Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
East Devon Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading East Devon prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
East Devon wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
159,637
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£38,756
East Devon
Median resident weekly pay
£745
Full-time employees
Employment rate
87.5%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
2.4%
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.
East Devon’s latest ONS and Nomis labour-market picture points to a relatively strong local jobs market by UK standards. The resident employment rate is 87.5%, well above the Great Britain figure of 75.5%.
Unemployment is 2.4%, below the national 4.5%. Economic inactivity is 11.4%, also lower than the UK rate of 20.9%.