# Least and most affordable places in East Midlands to buy a home (2025)

Melton was the least affordable of East Midlands’s 35 councils in 2025 (house price to pay 8.5×).

Lincoln was the most affordable (5.3×). The middle council, East Lindsey, had 6.6×.

Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey.

| Rank | Area | House price to pay | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Melton](https://openindex.co.uk/melton) | 8.5× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| 2 | [Harborough](https://openindex.co.uk/harborough) | 8.1× | – |
| 3 | [Derbyshire Dales](https://openindex.co.uk/derbyshire-dales) | 7.9× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| 4 | [Blaby](https://openindex.co.uk/blaby) | 7.7× | – |
| =5 | [South Kesteven](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven) | 7.6× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| =5 | [West Northamptonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-northamptonshire) | 7.6× | – |
| =7 | [Hinckley and Bosworth](https://openindex.co.uk/hinckley-and-bosworth) | 7.3× | – |
| =7 | [North West Leicestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west-leicestershire) | 7.3× | – |
| =7 | [Rutland](https://openindex.co.uk/rutland) | 7.3× | – |
| 10 | [Rushcliffe](https://openindex.co.uk/rushcliffe) | 7.2× | – |
| =11 | [Charnwood](https://openindex.co.uk/charnwood) | 7.1× | – |
| =11 | [High Peak](https://openindex.co.uk/high-peak) | 7.1× | – |
| =13 | [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester) | 7.0× | – |
| =13 | [South Holland](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland) | 7.0× | – |
| 15 | [North East Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-derbyshire) | 6.9× | – |
| 16 | [North Northamptonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-northamptonshire) | 6.7× | – |
| =17 | [Broxtowe](https://openindex.co.uk/broxtowe) | 6.6× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| =17 | [East Lindsey](https://openindex.co.uk/east-lindsey) | 6.6× | – |
| =19 | [Gedling](https://openindex.co.uk/gedling) | 6.5× | – |
| =19 | [North Kesteven](https://openindex.co.uk/north-kesteven) | 6.5× | – |
| 21 | [Newark and Sherwood](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood) | 6.4× | – |
| =22 | [Oadby and Wigston](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston) | 6.3× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| =22 | [South Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire) | 6.3× | – |
| 24 | [Nottingham](https://openindex.co.uk/nottingham) | 6.2× | – |
| =25 | [Amber Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley) | 6.1× | – |
| =25 | [Bassetlaw](https://openindex.co.uk/bassetlaw) | 6.1× | – |
| =27 | [Boston](https://openindex.co.uk/boston) | 6.0× | – |
| =27 | [Erewash](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash) | 6.0× | – |
| =29 | [Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield) | 5.8× | – |
| =29 | [Derby](https://openindex.co.uk/derby) | 5.8× | – |
| 31 | [Mansfield](https://openindex.co.uk/mansfield) | 5.7× | – |
| =32 | [Bolsover](https://openindex.co.uk/bolsover) | 5.6× | – |
| =32 | [Chesterfield](https://openindex.co.uk/chesterfield) | 5.6× | – |
| 34 | [West Lindsey](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey) | 5.5× | – |
| 35 | [Lincoln](https://openindex.co.uk/lincoln) | 5.3× | – |

Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Covers Great Britain. Period: 2025. Period: 2025.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [Great Britain](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/england)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/price-against-pay)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/price-against-pay)
- [The two measures side by side](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices#vs=median-pay&mode=blend)

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/east-midlands