Fylde Wages, Employment and Property Affordability

Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Fylde prices and rents.

Last updated 5 Jul 2026HPI April 2026Rents May 2026Sold prices April 2026
Jan 2025-Dec 2025 / ASHE 2025

Fylde wages, employment and affordability

Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.

Resident population
85,447
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£43,628
Fylde
Median resident weekly pay
£839
Full-time employees
Employment rate
71.2%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
3.4%
Economically active
House price affordability5.1x earnings

Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.

Rent affordability24% of monthly earnings

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.

Wages and employment commentary · Last updated July 2026

Fylde’s labour market profile points to a relatively solid local earnings base, set against a resident population of 85,447 in 2024. The latest ONS/Nomis figures, drawn from the Annual Population Survey, and the ONS ASHE resident earnings data, give a useful snapshot of spending power and affordability context for the area.

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.