Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
South West England Median Salary
Resident earnings data for South West England, shown alongside regional house prices and rents for affordability context.
Median resident annual pay
£38,168
Apr 2026-Jun 2026 / ASHE 2025
Median resident weekly pay
£734
Full-time employees
House price to income
8.0x earnings
Average price vs annual pay
Rent to income
39% of monthly earnings
Average rent vs monthly pay
Apr 2026-Jun 2026 / ASHE 2025
South West England wages and affordability
Resident earnings help explain how regional prices and rents compare with local pay.
Resident population
5,884,551
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£38,168
South West England
Median resident weekly pay
£734
Full-time employees
Employment rate
78.1%
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 West England has a resident population of 5.88 million, according to ONS/Nomis labour-market data and the Annual Population Survey profile. That large population base matters because it gives the region a broad working-age pool and a wide mix of occupations, incomes and household types.