Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Westmorland and Furness Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Westmorland and Furness prices and rents.
Jan 2025-Dec 2025 / ASHE 2025
Westmorland and Furness wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
230,185
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£42,208
Westmorland and Furness
Median resident weekly pay
£812
Full-time employees
Employment rate
81.3%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
1.3%
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.
Westmorland and Furness has a population of 230,185, according to the 2024 resident population estimate used alongside the latest labour-market profile. That gives useful context for a district with a sizeable working-age base, but one that is still far smaller than Great Britain overall.