Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Folkestone and Hythe Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Folkestone and Hythe prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
Folkestone and Hythe wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
112,163
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£39,276
Folkestone and Hythe
Median resident weekly pay
£755
Full-time employees
Employment rate
70.6%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
3.6%
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.
Folkestone and Hythe had a resident population of 112,163 in 2025. That gives the local labour market a sizeable base, but one that still needs to be read in the context of the wider housing market and household budgets.
According to ONS/Nomis labour-market data from the Annual Population Survey, the employment rate was 70.6%.