Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Hammersmith and Fulham Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Hammersmith and Fulham prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
Hammersmith and Fulham wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
190,216
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£47,700
Hammersmith and Fulham
Median resident weekly pay
£917
Full-time employees
Employment rate
72.2%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
7.7%
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.
Hammersmith and Fulham has a resident population of 190,216, so the local labour market sits within a sizeable and densely connected urban base. That matters for property affordability context because it gives a sense of the scale of resident demand and earning power, without saying anything direct about prices or rents.