Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Adur Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Adur prices and rents.
Jan 2025-Dec 2025 / ASHE 2025
Adur wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
64,889
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£38,906
Adur
Median resident weekly pay
£748
Full-time employees
Employment rate
80.2%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
3.1%
Economically active
Average monthly rent compared with estimated monthly earnings.
Labour market rates are from the ONS Annual Population Survey profile shown by Nomis. Where the local APS unemployment value is suppressed, the ONS model-based unemployment estimate is used. Earnings are ONS ASHE resident-analysis median full-time employee earnings. Annual pay is annualised from weekly pay for display context.
Incomes Explain Affordability Pressure
Wage and employment data does not predict house prices by itself. It gives demand-side context: how average prices and rents compare with resident earnings, whether employment conditions support demand, and where affordability pressure may limit the buyer or renter pool.
Adur’s labour market picture for Jan 2025 to Dec 2025, using ONS data published by Nomis and ASHE earnings figures, shows a relatively strong employment base. The resident population stood at 64,889 in 2024.
That gives useful context for a smaller local economy, where shifts in jobs and pay can matter for day-to-day housing affordability.