Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Crawley Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Crawley prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
Crawley wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
124,462
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£39,645
Crawley
Median resident weekly pay
£762
Full-time employees
Employment rate
90.0%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
3.2%
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. Some measures are shown as No data where ONS/Nomis suppresses local values because sample sizes are too small or disclosive.
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.
Crawley’s latest ONS/Nomis labour-market profile suggests a strong local labour base, but the pay figures are close to the Great Britain average rather than standing out well above it. The city had a resident population of 124,462 in 2025, so these figures relate to a sizeable and active local workforce.