Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
West Devon Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading West Devon prices and rents.
Jan 2025-Dec 2025 / ASHE 2025
West Devon wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
58,923
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£34,445
West Devon
Median resident weekly pay
£662
Full-time employees
Employment rate
75.3%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
3.3%
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.
West Devon has an estimated resident population of 58,923 in 2024. That gives useful context for the local labour market, which is smaller and more mixed than the national picture.
The latest figures come from ONS and Nomis, using the Annual Population Survey for labour market rates and ASHE for resident earnings.