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.

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#	Area	% of pay	UK percentile
1	Cumberland E06000063	19.1%	0
2	Hartlepool E06000001	20.9%	1
3	North East Lincolnshire E06000012	21.7%	1
=4	Northumberland E06000057	22.0%	1
=4	Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	22.0%	1
6	Hyndburn E07000120	22.1%	2
=7	Derbyshire Dales E07000035	22.6%	3
=7	North Lincolnshire E06000013	22.6%	3
=9	Barnsley E08000038	22.7%	3
=9	Burnley E07000117	22.7%	3
=9	Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	22.7%	3
12	Darlington E06000005	22.8%	4
=13	County Durham E06000047	23.1%	5
=13	East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	23.1%	5
=13	Fylde E07000119	23.1%	5
16	Wyre E07000128	23.2%	6
=17	West Lindsey E07000142	23.3%	6
=17	Westmorland and Furness E06000064	23.3%	6
19	Forest of Dean E07000080	23.4%	7
20	Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	23.5%	8
21	Rotherham E08000018	23.6%	8
22	Doncaster E08000017	23.7%	8
23	Middlesbrough E06000002	23.8%	9
24	Wigan E08000010	23.9%	9
25	Ribble Valley E07000124	24.0%	10
26	Chorley E07000118	24.2%	10
27	Bassetlaw E07000171	24.9%	10
28	Calderdale E08000033	25.1%	11
=29	Amber Valley E07000032	25.2%	11
=29	Chesterfield E07000034	25.2%	11
=31	South Ribble E07000126	25.3%	12
=31	West Lancashire E07000127	25.3%	12
=33	Halton E06000006	25.4%	13
=33	Preston E07000123	25.4%	13
=33	South Derbyshire E07000039	25.4%	13
=36	St. Helens E08000013	25.8%	14
=36	Sunderland E08000024	25.8%	14
=38	Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	25.9%	15
=38	Bolsover E07000033	25.9%	15
=38	North East Derbyshire E07000038	25.9%	15
=41	Kirklees E08000034	26.1%	16
=41	West Devon E07000047	26.1%	16
=43	South Tyneside E08000023	26.2%	18
=43	Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	26.2%	18
45	Newark and Sherwood E07000175	26.3%	18
=46	Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	26.4%	19
=46	North Kesteven E07000139	26.4%	19
=46	Pendle E07000122	26.4%	19
=49	East Lindsey E07000137	26.6%	20
=49	Rugby E07000220	26.6%	20
=49	Shropshire E06000051	26.6%	20
=49	Warrington E06000007	26.6%	20
53	Bradford E08000032	26.8%	22
=54	Blackpool E06000009	26.9%	22
=54	Wirral E08000015	26.9%	22
56	Knowsley E08000011	27.0%	23
57	Stafford E07000197	27.1%	23
=58	Harborough E07000131	27.2%	23
=58	Rushcliffe E07000176	27.2%	23
60	Rutland E06000017	27.3%	24
61	East Suffolk E07000244	27.4%	24
=62	North Yorkshire E06000065	27.5%	25
=62	Rossendale E07000125	27.5%	25
=62	Torridge E07000046	27.5%	25
=65	Bromsgrove E07000234	27.6%	26
=65	Erewash E07000036	27.6%	26
=65	North Tyneside E08000022	27.6%	26
68	East Staffordshire E07000193	27.7%	27
=69	Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	27.9%	27
=69	Wakefield E08000036	27.9%	27
=71	Gateshead E08000037	28.0%	28
=71	Herefordshire, County of E06000019	28.0%	28
=71	Lancaster E07000121	28.0%	28
74	North West Leicestershire E07000134	28.1%	29
=75	Derby E06000015	28.2%	29
=75	Melton E07000133	28.2%	29
77	Mid Devon E07000042	28.4%	30
=78	Cannock Chase E07000192	28.5%	30
=78	Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	28.5%	30
=78	South Holland E07000140	28.5%	30
=78	Wyre Forest E07000239	28.5%	30
82	Gedling E07000173	28.6%	31
=83	Tamworth E07000199	28.7%	32
=83	Telford and Wrekin E06000020	28.7%	32
=85	Cheshire East E06000049	28.8%	33
=85	Dudley E08000027	28.8%	33
87	East Devon E07000040	28.9%	33
=88	Great Yarmouth E07000145	29.0%	34
=88	Mid Suffolk E07000203	29.0%	34
=88	South Kesteven E07000141	29.0%	34
91	Mansfield E07000174	29.1%	35
=92	Ashfield E07000170	29.2%	35
=92	Rochdale E08000005	29.2%	35
94	North Warwickshire E07000218	29.3%	36
=95	Liverpool E08000012	29.4%	36
=95	Sheffield E08000039	29.4%	36
=95	South Staffordshire E07000196	29.4%	36
=98	Broadland E07000144	29.5%	37
=98	Fenland E07000010	29.5%	37
=100	Broxtowe E07000172	29.8%	37
=100	South Norfolk E07000149	29.8%	37
102	High Peak E07000037	29.9%	38
103	East Cambridgeshire E07000009	30.0%	38
104	Worcester E07000237	30.1%	39
=105	Charnwood E07000130	30.2%	39
=105	North Norfolk E07000147	30.2%	39
107	Oadby and Wigston E07000135	30.3%	40
108	Sefton E08000014	30.4%	40
=109	King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	30.6%	40
=109	Warwick E07000222	30.6%	40
=111	Dover E07000108	30.8%	41
=111	Uttlesford E07000077	30.8%	41
=113	Bolton E08000001	31.0%	42
=113	North Devon E07000043	31.0%	42
=115	Blaby E07000129	31.2%	43
=115	North Northamptonshire E06000061	31.2%	43
=117	Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	31.3%	43
=117	South Hams E07000044	31.3%	43
119	Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	31.4%	44
=120	Wolverhampton E08000031	31.5%	44
=120	Wychavon E07000238	31.5%	44
=122	Lichfield E07000194	31.6%	45
=122	Maldon E07000074	31.6%	45
124	Tendring E07000076	31.7%	46
125	East Hampshire E07000085	31.8%	46
126	Malvern Hills E07000235	31.9%	46
=127	Boston E07000136	32.3%	47
=127	Breckland E07000143	32.3%	47
=127	Stroud E07000082	32.3%	47
=127	Walsall E08000030	32.3%	47
=131	Coventry E08000026	32.4%	48
=131	Redditch E07000236	32.4%	48
=133	Bury E08000002	32.5%	49
=133	Ipswich E07000202	32.5%	49
=133	Solihull E08000029	32.5%	49
=133	Teignbridge E07000045	32.5%	49
137	Fareham E07000087	32.6%	50
=138	Oldham E08000004	32.8%	50
=138	Tameside E08000008	32.8%	50
140	Torbay E06000027	32.9%	51
141	Lincoln E07000138	33.0%	51
142	Huntingdonshire E07000011	33.1%	51
=143	Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	33.2%	52
=143	Tewkesbury E07000083	33.2%	52
145	Somerset E06000066	33.3%	52
146	Swindon E06000030	33.6%	53
147	Dorset E06000059	33.7%	53
148	Wokingham E06000041	33.8%	53
149	Stockport E08000007	33.9%	54
=150	West Northamptonshire E06000062	34.0%	54
=150	Wiltshire E06000054	34.0%	54
=152	Bedford E06000055	34.1%	55
=152	Plymouth E06000026	34.1%	55
154	Peterborough E06000031	34.2%	55
=155	Babergh E07000200	34.3%	56
=155	Central Bedfordshire E06000056	34.3%	56
=155	Eastleigh E07000086	34.3%	56
=158	Cornwall E06000052	34.4%	57
=158	Sandwell E08000028	34.4%	57
=158	South Oxfordshire E07000179	34.4%	57
=158	Swale E07000113	34.4%	57
162	South Cambridgeshire E07000012	34.6%	58
=163	Hastings E07000062	34.8%	58
=163	North Hertfordshire E07000099	34.8%	58
=163	Rochford E07000075	34.8%	58
=166	East Hertfordshire E07000242	34.9%	59
=166	Wealden E07000065	34.9%	59
=168	Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	35.0%	60
=168	Waverley E07000216	35.0%	60
170	West Berkshire E06000037	35.1%	60
171	West Oxfordshire E07000181	35.3%	61
172	York E06000014	35.4%	61
173	West Suffolk E07000245	35.7%	61
174	Castle Point E07000069	36.1%	62
175	North Somerset E06000024	36.2%	62
=176	Cotswold E07000079	36.3%	62
=176	Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	36.3%	62
=176	Vale of White Horse E07000180	36.3%	62
179	Birmingham E08000025	36.4%	63
=180	Cheltenham E07000078	36.5%	63
=180	Colchester E07000071	36.5%	63
=180	Test Valley E07000093	36.5%	63
=183	Hart E07000089	36.6%	64
=183	Isle of Wight E06000046	36.6%	64
=185	Braintree E07000067	36.8%	65
=185	Cherwell E07000177	36.8%	65
187	Havant E07000090	36.9%	66
188	Leeds E08000035	37.3%	66
=189	Medway E06000035	37.4%	66
=189	Southend-on-Sea E06000033	37.4%	66
=189	Thanet E07000114	37.4%	66
192	Chelmsford E07000070	37.5%	67
193	Eastbourne E07000061	37.6%	68
194	Gosport E07000088	37.7%	68
195	Gravesham E07000109	37.8%	68
196	Leicester E06000016	38.1%	69
197	Trafford E08000009	38.2%	69
198	Tunbridge Wells E07000116	38.3%	70
199	Mid Sussex E07000228	38.4%	70
200	Gloucester E07000081	38.5%	70
201	New Forest E07000091	38.6%	70
202	Rother E07000064	38.7%	71
203	Milton Keynes E06000042	38.9%	71
=204	Lewes E07000063	39.0%	71
=204	Norwich E07000148	39.0%	71
206	Thurrock E06000034	39.3%	72
=207	Bromley E09000006	39.4%	72
=207	Nottingham E06000018	39.4%	72
209	Winchester E07000094	39.5%	73
210	Ashford E07000105	39.9%	73
=211	Salford E08000006	40.1%	74
=211	Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	40.1%	74
=213	Bracknell Forest E06000036	40.4%	74
=213	Horsham E07000227	40.4%	74
=213	St Albans E07000240	40.4%	74
216	Runnymede E07000212	40.5%	75
=217	Epsom and Ewell E07000208	40.6%	76
=217	Maidstone E07000110	40.6%	76
=217	Southampton E06000045	40.6%	76
=220	Canterbury E07000106	40.8%	77
=220	Havering E09000016	40.8%	77
=220	Stevenage E07000243	40.8%	77
=223	Brentwood E07000068	40.9%	77
=223	Buckinghamshire E06000060	40.9%	77
=223	Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	40.9%	77
226	Surrey Heath E07000214	41.5%	78
227	Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	41.7%	79
228	Bexley E09000004	41.9%	79
229	Sutton E09000029	42.0%	79
230	Luton E06000032	42.2%	80
231	Arun E07000224	42.6%	80
=232	Dacorum E07000096	42.7%	80
=232	Dartford E07000107	42.7%	80
=232	Worthing E07000229	42.7%	80
235	Croydon E09000008	42.8%	81
=236	Basildon E07000066	42.9%	82
=236	South Gloucestershire E06000025	42.9%	82
238	Adur E07000223	43.0%	82
239	Elmbridge E07000207	43.1%	83
240	Mole Valley E07000210	43.3%	83
241	Broxbourne E07000095	43.8%	83
242	Rushmoor E07000092	43.9%	83
243	Guildford E07000209	44.3%	84
=244	Hillingdon E09000017	44.4%	84
=244	Woking E07000217	44.4%	84
246	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	44.8%	85
247	Spelthorne E07000213	45.0%	85
=248	Chichester E07000225	45.2%	85
=248	Manchester E08000003	45.2%	85
=248	Reigate and Banstead E07000211	45.2%	85
251	Crawley E07000226	45.4%	86
252	Portsmouth E06000044	45.5%	87
253	Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	45.7%	87
254	Exeter E07000041	45.9%	87
255	Redbridge E09000026	46.1%	88
256	Kingston upon Thames E09000021	46.3%	88
257	Reading E06000038	46.4%	88
258	Waltham Forest E09000031	46.7%	89
259	Harrow E09000015	47.0%	89
260	Harlow E07000073	47.5%	89
261	Lewisham E09000023	48.0%	90
=262	Epping Forest E07000072	48.5%	90
=262	Sevenoaks E07000111	48.5%	90
264	Richmond upon Thames E09000027	48.6%	90
265	Slough E06000039	48.9%	91
266	Tandridge E07000215	49.3%	91
=267	Barnet E09000003	49.5%	91
=267	Cambridge E07000008	49.5%	91
269	Three Rivers E07000102	49.7%	92
=270	Enfield E09000010	49.8%	92
=270	Hertsmere E07000098	49.8%	92
272	Watford E07000103	50.6%	93
273	Merton E09000024	50.8%	93
274	Greenwich E09000011	52.5%	94
275	Barking and Dagenham E09000002	52.9%	94
276	Newham E09000025	54.3%	94
277	Oxford E07000178	54.5%	95
278	Brighton and Hove E06000043	55.2%	95
279	Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	55.8%	95
280	Tower Hamlets E09000030	56.3%	96
=281	Bristol, City of E06000023	57.1%	96
=281	Hounslow E09000018	57.1%	96
283	Wandsworth E09000032	57.6%	97
284	Southwark E09000028	59.9%	97
=285	Brent E09000005	60.4%	97
=285	Haringey E09000014	60.4%	97
287	Ealing E09000009	61.2%	98
288	Lambeth E09000022	61.6%	98
289	Camden E09000007	63.2%	98
290	Hackney E09000012	64.1%	99
291	Islington E09000019	67.6%	99
292	Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	71.1%	99
293	Westminster E09000033	72.5%	100
294	Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	82.8%	100

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 294 England 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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