Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Pendle Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Pendle prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
Pendle wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
100,203
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£32,235
Pendle
Median resident weekly pay
£620
Full-time employees
Employment rate
79.6%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
4.8%
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.
Pendle has a resident population of 100,203, so the local labour market sits in a sizeable community rather than a small town economy. That matters for housing context because it points to a broad base of households, jobs and commuting patterns, even though affordability will still be shaped by local earnings levels and household circumstances.