Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Maidstone Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Maidstone prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
Maidstone wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
191,415
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£40,253
Maidstone
Median resident weekly pay
£774
Full-time employees
Employment rate
82.8%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
3.1%
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.
Maidstone has a resident population of 191,415, so it is a sizeable local labour market with a broad base of working-age households. That population context matters for housing because it helps frame how many people are likely to be competing for homes across the city and the wider area.