Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
South Staffordshire Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading South Staffordshire prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
South Staffordshire wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
114,811
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£39,759
South Staffordshire
Median resident weekly pay
£765
Full-time employees
Employment rate
80.3%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
3.8%
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.
South Staffordshire’s labour market picture is steady rather than dramatic. ONS and Nomis data for Apr 2025 to Mar 2026, with ASHE 2026 earnings, show a resident population of 114,811 in 2025.
That gives useful scale to the local labour force and the housing market context around it. Resident median weekly pay is £764.60.