Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Sefton Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Sefton prices and rents.
Jan 2025-Dec 2025 / ASHE 2025
Sefton wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
286,281
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£38,901
Sefton
Median resident weekly pay
£748
Full-time employees
Employment rate
73.8%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
4.4%
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.
Sefton’s latest ONS and Nomis labour market profile gives a picture of a fairly large local resident workforce, with a 2024 population of 286,281. The figures are drawn from the ONS Annual Population Survey, with earnings taken from ASHE resident analysis for 2025.
Resident median weekly pay in Sefton is £748.10.