Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Surrey Heath Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Surrey Heath prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
Surrey Heath wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
95,094
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£47,601
Surrey Heath
Median resident weekly pay
£915
Full-time employees
Employment rate
89.9%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
2.6%
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.
Surrey Heath has a large and relatively affluent resident workforce profile by UK standards. The ONS / Nomis labour-market profile for 2025 gives a resident population of 95,094.
That is the context for a local economy shaped by a substantial number of working-age residents and household incomes.