Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Newcastle-under-Lyme prices and rents.
Jan 2025-Dec 2025 / ASHE 2025
Newcastle-under-Lyme wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
127,727
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£35,989
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Median resident weekly pay
£692
Full-time employees
Employment rate
69.7%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
4.7%
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.
Newcastle-under-Lyme had a resident population of 127,727 in 2024. That gives the local labour market a sizeable base, but the headline rates still matter more for understanding day-to-day affordability pressures.
The latest ONS and Nomis figures come from the Annual Population Survey, while pay data is from ASHE 2025.