Hounslow Wages, Employment and Property Affordability

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

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

Hounslow wages, employment and affordability

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

Resident population
299,424
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£41,990
Hounslow
Median resident weekly pay
£808
Full-time employees
Employment rate
73.2%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
6.2%
Economically active
House price affordability11.8x earnings

Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.

Rent affordability55% 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

Hounslow’s resident labour market picture shows relatively solid pay, but a mixed employment backdrop. In the year to Jan 2025 to Dec 2025, the ONS ASHE resident earnings data puts median weekly pay at £807.50.

That is above the Great Britain median of £766.60.

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.