Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Lancaster Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Lancaster prices and rents.
Jan 2025-Dec 2025 / ASHE 2025
Lancaster wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
145,006
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£35,708
Lancaster
Median resident weekly pay
£687
Full-time employees
Employment rate
79.6%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
3.2%
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.
Lancaster’s labour market profile shows a relatively strong resident employment picture, alongside pay that sits below the Great Britain average. The latest ONS and Nomis data, using the Annual Population Survey and ASHE earnings figures, put the city’s resident population at 145,006 in 2024.
Resident median full-time pay is £686.70 a week.