Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
East of England Employment Rate
Employment, unemployment and population indicators for reading East of England property prices and rents in wider labour-market context.
Employment rate
78.2%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
4.2%
Economically active
Economic inactivity
18.3%
Aged 16-64
Resident population
6,576,306
ONS 2024
Feb 2026-Apr 2026 / ASHE 2025
East of England labour-market context
Employment data does not predict house prices by itself, but it helps frame affordability and local economic context.
Resident population
6,576,306
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£41,855
East of England
Median resident weekly pay
£805
Full-time employees
Employment rate
78.2%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
4.2%
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.
The East of England has a resident population of 6,576,306 in 2024. That is a large and diverse labour market.
For property affordability, that matters because it gives the region a broad base of workers, households and local demand patterns.