Official figures by local authority · England and Wales · 361 areas

Cost of living by area

Four official measures for every local authority: the average private rent (ONS), the median full-time pay of people who live there (ONS ASHE), the Band D council tax set by the authority (MHCLG, England only) and the average house price (HM Land Registry). Each has its own period. Scotland and Northern Ireland are not yet held.

Highest and lowest average rent

Energy

Bills are UK-wide figures for typical consumption, not measured per area; they apply to every area below and say so.

How much energy homes near you actually use: domestic electricity use by area and gas use by area. What the government spends under “fuel and energy”: the PESA series.

Every area

AreaRent a monthMedian full-time pay a yearBand D council taxAverage house price
Aberdeen City£40,020£131,855
Aberdeenshire£43,656£197,863
Adur£1,399£39,029£2,548£380,031
Amber Valley£794£37,756£2,408£237,857
Angus£37,291£176,959
Antrim and Newtownabbey£206,120
Ards and North Down£227,275
Argyll and Bute£39,010£179,020
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon£186,993
Arun£1,227£34,546£2,487£321,927
Ashfield£793£32,577£2,609£190,024
Ashford£1,246£37,440£2,410£344,332
Babergh£968£33,904£2,342£328,612
Barking and Dagenham£1,696£38,467£2,199£371,030
Barnet£1,945£47,141£2,133£603,753
Barnsley£693£36,652£2,326£175,733
Basildon£1,421£39,734£2,327£360,294
Basingstoke and Deane£1,307£44,809£2,255£368,739
Bassetlaw£720£34,744£2,645£210,596
Bath and North East Somerset£1,881£40,448£2,383£404,480
Bedford£1,170£41,214£2,472£329,830
Belfast£184,768
Bexley£1,534£43,969£2,366£405,477
Birmingham£1,093£35,989£2,363£234,150
Blaby£994£38,279£2,490£282,918
Blackburn with Darwen£713£33,076£2,455£165,882
Blackpool£714£31,858£2,513£134,923
Blaenau Gwent£679£34,797£144,603
Bolsover£710£32,897£2,559£188,025
Bolton£884£34,186£2,400£202,770
Boston£803£29,805£2,309£180,778
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£1,399£37,493£2,436£312,162
Bracknell Forest£1,456£43,206£2,265£396,103
Bradford£749£33,526£2,361£185,028
Braintree£1,217£39,712£2,280£330,637
Breckland£925£34,399£2,444£273,851
Brent£2,012£39,944£2,235£544,174
Brentwood£1,618£47,494£2,258£513,537
Bridgend£759£37,002£207,546
Brighton and Hove£1,809£39,347£2,581£407,803
Bristol, City of£1,880£39,509£2,714£356,824
Broadland£939£38,195£2,438£315,128
Bromley£1,681£51,225£2,140£518,235
Bromsgrove£985£42,776£2,479£339,163
Broxbourne£1,687£46,237£2,306£406,678
Broxtowe£945£38,037£2,618£253,021
Buckinghamshire£1,474£43,290£2,527£490,508
Burnley£628£33,208£2,549£134,515
Bury£969£35,767£2,555£238,446
Caerphilly£743£35,367£197,272
Calderdale£753£35,989£2,420£191,540
Cambridge£1,806£43,741£2,467£471,098
Camden£2,800£53,133£2,208£833,067
Cannock Chase£859£36,140£2,376£230,601
Canterbury£1,281£37,682£2,419£338,030
Cardiff£1,169£36,946£270,094
Carmarthenshire£685£37,405£197,547
Castle Point£1,257£41,745£2,319£362,602
Causeway Coast and Glens£218,871
Central Bedfordshire£1,249£43,645£2,516£356,453
Ceredigion£723£33,299£237,176
Charnwood£958£38,078£2,406£276,865
Chelmsford£1,442£46,179£2,300£383,103
Cheltenham£1,259£41,399£2,370£325,399
Cherwell£1,294£42,147£2,583£353,632
Cheshire East£984£40,991£2,455£303,387
Cheshire West and Chester£986£41,486£2,517£269,039
Chesterfield£754£35,920£2,339£199,439
Chichester£1,328£35,264£2,470£429,978
Chorley£792£39,350£2,430£212,647
City of Edinburgh£43,169£303,067
City of London£1,330£712,958
Clackmannanshire£36,259£165,884
Colchester£1,196£39,353£2,283£298,003
Conwy£791£35,424£213,461
Cornwall£1,004£35,002£2,591£277,801
Cotswold£1,248£41,267£2,392£411,764
County Durham£645£33,436£2,622£138,148
Coventry£1,019£37,759£2,517£223,731
Crawley£1,486£39,237£2,418£338,311
Croydon£1,581£44,326£2,600£394,736
Cumberland£675£42,461£2,511£172,036
Dacorum£1,583£44,485£2,409£459,438
Darlington£686£36,166£2,494£158,188
Dartford£1,570£44,091£2,375£351,594
Denbighshire£712£32,691£198,995
Derby£857£36,428£2,306£204,016
Derbyshire Dales£810£43,071£2,445£353,364
Derry City and Strabane£189,474
Doncaster£691£34,967£2,168£170,784
Dorset£1,051£37,462£2,765£325,410
Dover£1,029£40,142£2,462£276,234
Dudley£853£35,486£2,145£230,781
Dumfries and Galloway£34,895£166,891
Dundee City£34,860£150,945
Ealing£2,085£40,889£2,139£575,814
East Ayrshire£37,968£138,898
East Cambridgeshire£1,035£41,464£2,485£344,211
East Devon£965£40,087£2,595£345,757
East Dunbartonshire£44,763£268,922
East Hampshire£1,262£47,630£2,344£446,392
East Hertfordshire£1,519£52,184£2,455£460,778
East Lindsey£699£31,516£2,276£216,315
East Lothian£38,714£280,383
East Renfrewshire£46,279£295,309
East Riding of Yorkshire£724£37,595£2,466£220,721
East Staffordshire£851£36,848£2,351£225,551
East Suffolk£840£36,793£2,335£278,376
Eastbourne£1,166£37,236£2,654£251,811
Eastleigh£1,214£42,461£2,342£308,476
Elmbridge£1,867£51,924£2,558£743,525
Enfield£1,821£43,888£2,268£471,019
Epping Forest£1,843£45,618£2,277£536,765
Epsom and Ewell£1,694£50,121£2,531£568,810
Erewash£834£36,290£2,361£217,901
Exeter£1,320£34,514£2,495£280,982
Falkirk£38,432£173,497
Fareham£1,189£43,740£2,271£328,364
Fenland£840£34,170£2,538£223,168
Fermanagh and Omagh£201,732
Fife£38,913£176,924
Flintshire£803£37,505£213,930
Folkestone and Hythe£1,176£38,864£2,539£304,717
Forest of Dean£826£42,326£2,443£288,524
Fylde£866£44,892£2,484£233,647
Gateshead£798£34,199£2,716£158,254
Gedling£899£37,727£2,610£250,279
Glasgow City£38,125£193,671
Gloucester£1,112£34,617£2,356£240,887
Gosport£1,165£37,060£2,344£235,188
Gravesham£1,331£42,199£2,408£345,369
Great Yarmouth£841£34,794£2,414£209,164
Greenwich£1,980£45,274£2,108£465,132
Guildford£1,728£46,801£2,547£523,974
Gwynedd£722£32,868£206,665
Hackney£2,644£49,482£2,060£605,442
Halton£745£35,187£2,367£193,134
Hammersmith and Fulham£2,796£47,192£1,520£725,562
Harborough£963£42,423£2,390£345,848
Haringey£2,213£43,995£2,314£634,444
Harlow£1,518£38,380£2,299£313,338
Harrow£1,773£45,232£2,511£524,160
Hart£1,417£46,502£2,400£479,978
Hartlepool£556£31,871£2,560£130,271
Hastings£1,006£34,714£2,677£236,966
Havant£1,146£37,220£2,320£320,643
Havering£1,564£46,045£2,425£456,759
Herefordshire, County of£811£34,730£2,574£289,715
Hertsmere£1,817£43,813£2,406£560,436
High Peak£928£37,184£2,385£252,980
Highland£39,740£221,000
Hillingdon£1,565£42,250£2,045£474,665
Hinckley and Bosworth£933£35,671£2,383£261,584
Horsham£1,465£43,487£2,441£436,940
Hounslow£1,945£40,870£2,186£512,888
Huntingdonshire£1,050£38,019£2,556£306,387
Hyndburn£645£34,987£2,466£138,818
Inverclyde£36,650£109,131
Ipswich£993£36,660£2,468£219,070
Isle of Anglesey£710£35,709£239,726
Isle of Wight£950£31,184£2,626£240,998
Isles of Scilly£2,048
Islington£2,854£50,692£2,108£673,384
Kensington and Chelsea£3,629£52,576£1,667£1,250,149
King's Lynn and West Norfolk£940£36,835£2,430£263,298
Kingston upon Hull, City of£691£31,419£2,295£134,304
Kingston upon Thames£1,807£46,871£2,609£594,498
Kirklees£780£35,867£2,441£205,773
Knowsley£844£37,543£2,488£189,116
Lambeth£2,519£49,034£2,047£548,034
Lancaster£815£34,890£2,503£199,762
Leeds£1,140£36,716£2,284£249,394
Leicester£1,024£32,281£2,529£228,618
Lewes£1,325£40,807£2,756£367,918
Lewisham£1,828£45,702£2,237£491,259
Lichfield£1,100£41,803£2,352£337,052
Lincoln£944£34,301£2,323£183,298
Lisburn and Castlereagh£240,737
Liverpool£909£37,144£2,674£185,307
Luton£1,221£34,732£2,440£289,790
Maidstone£1,293£38,191£2,503£352,191
Maldon£1,143£43,385£2,328£384,348
Malvern Hills£943£35,429£2,451£350,906
Manchester£1,365£36,278£2,312£251,250
Mansfield£788£32,525£2,600£192,359
Medway£1,236£39,622£2,329£296,182
Melton£796£33,900£2,430£283,892
Merthyr Tydfil£755£35,152£146,611
Merton£2,153£50,844£2,147£612,681
Mid and East Antrim£177,450
Mid Devon£876£36,994£2,656£284,283
Mid Suffolk£1,001£41,350£2,317£320,276
Mid Sussex£1,420£44,352£2,474£426,441
Mid Ulster£195,453
Middlesbrough£699£35,177£2,549£137,773
Midlothian£41,189£281,662
Milton Keynes£1,343£41,389£2,372£325,104
Mole Valley£1,548£42,937£2,520£540,160
Monmouthshire£993£41,529£332,145
Moray£33,943£208,397
Na h-Eileanan Siar£33,442£146,176
Neath Port Talbot£689£36,359£162,967
New Forest£1,241£38,571£2,420£380,310
Newark and Sherwood£813£37,118£2,682£233,902
Newcastle upon Tyne£1,207£35,446£2,542£208,589
Newcastle-under-Lyme£830£35,723£2,334£209,547
Newham£1,927£42,595£1,944£403,032
Newport£956£36,533£230,505
Newry, Mourne and Down£220,572
North Ayrshire£40,312£141,756
North Devon£845£32,682£2,642£281,532
North East Derbyshire£787£36,422£2,467£250,387
North East Lincolnshire£633£35,052£2,484£151,132
North Hertfordshire£1,429£49,224£2,449£422,616
North Kesteven£820£37,305£2,338£243,236
North Lanarkshire£41,070£156,446
North Lincolnshire£653£34,738£2,348£181,725
North Norfolk£864£34,362£2,460£300,273
North Northamptonshire£988£37,951£2,424£256,610
North Somerset£1,205£39,969£2,491£314,628
North Tyneside£851£37,063£2,462£203,813
North Warwickshire£978£40,095£2,532£270,450
North West Leicestershire£910£38,795£2,418£282,239
North Yorkshire£844£36,783£2,544£270,569
Northumberland£691£37,721£2,597£213,452
Norwich£1,146£35,263£2,503£230,706
Nottingham£1,011£30,798£2,755£192,172
Nuneaton and Bedworth£921£35,277£2,502£230,734
Oadby and Wigston£1,025£40,617£2,407£259,734
Oldham£931£34,042£2,602£214,850
Orkney Islands£43,430£236,740
Oxford£1,966£43,289£2,678£466,815
Pembrokeshire£692£36,438£210,862
Pendle£666£30,327£2,640£149,613
Perth and Kinross£39,934£228,159
Peterborough£1,003£35,196£2,293£237,846
Plymouth£1,001£35,186£2,442£222,817
Portsmouth£1,367£36,022£2,292£250,999
Powys£622£35,909£231,004
Preston£788£37,214£2,576£187,709
Reading£1,573£40,700£2,613£361,243
Redbridge£1,724£44,851£2,295£495,977
Redcar and Cleveland£643£35,111£2,544£153,205
Redditch£951£35,251£2,463£243,843
Reigate and Banstead£1,637£43,434£2,567£480,481
Renfrewshire£39,734£162,655
Rhondda Cynon Taf£753£34,837£167,559
Ribble Valley£816£40,870£2,387£287,641
Richmond upon Thames£2,318£57,233£2,486£818,949
Rochdale£844£34,660£2,601£210,083
Rochford£1,298£44,750£2,363£415,574
Rossendale£808£35,273£2,520£193,320
Rother£1,166£36,197£2,701£343,870
Rotherham£683£34,713£2,382£190,069
Rugby£1,046£47,191£2,483£276,208
Runnymede£1,579£46,777£2,493£489,116
Rushcliffe£1,041£45,968£2,643£331,451
Rushmoor£1,387£37,883£2,320£328,963
Rutland£962£42,355£2,738£299,980
Salford£1,167£34,958£2,594£231,890
Sandwell£947£33,029£2,244£205,743
Scottish Borders£33,600£191,555
Sefton£935£36,937£2,583£225,433
Sevenoaks£1,803£44,581£2,522£543,081
Sheffield£929£37,885£2,510£219,539
Shetland Islands£46,527£187,659
Shropshire£819£36,991£2,528£284,036
Slough£1,569£38,483£2,414£352,024
Solihull£1,269£46,896£2,197£334,966
Somerset£1,006£36,279£2,561£281,571
South Ayrshire£43,076£172,205
South Cambridgeshire£1,411£48,916£2,536£436,011
South Derbyshire£879£41,520£2,340£258,672
South Gloucestershire£1,456£40,731£2,551£340,300
South Hams£1,009£38,638£2,615£360,571
South Holland£768£32,336£2,278£231,036
South Kesteven£843£34,922£2,260£255,363
South Lanarkshire£41,126£186,771
South Norfolk£981£39,438£2,483£312,124
South Oxfordshire£1,392£48,525£2,598£474,283
South Ribble£800£37,883£2,443£211,854
South Staffordshire£949£38,788£2,314£310,258
South Tyneside£737£33,739£2,434£161,372
Southampton£1,255£37,130£2,381£235,362
Southend-on-Sea£1,296£41,554£2,265£325,586
Southwark£2,431£48,681£1,967£582,473
Spelthorne£1,661£44,265£2,526£429,916
St Albans£1,931£57,396£2,419£651,448
St. Helens£802£37,306£2,403£186,435
Stafford£898£39,726£2,303£259,721
Staffordshire Moorlands£724£38,228£2,338£227,875
Stevenage£1,436£42,200£2,392£323,429
Stirling£43,559£239,005
Stockport£1,111£39,318£2,619£314,495
Stockton-on-Tees£735£37,558£2,590£170,923
Stoke-on-Trent£711£32,622£2,183£148,799
Stratford-on-Avon£1,143£41,280£2,484£392,574
Stroud£1,040£38,608£2,491£355,953
Sunderland£704£32,744£2,197£143,216
Surrey Heath£1,508£43,633£2,585£461,396
Sutton£1,553£44,393£2,379£446,775
Swale£1,103£38,432£2,406£298,394
Swansea£848£36,586£206,059
Swindon£1,090£38,900£2,438£265,666
Tameside£927£33,949£2,447£211,304
Tamworth£920£38,496£2,301£230,478
Tandridge£1,634£39,775£2,595£475,344
Teignbridge£958£35,410£2,643£303,564
Telford and Wrekin£861£36,044£2,256£220,519
Tendring£1,051£39,799£2,270£261,717
Test Valley£1,234£40,576£2,306£372,348
Tewkesbury£1,086£39,236£2,341£329,883
Thanet£1,114£35,775£2,491£268,760
Three Rivers£1,820£43,980£2,422£580,120
Thurrock£1,375£41,997£2,255£327,176
Tonbridge and Malling£1,484£42,752£2,472£405,932
Torbay£917£33,493£2,470£223,577
Torfaen£858£39,170£199,778
Torridge£788£34,425£2,601£260,783
Tower Hamlets£2,439£52,000£1,838£456,898
Trafford£1,367£42,973£2,292£396,811
Tunbridge Wells£1,529£47,896£2,446£445,133
Uttlesford£1,286£50,103£2,334£482,652
Vale of Glamorgan£987£38,656£297,999
Vale of White Horse£1,343£44,454£2,577£414,441
Wakefield£800£34,400£2,297£198,519
Walsall£916£34,036£2,627£214,577
Waltham Forest£1,765£45,350£2,387£522,743
Wandsworth£2,620£54,584£1,028£680,105
Warrington£894£40,380£2,448£259,398
Warwick£1,239£48,523£2,462£372,922
Watford£1,823£43,219£2,447£396,385
Waverley£1,450£49,769£2,605£560,596
Wealden£1,266£43,589£2,728£386,787
Welwyn Hatfield£1,509£45,145£2,452£450,696
West Berkshire£1,314£44,887£2,505£402,790
West Devon£840£38,638£2,705£286,145
West Dunbartonshire£40,011£128,381
West Lancashire£803£38,102£2,456£231,816
West Lindsey£744£38,377£2,354£210,732
West Lothian£40,134£228,496
West Northamptonshire£1,078£38,000£2,487£292,754
West Oxfordshire£1,293£43,932£2,567£416,425
West Suffolk£1,179£39,628£2,351£296,879
Westminster£3,179£52,610£1,050£854,198
Westmorland and Furness£812£41,859£2,508£230,066
Wigan£745£37,377£2,153£195,557
Wiltshire£1,072£37,811£2,572£328,908
Winchester£1,505£45,766£2,360£471,136
Windsor and Maidenhead£1,805£47,387£1,953£576,992
Wirral£852£38,010£2,501£215,575
Woking£1,619£43,719£2,598£433,790
Wokingham£1,470£52,222£2,498£498,941
Wolverhampton£942£35,858£2,539£216,668
Worcester£974£38,880£2,406£253,787
Worthing£1,303£36,581£2,456£296,227
Wrexham£766£35,246£212,502
Wychavon£950£36,175£2,373£328,015
Wyre£737£38,048£2,461£193,024
Wyre Forest£823£34,661£2,512£232,448
York£1,193£40,496£2,287£309,611

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