Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Hart Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Hart prices and rents.
Jan 2025-Dec 2025 / ASHE 2025
Hart wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
103,162
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£48,256
Hart
Median resident weekly pay
£928
Full-time employees
Employment rate
80.5%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
3.0%
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.
Hart’s labour market profile for Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 shows a relatively strong resident earnings and employment picture, based on ONS and Nomis data. The resident population stood at 103,162 in 2024, giving useful context for a sizeable local workforce and household base.
Median resident full-time pay in Hart was £928 a week.