Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
South East England Median Salary
Resident earnings data for South East England, shown alongside regional house prices and rents for affordability context.
Median resident annual pay
£42,390
Apr 2026-Jun 2026 / ASHE 2025
Median resident weekly pay
£815
Full-time employees
House price to income
9.0x earnings
Average price vs annual pay
Rent to income
40% of monthly earnings
Average rent vs monthly pay
Apr 2026-Jun 2026 / ASHE 2025
South East England wages and affordability
Resident earnings help explain how regional prices and rents compare with local pay.
Resident population
9,638,645
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£42,390
South East England
Median resident weekly pay
£815
Full-time employees
Employment rate
78.2%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
4.1%
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.
South East England combines a large resident base with relatively strong labour-market metrics. The region had a resident population of 9,638,645 in 2024, according to the official ONS/Nomis profile.
That scale matters for housing context because it points to a broad and diverse local workforce, rather than a small or narrowly concentrated labour market.