Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Vale of White Horse Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Vale of White Horse prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
Vale of White Horse wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
152,217
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£43,025
Vale of White Horse
Median resident weekly pay
£827
Full-time employees
Employment rate
79.3%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
3.2%
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.
Vale of White Horse shows a relatively strong labour-market profile in the latest ONS and Nomis data. The district’s resident population was 152,217 in 2025, so these figures sit in the context of a sizeable local workforce and commuter base.
Resident median full-time pay is above the Great Britain benchmark.