Housing affordability and employment growth
This table shows:
- The percentage of people under the age of 40 in your area who cannot afford to buy or rent locally, based on household income.
- Private sector employment growth since 2005, including any employment losses that occurred during the recession.
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| District | % under 40 that can't rent (2007) | % under 40 that can't buy (2008) | Private sector employment growth (2005-2010) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alnwick | 32.9% | 51.9% | -7.4% |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 36.9% | 58.4% | 1.1% |
| Blyth Valley | 29.7% | 42.8% | -2.7% |
| Castle Morpeth | 26.8% | 33.5% | 3.0% |
| Chester-le-Street | 30.3% | 47.9% | -1.2% |
| Darlington | 29.6% | 49.3% | -10.1% |
| Derwentside | 32.2% | 40.9% | 18.6% |
| Durham | 33.5% | 44.8% | 8.7% |
| Easington | 34.8% | 35.9% | 2.2% |
| Gateshead | 37.1% | 54.5% | 0.5% |
| Hartlepool | 42.5% | 46.4% | -1.6% |
| Middlesbrough | 48.5% | 53.1% | -8.7% |
| North Tyneside | 36.3% | 52.7% | 4.9% |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 48.5% | 55.7% | -9.3% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 37.4% | 42.5% | -17.8% |
| South Tyneside | 37.7% | 55.5% | -2.4% |
| Sedgefield | 28.3% | 42.2% | -6.0% |
| Stockton on Tees | 34.1% | 44.6% | -0.7% |
| Sunderland | 41.2% | 55.4% | -10.4% |
| Teesdale | 24.8% | 40.1% | 1.3% |
| Tynedale | 29.4% | 40.4% | -4.6% |
| Wansbeck | 31.8% | 38.4% | -9.2% |
| Wear Valley | 32.0% | 41.4% | -5.6% |
| Barnsley | 29.8% | 44.1% | -5.5% |
| Bradford | 37.9% | 49.8% | 4.2% |
| Calderdale | 33.3% | 45.2% | 0.5% |
| Craven | 28.8% | 65.9% | -18.0% |
| Doncaster | 36.7% | 49.2% | -18.4% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 30.0% | 51.3% | -2.4% |
| Hambleton | 36.0% | 64.8% | 1.1% |
| Harrogate | 36.6% | 63.9% | 4.8% |
| Kingston upon Hull | 48.0% | 45.2% | -10.2% |
| Kirklees | 34.4% | 50.2% | -3.5% |
| Leeds | 46.2% | 59.0% | 2.1% |
| North Lincolnshire | 43.7% | 47.0% | -5.7% |
| North East Lincolnshire | 31.5% | 47.6% | -9.2% |
| Richmondshire | 28.4% | 57.3% | -13.3% |
| Rotherham | 37.0% | 48.9% | -13.6% |
| Ryedale | 39.9% | 67.7% | -10.5% |
| Scarborough | 39.0% | 62.4% | -10.8% |
| Selby | 30.5% | 45.2% | -19.4% |
| Sheffield | 45.2% | 52.1% | -3.6% |
| Wakefield | 37.8% | 49.9% | -6.7% |
| York | 43.0% | 65.0% | -12.3% |
| Allerdale | 26.6% | 51.1% | -7.2% |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 26.6% | 36.5% | -0.4% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 35.8% | 47.5% | -11.1% |
| Blackpool | 44.6% | 66.7% | -8.5% |
| Bolton | 35.8% | 42.1% | -11.6% |
| Burnley | 31.6% | 37.9% | -7.2% |
| Bury | 34.4% | 49.9% | -9.4% |
| Carlisle | 32.5% | 65.9% | -1.7% |
| Chester | 39.8% | 61.4% | -4.2% |
| Chorley | 26.2% | 50.5% | -22.9% |
| Congleton | 24.5% | 48.9% | -0.3% |
| Copeland | 26.4% | 40.3% | 0.0% |
| Crewe and Nantwich | 34.5% | 47.2% | 11.0% |
| Eden | 32.8% | 59.8% | -14.1% |
| Ellesmere Port and Neston | 34.8% | 44.2% | -7.0% |
| Fylde | 37.2% | 59.2% | 4.3% |
| Halton | 38.6% | 48.8% | -8.7% |
| Hyndburn | 25.7% | 42.2% | -7.1% |
| Knowsley | 49.1% | 55.6% | -9.1% |
| Lancaster | 37.5% | 53.3% | 8.2% |
| Liverpool | 54.0% | 57.7% | -0.5% |
| Macclesfield | 27.2% | 50.9% | 2.5% |
| Manchester | 56.3% | 58.0% | 7.3% |
| Oldham | 37.9% | 48.1% | -12.4% |
| Pendle | 34.5% | 38.5% | 11.4% |
| Preston | 44.9% | 55.3% | -2.9% |
| Ribble Valley | 26.9% | 55.0% | 3.2% |
| Rochdale | 36.8% | 47.2% | -6.8% |
| Rossendale | 29.2% | 42.2% | -20.2% |
| South Lakeland | 45.3% | 60.1% | -9.2% |
| South Ribble | 32.0% | 52.1% | -3.8% |
| Salford | 48.3% | 55.1% | -5.0% |
| Sefton | 39.0% | 49.8% | -14.9% |
| St Helens | 33.6% | 49.4% | 2.1% |
| Stockport | 33.9% | 54.5% | -10.1% |
| Tameside | 36.4% | 55.1% | 3.9% |
| Trafford | 36.1% | 59.6% | -11.9% |
| Vale Royal | 29.5% | 48.8% | -4.7% |
| West Lancashire | 37.4% | 41.6% | -7.4% |
| Warrington | 30.0% | 45.5% | -2.5% |
| Wigan | 31.6% | 44.5% | -8.3% |
| Wirral | 35.6% | 49.8% | -7.1% |
| Wyre | 41.8% | 61.6% | 7.5% |
| Amber Valley | 26.7% | 44.5% | -13.1% |
| Ashfield | 32.6% | 44.8% | -1.8% |
| Bassetlaw | 31.3% | 42.1% | -6.9% |
| Blaby | 29.6% | 60.4% | -12.9% |
| Bolsover | 31.4% | 43.9% | -1.7% |
| Boston | 39.3% | 56.4% | -4.8% |
| Broxtowe | 31.9% | 44.5% | -1.8% |
| Charnwood | 32.6% | 53.3% | -10.7% |
| Chesterfield | 36.1% | 54.8% | -10.9% |
| Corby | 41.5% | 53.3% | -11.5% |
| Daventry | 26.4% | 55.4% | 2.0% |
| Derby City | 37.7% | 51.7% | 3.8% |
| Derbyshire Dales | 32.8% | 63.7% | -2.9% |
| East Lindsey | 42.6% | 56.1% | -17.2% |
| East Northamptonshire | 27.0% | 51.8% | -10.4% |
| Erewash | 26.9% | 47.9% | -9.1% |
| Gedling | 28.6% | 47.8% | -23.0% |
| Harborough | 24.9% | 49.0% | -10.2% |
| High Peak | 31.1% | 57.4% | -1.9% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 29.6% | 53.3% | -18.7% |
| Kettering | 34.1% | 49.6% | 6.6% |
| Leicester City | 50.6% | 64.0% | 2.2% |
| Lincoln | 44.5% | 59.6% | 1.7% |
| Mansfield | 30.3% | 43.3% | -5.2% |
| Melton | 32.2% | 39.4% | 4.3% |
| North Kesteven | 29.0% | 47.5% | 11.1% |
| North East Derbyshire | 31.1% | 45.4% | -2.5% |
| Newark and Sherwood | 32.4% | 49.6% | 6.6% |
| Northampton | 37.5% | 52.0% | 4.7% |
| Nottingham | 47.8% | 56.1% | -6.1% |
| North West Leicestershire | 27.0% | 49.9% | 3.6% |
| Oadby and Wigston | 37.2% | 58.9% | 5.9% |
| Rushcliffe | 28.8% | 44.8% | -0.6% |
| Rutland | 30.7% | 20.4% | 2.6% |
| South Derbyshire | 26.0% | 45.2% | 7.7% |
| South Holland | 35.9% | 54.4% | -4.5% |
| South Kesteven | 32.4% | 49.9% | -0.9% |
| South Northamptonshire | 24.8% | 57.4% | -6.2% |
| West Lindsey | 31.2% | 31.0% | -5.1% |
| Wellingborough | 31.2% | 46.2% | -11.1% |
| Birmingham | 51.9% | 62.9% | -12.3% |
| Bridgnorth | 28.1% | 59.8% | -7.4% |
| Bromsgrove | 26.9% | 53.4% | -2.6% |
| Cannock Chase | 26.5% | 49.1% | 6.7% |
| Coventry | 42.8% | 58.0% | -8.0% |
| Dudley | 33.5% | 52.1% | -12.4% |
| East Staffordshire | 31.0% | 42.2% | 6.3% |
| Herefordshire, County of | 40.1% | 62.9% | -8.8% |
| Lichfield | 37.0% | 59.0% | 4.1% |
| Malvern Hills | 30.3% | 56.3% | 14.5% |
| North Shropshire | 27.7% | 57.1% | 10.5% |
| North Warwickshire | 34.2% | 47.8% | 0.0% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 38.5% | 46.8% | -1.5% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 29.8% | 48.8% | -5.2% |
| Oswestry | 33.7% | 58.7% | 0.7% |
| Redditch | 38.1% | 56.9% | -8.6% |
| Rugby | 31.6% | 49.8% | -11.3% |
| South Shropshire | 31.8% | 48.8% | 3.5% |
| South Staffordshire | 28.7% | 60.6% | -3.5% |
| Sandwell | 47.3% | 57.3% | -7.7% |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham | 33.7% | 58.7% | -5.7% |
| Solihull | 31.9% | 45.5% | -12.9% |
| Stafford | 31.4% | 58.6% | -20.8% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 25.6% | 52.2% | 2.1% |
| Stoke on Trent | 31.0% | 46.1% | -14.0% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 28.7% | 57.4% | 1.6% |
| Tamworth | 34.6% | 51.0% | -11.4% |
| Walsall | 42.1% | 56.9% | -17.0% |
| Warwick | 33.8% | 52.0% | -17.3% |
| Wolverhampton | 44.7% | 52.1% | -12.7% |
| Worcester | 37.0% | 61.4% | -7.8% |
| Telford and Wrekin | 32.8% | 53.4% | -7.1% |
| Wychavon | 32.2% | 52.6% | -7.4% |
| Wyre Forest | 39.3% | 63.1% | -6.4% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 50.1% | 64.8% | -0.5% |
| Bournemouth | 52.3% | 75.1% | -5.4% |
| Bristol | 53.7% | 74.8% | 1.6% |
| Caradon | 40.2% | 66.8% | -7.4% |
| Carrick | 55.2% | 75.4% | 8.5% |
| Cheltenham | 43.8% | 61.3% | -8.1% |
| Christchurch | 52.5% | 77.7% | -23.0% |
| Cotswold | 36.6% | 64.7% | -17.3% |
| East Devon | 42.4% | 70.1% | -6.8% |
| East Dorset | 37.3% | 65.8% | 1.1% |
| Exeter | 50.9% | 73.1% | 3.8% |
| Forest of Dean | 32.3% | 61.6% | -16.3% |
| Gloucester | 40.9% | 59.3% | 3.2% |
| Kennet | 43.9% | 61.6% | -7.0% |
| Kerrier | 54.7% | 80.9% | -2.6% |
| Mendip | 35.4% | 63.4% | 3.4% |
| Mid Devon | 34.4% | 52.3% | -2.4% |
| North Cornwall | 42.2% | 72.6% | 1.7% |
| North Devon | 40.7% | 76.0% | -6.9% |
| North Dorset | 53.1% | 62.3% | 8.8% |
| North Somerset | 32.6% | 55.7% | 9.2% |
| North Wiltshire | 30.1% | 58.1% | -3.6% |
| Penwith | 61.5% | 74.0% | 20.0% |
| Plymouth | 49.0% | 65.8% | 0.0% |
| Poole | 43.6% | 64.4% | -8.2% |
| Purbeck | 52.3% | 73.8% | -12.0% |
| Restormel | 51.4% | 72.3% | -4.3% |
| South Gloucestershire | 35.8% | 67.0% | -1.7% |
| South Hams | 43.4% | 71.9% | 4.5% |
| South Somerset | 35.6% | 59.9% | 9.6% |
| Salisbury | 40.9% | 66.0% | -3.2% |
| Sedgemoor | 35.3% | 58.3% | -20.4% |
| Stroud | 32.2% | 60.4% | 1.8% |
| Swindon | 35.7% | 54.8% | -1.1% |
| Taunton Deane | 40.4% | 64.3% | -12.3% |
| Teignbridge | 44.4% | 75.7% | -15.6% |
| Tewkesbury | 35.3% | 51.8% | 1.6% |
| Torbay | 53.3% | 70.3% | -13.1% |
| Torridge | 40.9% | 73.5% | -10.3% |
| West Devon | 37.7% | 73.4% | 0.7% |
| West Dorset | 39.1% | 73.3% | -8.4% |
| West Somerset | 47.0% | 69.3% | 9.1% |
| West Wiltshire | 32.5% | 55.8% | 0.2% |
| Weymouth and Portland | 50.0% | 78.8% | -34.0% |
| Babergh | 33.2% | 59.1% | -1.0% |
| Basildon | 45.4% | 63.2% | -5.3% |
| Bedford | 37.9% | 62.3% | -9.2% |
| Braintree | 36.4% | 65.4% | 1.7% |
| Breckland | 33.0% | 62.5% | 5.8% |
| Brentwood | 44.6% | 56.4% | 25.5% |
| Broadland | 34.2% | 66.8% | -0.5% |
| Broxbourne | 47.0% | 61.2% | -13.4% |
| Cambridge | 49.2% | 64.9% | 22.1% |
| Castle Point | 41.6% | 63.8% | -23.9% |
| Chelmsford | 39.6% | 56.7% | -1.9% |
| Colchester | 39.8% | 57.8% | 12.0% |
| Colchester | 38.8% | 57.8% | 12.0% |
| East Cambridgeshire | 29.8% | 55.3% | 11.5% |
| East Hertfordshire | 36.7% | 56.7% | 0.4% |
| Epping Forest | 48.4% | 60.8% | -3.5% |
| Fenland | 37.1% | 60.5% | 1.3% |
| Forest Heath | 35.8% | 59.8% | 31.6% |
| Great Yarmouth | 47.4% | 70.9% | 12.7% |
| Harlow | 48.8% | 65.7% | -19.9% |
| Hertsmere | 46.9% | 62.0% | 5.3% |
| Huntingdonshire | 29.3% | 56.9% | -4.7% |
| Ipswich | 42.9% | 60.9% | -10.2% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 36.1% | 61.5% | -6.9% |
| Luton | 47.9% | 66.2% | -7.1% |
| Maldon | 34.4% | 63.0% | -3.9% |
| Mid Bedfordshire | 29.8% | 62.9% | -12.8% |
| Mid Suffolk | 27.8% | 55.4% | 2.6% |
| North Hertfordshire | 37.0% | 56.7% | 2.9% |
| North Norfolk | 42.1% | 74.1% | -7.3% |
| Norwich | 50.1% | 65.6% | 10.6% |
| Peterborough | 40.9% | 59.5% | -11.3% |
| Rochford | 39.5% | 58.4% | 7.0% |
| South Bedfordshire | 35.3% | 58.2% | 12.7% |
| South Cambridgeshire | 35.3% | 54.3% | -11.0% |
| South Norfolk | 31.4% | 58.9% | -10.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea | 48.2% | 73.6% | -3.4% |
| St Albans | 41.7% | 56.5% | -0.8% |
| St Edmundsbury | 33.7% | 66.5% | -4.6% |
| Stevenage | 46.3% | 64.6% | 0.6% |
| Suffolk Coastal | 29.7% | 55.1% | 4.2% |
| Tendring | 48.1% | 68.6% | -4.5% |
| Three Rivers | 48.4% | 61.1% | 2.2% |
| Thurrock | 47.8% | 68.1% | -6.6% |
| Uttlesford | 32.4% | 57.4% | -7.3% |
| Watford | 52.6% | 68.7% | -1.6% |
| Waveney | 41.3% | 67.7% | -3.6% |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 47.1% | 57.4% | 12.3% |
| Adur | 48.3% | 68.6% | 0.5% |
| Arun | 51.7% | 74.0% | -3.4% |
| Ashford | 36.3% | 65.0% | 0.2% |
| Aylesbury Vale | 33.1% | 59.9% | 1.7% |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 48.5% | 61.3% | -10.5% |
| Bracknell Forest | 44.7% | 54.7% | -2.1% |
| Brighton and Hove | 58.0% | 69.9% | -0.1% |
| Canterbury | 45.3% | 65.3% | -4.8% |
| Cherwell | 36.2% | 63.4% | -11.5% |
| Chichester | 46.5% | 67.5% | 17.0% |
| Chiltern | 39.4% | 54.1% | -3.1% |
| Crawley | 54.8% | 72.6% | -11.7% |
| Dartford | 47.5% | 66.8% | 6.0% |
| Dover | 37.8% | 70.6% | -3.1% |
| East Hampshire | 36.4% | 55.1% | -6.3% |
| Eastbourne | 51.1% | 72.4% | 5.7% |
| Eastleigh | 37.8% | 61.0% | -8.7% |
| Elmbridge | 48.1% | 58.8% | 2.3% |
| Epsom and Ewell | 51.0% | 60.6% | -9.3% |
| Fareham | 34.1% | 59.9% | -6.8% |
| Gosport | 42.1% | 58.5% | 10.3% |
| Gravesham | 44.8% | 67.9% | -11.1% |
| Guildford | 52.9% | 58.9% | 5.8% |
| Hart | 39.7% | 57.0% | 1.8% |
| Hastings | 44.7% | 68.4% | 19.6% |
| Havant | 44.5% | 76.4% | -6.0% |
| Horsham | 37.9% | 54.9% | 2.4% |
| Isle of Wight | 46.6% | 73.0% | -18.8% |
| Lewes | 43.6% | 65.0% | 0.3% |
| Maidstone | 42.7% | 64.3% | 3.1% |
| Medway Towns | 33.9% | 62.6% | -10.8% |
| Mid Sussex | 42.0% | 58.8% | -2.1% |
| Milton Keynes | 43.5% | 49.2% | -6.2% |
| Mole Valley | 44.3% | 57.8% | -7.1% |
| New Forest | 37.7% | 62.4% | -2.0% |
| West Berkshire | 44.7% | 56.8% | 3.6% |
| Oxford | 63.3% | 71.4% | -7.1% |
| Portsmouth | 52.1% | 70.0% | 4.5% |
| Reading | 51.8% | 65.6% | 1.3% |
| Reigate and Banstead | 43.1% | 56.4% | 3.4% |
| Rother | 43.6% | 68.7% | 0.0% |
| Runnymede | 54.1% | 61.1% | 2.8% |
| Rushmoor | 44.3% | 60.7% | -3.6% |
| South Buckinghamshire | 52.0% | 60.1% | -7.5% |
| South Oxfordshire | 37.0% | 55.2% | -7.1% |
| Sevenoaks | 45.0% | 57.7% | -3.6% |
| Shepway | 38.6% | 73.7% | -1.4% |
| Slough | 53.5% | 67.0% | -6.0% |
| Southampton | 56.3% | 71.4% | -3.5% |
| Spelthorne | 49.4% | 59.9% | -9.4% |
| Surrey Heath | 40.5% | 53.8% | 0.9% |
| Swale | 43.5% | 70.4% | -4.0% |
| Tandridge | 43.0% | 56.8% | -11.0% |
| Test Valley | 36.6% | 61.3% | -12.1% |
| Thanet | 41.2% | 69.0% | -19.7% |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 42.5% | 57.6% | 2.9% |
| Tunbridge Wells | 42.6% | 58.3% | -3.1% |
| Vale of White Horse | 39.8% | 58.3% | -6.8% |
| West Oxfordshire | 36.4% | 65.6% | -19.0% |
| Waverley | 44.9% | 55.4% | -7.8% |
| Wealden | 41.8% | 64.8% | -8.1% |
| Winchester | 32.6% | 53.7% | -3.1% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 49.5% | 58.1% | -6.7% |
| Woking | 47.0% | 55.9% | -5.3% |
| Wokingham | 40.2% | 54.5% | -1.3% |
| Worthing | 51.6% | 77.1% | -3.0% |
| Wycombe | 41.5% | 57.9% | -6.7% |
| Barking and Dagenham | 58.2% | 70.7% | -3.8% |
| Barnet | 50.8% | 61.0% | -10.0% |
| Bexley | 51.1% | 66.8% | -10.1% |
| Brent | 74.2% | 87.4% | -0.8% |
| Bromley | 51.9% | 62.1% | -2.2% |
| Camden | 59.2% | 71.2% | -2.2% |
| Croydon | 57.0% | 67.9% | -2.0% |
| Ealing | 62.7% | 70.1% | -2.2% |
| Enfield | 56.6% | 65.6% | -15.8% |
| Greenwich | 57.0% | 64.7% | 8.1% |
| Hackney | 79.9% | 86.3% | 40.8% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 56.9% | 73.7% | -4.1% |
| Haringey | 72.0% | 85.4% | 7.7% |
| Harrow | 55.8% | 68.3% | 3.7% |
| Havering | 49.0% | 67.9% | -7.0% |
| Hillingdon | 57.7% | 70.8% | 10.7% |
| Hounslow | 64.2% | 68.3% | 15.4% |
| Islington | 58.3% | 68.4% | 19.2% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 69.9% | 87.6% | -1.2% |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | 53.6% | 62.6% | -2.6% |
| Lambeth | 63.9% | 74.6% | 22.7% |
| Lewisham | 65.2% | 82.4% | -0.6% |
| Merton | 57.1% | 62.3% | 9.7% |
| Newham | 79.0% | 87.1% | 21.5% |
| Redbridge | 51.7% | 64.2% | -0.8% |
| Richmond-upon-Thames | 57.6% | 64.4% | 5.4% |
| Southwark | 73.1% | 87.2% | 35.0% |
| Sutton | 53.6% | 68.7% | -4.9% |
| Tower Hamlets | 58.8% | 65.6% | 14.4% |
| Waltham Forest | 56.6% | 72.0% | 0.6% |
| Wandsworth | 50.8% | 61.4% | 10.7% |
| Westminster, City of | 64.6% | 81.0% | 10.4% |
Documentation
Table sources
- Evaluating requirements for market and affordable housing', National Housing and Planning Advice Unit (2010)
- Annual Population Survey (2010)
