6%	26
85	East Staffordshire E07000193	27.7%	27
86	Swansea W06000011	27.8%	27
=87	Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	27.9%	27
=87	Wakefield E08000036	27.9%	27
=89	Gateshead E08000037	28.0%	28
=89	Herefordshire, County of E06000019	28.0%	28
=89	Lancaster E07000121	28.0%	28
92	North West Leicestershire E07000134	28.1%	29
=93	Derby E06000015	28.2%	29
=93	Melton E07000133	28.2%	29
95	Mid Devon E07000042	28.4%	30
=96	Cannock Chase E07000192	28.5%	30
=96	Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	28.5%	30
=96	South Holland E07000140	28.5%	30
=96	Wyre Forest E07000239	28.5%	30
100	Gedling E07000173	28.6%	31
=101	Monmouthshire W06000021	28.7%	32
=101	Tamworth E07000199	28.7%	32
=101	Telford and Wrekin E06000020	28.7%	32
=104	Cheshire East E06000049	28.8%	33
=104	Dudley E08000027	28.8%	33
106	East Devon E07000040	28.9%	33
=107	Great Yarmouth E07000145	29.0%	34
=107	Mid Suffolk E07000203	29.0%	34
=107	South Kesteven E07000141	29.0%	34
110	Mansfield E07000174	29.1%	35
=111	Ashfield E07000170	29.2%	35
=111	Rochdale E08000005	29.2%	35
113	North Warwickshire E07000218	29.3%	36
=114	Liverpool E08000012	29.4%	36
=114	Sheffield E08000039	29.4%	36
=114	South Staffordshire E07000196	29.4%	36
=117	Broadland E07000144	29.5%	37
=117	Fenland E07000010	29.5%	37
=119	Broxtowe E07000172	29.8%	37
=119	South Norfolk E07000149	29.8%	37
121	High Peak E07000037	29.9%	38
122	East Cambridgeshire E07000009	30.0%	38
123	Worcester E07000237	30.1%	39
=124	Charnwood E07000130	30.2%	39
=124	North Norfolk E07000147	30.2%	39
126	Oadby and Wigston E07000135	30.3%	40
127	Sefton E08000014	30.4%	40
=128	King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	30.6%	40
=128	Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	30.6%	40
=128	Warwick E07000222	30.6%	40
=131	Dover E07000108	30.8%	41
=131	Uttlesford E07000077	30.8%	41
=133	Bolton E08000001	31.0%	42
=133	North Devon E07000043	31.0%	42
=135	Blaby E07000129	31.2%	43
=135	North Northamptonshire E06000061	31.2%	43
=137	Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	31.3%	43
=137	South Hams E07000044	31.3%	43
=139	Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	31.4%	44
=139	Newport W06000022	31.4%	44
=141	Wolverhampton E08000031	31.5%	44
=141	Wychavon E07000238	31.5%	44
=143	Lichfield E07000194	31.6%	45
=143	Maldon E07000074	31.6%	45
145	Tendring E07000076	31.7%	46
146	East Hampshire E07000085	31.8%	46
147	Malvern Hills E07000235	31.9%	46
=148	Boston E07000136	32.3%	47
=148	Breckland E07000143	32.3%	47
=148	Stroud E07000082	32.3%	47
=148	Walsall E08000030	32.3%	47
=152	Coventry E08000026	32.4%	48
=152	Redditch E07000236	32.4%	48
=154	Bury E08000002	32.5%	49
=154	Ipswich E07000202	32.5%	49
=154	Solihull E08000029	32.5%	49
=154	Teignbridge E07000045	32.5%	49
158	Fareham E07000087	32.6%	50
=159	Oldham E08000004	32.8%	50
=159	Tameside E08000008	32.8%	50
161	Torbay E06000027	32.9%	51
162	Lincoln E07000138	33.0%	51
163	Huntingdonshire E07000011	33.1%	51
=164	Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	33.2%	52
=164	Tewkesbury E07000083	33.2%	52
166	Somerset E06000066	33.3%	52
167	Swindon E06000030	33.6%	53
168	Dorset E06000059	33.7%	53
169	Wokingham E06000041	33.8%	53
170	Stockport E08000007	33.9%	54
=171	West Northamptonshire E06000062	34.0%	54
=171	Wiltshire E06000054	34.0%	54
=173	Bedford E06000055	34.1%	55
=173	Plymouth E06000026	34.1%	55
175	Peterborough E06000031	34.2%	55
=176	Babergh E07000200	34.3%	56
=176	Central Bedfordshire E06000056	34.3%	56
=176	Eastleigh E07000086	34.3%	56
=179	Cornwall E06000052	34.4%	57
=179	Sandwell E08000028	34.4%	57
=179	South Oxfordshire E07000179	34.4%	57
=179	Swale E07000113	34.4%	57
183	South Cambridgeshire E07000012	34.6%	58
=184	Hastings E07000062	34.8%	58
=184	North Hertfordshire E07000099	34.8%	58
=184	Rochford E07000075	34.8%	58
=187	East Hertfordshire E07000242	34.9%	59
=187	Wealden E07000065	34.9%	59
=189	Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	35.0%	60
=189	Waverley E07000216	35.0%	60
191	West Berkshire E06000037	35.1%	60
192	West Oxfordshire E07000181	35.3%	61
193	York E06000014	35.4%	61
194	West Suffolk E07000245	35.7%	61
195	Castle Point E07000069	36.1%	62
196	North Somerset E06000024	36.2%	62
=197	Cotswold E07000079	36.3%	62
=197	Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	36.3%	62
=197	Vale of White Horse E07000180	36.3%	62
200	Birmingham E08000025	36.4%	63
=201	Cheltenham E07000078	36.5%	63
=201	Colchester E07000071	36.5%	63
=201	Test Valley E07000093	36.5%	63
=204	Hart E07000089	36.6%	64
=204	Isle of Wight E06000046	36.6%	64
=206	Braintree E07000067	36.8%	65
=206	Cherwell E07000177	36.8%	65
208	Havant E07000090	36.9%	66
209	Leeds E08000035	37.3%	66
=210	Medway E06000035	37.4%	66
=210	Southend-on-Sea E06000033	37.4%	66
=210	Thanet E07000114	37.4%	66
213	Chelmsford E07000070	37.5%	67
214	Eastbourne E07000061	37.6%	68
215	Gosport E07000088	37.7%	68
216	Gravesham E07000109	37.8%	68
217	Cardiff W06000015	38.0%	69
218	Leicester E06000016	38.1%	69
219	Trafford E08000009	38.2%	69
220	Tunbridge Wells E07000116	38.3%	70
221	Mid Sussex E07000228	38.4%	70
222	Gloucester E07000081	38.5%	70
223	New Forest E07000091	38.6%	70
224	Rother E07000064	38.7%	71
225	Milton Keynes E06000042	38.9%	71
=226	Lewes E07000063	39.0%	71
=226	Norwich E07000148	39.0%	71
228	Thurrock E06000034	39.3%	72
=229	Bromley E09000006	39.4%	72
=229	Nottingham E06000018	39.4%	72
231	Winchester E07000094	39.5%	73
232	Ashford E07000105	39.9%	73
=233	Salford E08000006	40.1%	74
=233	Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	40.1%	74
=235	Bracknell Forest E06000036	40.4%	74
=235	Horsham E07000227	40.4%	74
=235	St Albans E07000240	40.4%	74
238	Runnymede E07000212	40.5%	75
=239	Epsom and Ewell E07000208	40.6%	76
=239	Maidstone E07000110	40.6%	76
=239	Southampton E06000045	40.6%	76
=242	Canterbury E07000106	40.8%	77
=242	Havering E09000016	40.8%	77
=242	Stevenage E07000243	40.8%	77
=245	Brentwood E07000068	40.9%	77
=245	Buckinghamshire E06000060	40.9%	77
=245	Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	40.9%	77
248	Surrey Heath E07000214	41.5%	78
249	Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	41.7%	79
250	Bexley E09000004	41.9%	79
251	Sutton E09000029	42.0%	79
252	Luton E06000032	42.2%	80
253	Arun E07000224	42.6%	80
=254	Dacorum E07000096	42.7%	80
=254	Dartford E07000107	42.7%	80
=254	Worthing E07000229	42.7%	80
257	Croydon E09000008	42.8%	81
=258	Basildon E07000066	42.9%	82
=258	South Gloucestershire E06000025	42.9%	82
260	Adur E07000223	43.0%	82
261	Elmbridge E07000207	43.1%	83
262	Mole Valley E07000210	43.3%	83
263	Broxbourne E07000095	43.8%	83
264	Rushmoor E07000092	43.9%	83
265	Guildford E07000209	44.3%	84
=266	Hillingdon E09000017	44.4%	84
=266	Woking E07000217	44.4%	84
268	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	44.8%	85
269	Spelthorne E07000213	45.0%	85
=270	Chichester E07000225	45.2%	85
=270	Manchester E08000003	45.2%	85
=270	Reigate and Banstead E07000211	45.2%	85
273	Crawley E07000226	45.4%	86
274	Portsmouth E06000044	45.5%	87
275	Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	45.7%	87
276	Exeter E07000041	45.9%	87
277	Redbridge E09000026	46.1%	88
278	Kingston upon Thames E09000021	46.3%	88
279	Reading E06000038	46.4%	88
280	Waltham Forest E09000031	46.7%	89
281	Harrow E09000015	47.0%	89
282	Harlow E07000073	47.5%	89
283	Lewisham E09000023	48.0%	90
=284	Epping Forest E07000072	48.5%	90
=284	Sevenoaks E07000111	48.5%	90
286	Richmond upon Thames E09000027	48.6%	90
287	Slough E06000039	48.9%	91
288	Tandridge E07000215	49.3%	91
=289	Barnet E09000003	49.5%	91
=289	Cambridge E07000008	49.5%	91
291	Three Rivers E07000102	49.7%	92
=292	Enfield E09000010	49.8%	92
=292	Hertsmere E07000098	49.8%	92
294	Watford E07000103	50.6%	93
295	Merton E09000024	50.8%	93
296	Greenwich E09000011	52.5%	94
297	Barking and Dagenham E09000002	52.9%	94
298	Newham E09000025	54.3%	94
299	Oxford E07000178	54.5%	95
300	Brighton and Hove E06000043	55.2%	95
301	Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	55.8%	95
302	Tower Hamlets E09000030	56.3%	96
=303	Bristol, City of E06000023	57.1%	96
=303	Hounslow E09000018	57.1%	96
305	Wandsworth E09000032	57.6%	97
306	Southwark E09000028	59.9%	97
=307	Brent E09000005	60.4%	97
=307	Haringey E09000014	60.4%	97
309	Ealing E09000009	61.2%	98
310	Lambeth E09000022	61.6%	98
311	Camden E09000007	63.2%	98
312	Hackney E09000012	64.1%	99
313	Islington E09000019	67.6%	99
314	Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	71.1%	99
315	Westminster E09000033	72.5%	100
316	Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	82.8%	100

Areas with no published figure

Area	Why there is no figure
Aberdeen City	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Aberdeenshire	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Angus	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Argyll and Bute	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
City of Edinburgh	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Clackmannanshire	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Dumfries and Galloway	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Dundee City	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
East Ayrshire	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
East Dunbartonshire	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
East Lothian	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
East Renfrewshire	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Falkirk	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Fife	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Glasgow City	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Highland	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Inverclyde	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Midlothian	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Moray	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Na h-Eileanan Siar	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
North Ayrshire	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
North Lanarkshire	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Orkney Islands	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Perth and Kinross	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Renfrewshire	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Scottish Borders	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Shetland Islands	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
South Ayrshire	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
South Lanarkshire	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
Stirling	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
West Dunbartonshire	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).
West Lothian	No median monthly private rent published for this area (July 2026).

How this ranking is made

Annual rent as a percentage of median full-time pay: median monthly rent × 12 ÷ median full-time annual pay × 100, all as published.. Annual private rent as a share of median full-time annual pay, by local authority.

Source: ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics · median monthly private rent: August 2026 (rents to July 2026); median full-time annual pay: 2025 provisional. Boundaries: 2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2. Percentiles are calculated across the whole UK, so they do not change when the table is filtered to one nation. A ranking compares areas of very different sizes and populations; the figure is the publisher’s own, and its rank is Civometry’s ordering of those published figures.

Cumberland has the lowest annual rent as a percentage of median full-time pay of 316 UK local authorities with a published figure, at 19.1% (median monthly private rent July 2026, median full-time annual pay 2025). Source: ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics.

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