Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Wyre Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Wyre prices and rents.
Jan 2025-Dec 2025 / ASHE 2025
Wyre wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
118,743
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£36,873
Wyre
Median resident weekly pay
£709
Full-time employees
Employment rate
76.5%
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.
Wyre had a resident population of 118,743 in 2024, which gives useful context for the local labour market. The latest ONS and Nomis profile, based on the Annual Population Survey, suggests a fairly active working-age base for a district of this size.
The employment rate in Wyre was 76.5% in 2025.