North Warwickshire Wages, Employment and Property Affordability

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

Last updated 19 Aug 2026HPI June 2026Rents July 2026Sold prices May 2026
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026

North Warwickshire wages, employment and affordability

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

Resident population
67,688
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£38,870
North Warwickshire
Median resident weekly pay
£748
Full-time employees
Employment rate
69.1%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
5.6%
Economically active
House price affordability7.0x earnings

Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.

Rent affordability30% 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 August 2026

North Warwickshire had an estimated resident population of 67,688 in 2025, so this is a relatively small local labour market. That matters when reading the figures, because a modest population can mean the area’s workforce profile shifts a little more from year to year than in larger places.

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.