Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Telford and Wrekin Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Telford and Wrekin prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
Telford and Wrekin wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
199,378
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£36,010
Telford and Wrekin
Median resident weekly pay
£693
Full-time employees
Employment rate
77.7%
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.
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.
Telford and Wrekin has a resident population of 199,378, according to the 2025 estimate used alongside the latest ONS and Nomis labour-market release. That gives useful context for the local earnings picture, because the area is large enough to have a mixed labour market, but still much smaller than the Great Britain benchmark.