Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Elmbridge Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Elmbridge prices and rents.
Jan 2025-Dec 2025 / ASHE 2025
Elmbridge wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
141,926
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£50,456
Elmbridge
Median resident weekly pay
£970
Full-time employees
Employment rate
76.9%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
3.3%
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.
Elmbridge has a large resident base for a Surrey borough, with an estimated population of 141,926 in 2024. That scale matters because it points to a substantial local workforce and a broad pool of households competing for homes.
The latest ONS and Nomis labour-market profile shows a strong employment picture.