Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
East Staffordshire Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading East Staffordshire prices and rents.
Jan 2025-Dec 2025 / ASHE 2025
East Staffordshire wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
129,659
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£38,579
East Staffordshire
Median resident weekly pay
£742
Full-time employees
Employment rate
83.8%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
4.3%
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 Staffordshire’s labour market profile suggests a relatively strong employment base, alongside pay that sits a little below the Great Britain average. According to the ONS Annual Population Survey profile shown by Nomis, the employment rate for residents aged 16 to 64 was 83.8% in 2025.
That is well above the GB rate of 75.5%.