Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Wealden Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Wealden prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
Wealden wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
168,308
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£45,027
Wealden
Median resident weekly pay
£866
Full-time employees
Employment rate
80.5%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
3.1%
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.
Wealden’s latest ONS and Nomis labour-market profile points to a relatively strong earnings and employment picture. The resident population was 168,308 in 2025, so this is a sizeable local labour market with a broad base of workers and households.
On pay, the ASHE resident measure shows median weekly earnings of £865.90, which annualises to £45,027.