Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Hartlepool Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Hartlepool prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
Hartlepool wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
99,656
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£34,663
Hartlepool
Median resident weekly pay
£667
Full-time employees
Employment rate
65.7%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
6.7%
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.
Hartlepool’s latest ONS/Nomis labour-market profile, using the Annual Population Survey with ASHE earnings, shows a resident population of 99,656 in 2025. That gives some context for a smaller local market, where changes in pay and work patterns can matter to household budgets and day-to-day affordability.
Resident median weekly pay is £666.60, which annualises to £34,663.