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

Three Rivers was the least affordable of East of England’s 45 councils in 2025 (house price to pay 13.4×).

Great Yarmouth was the most affordable (5.9×). The middle council, Broadland, had 8.2×.

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

| Rank | Area | House price to pay | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Three Rivers](https://openindex.co.uk/three-rivers) | 13.4× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| 2 | [Hertsmere](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere) | 12.6× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| 3 | [Epping Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest) | 11.6× | – |
| 4 | [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans) | 11.4× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| 5 | [Brentwood](https://openindex.co.uk/brentwood) | 11.0× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| 6 | [Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/cambridge) | 10.8× | – |
| 7 | [Dacorum](https://openindex.co.uk/dacorum) | 10.1× | – |
| 8 | [Welwyn Hatfield](https://openindex.co.uk/welwyn-hatfield) | 9.9× | – |
| 9 | [Babergh](https://openindex.co.uk/babergh) | 9.8× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| 10 | [Watford](https://openindex.co.uk/watford) | 9.5× | – |
| 11 | [Uttlesford](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford) | 9.3× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| 12 | [Basildon](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon) | 9.2× | – |
| =13 | [Maldon](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon) | 9.1× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| =13 | [Rochford](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford) | 9.1× | – |
| =15 | [Broxbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/broxbourne) | 9.0× | – |
| =15 | [South Cambridgeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire) | 9.0× | – |
| 17 | [East Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire) | 8.7× | – |
| =18 | [Castle Point](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point) | 8.6× | – |
| =18 | [North Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-hertfordshire) | 8.6× | – |
| =20 | [Braintree](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree) | 8.3× | – |
| =20 | [Harlow](https://openindex.co.uk/harlow) | 8.3× | – |
| =20 | [North Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/north-norfolk) | 8.3× | – |
| =23 | [Broadland](https://openindex.co.uk/broadland) | 8.2× | – |
| =23 | [Chelmsford](https://openindex.co.uk/chelmsford) | 8.2× | – |
| =23 | [East Cambridgeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-cambridgeshire) | 8.2× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| =23 | [Luton](https://openindex.co.uk/luton) | 8.2× | – |
| =27 | [Central Bedfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire) | 8.1× | – |
| =27 | [Huntingdonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire) | 8.1× | – |
| 29 | [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford) | 8.0× | – |
| =30 | [Breckland](https://openindex.co.uk/breckland) | 7.8× | – |
| =30 | [South Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/south-norfolk) | 7.8× | – |
| =30 | [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea) | 7.8× | – |
| 33 | [Mid Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk) | 7.7× | – |
| =34 | [East Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/east-suffolk) | 7.6× | – |
| =34 | [Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock) | 7.6× | – |
| =36 | [Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/colchester) | 7.5× | – |
| =36 | [West Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk) | 7.5× | – |
| 38 | [Stevenage](https://openindex.co.uk/stevenage) | 7.3× | – |
| 39 | [King's Lynn and West Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk) | 7.2× | – |
| =40 | [Fenland](https://openindex.co.uk/fenland) | 6.6× | – |
| =40 | [Peterborough](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough) | 6.6× | – |
| =42 | [Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich) | 6.5× | – |
| =42 | [Tendring](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring) | 6.5× | – |
| 44 | [Ipswich](https://openindex.co.uk/ipswich) | 6.2× | – |
| 45 | [Great Yarmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/great-yarmouth) | 5.9× | – |

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)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/west-midlands)
- [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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