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

Newcastle upon Tyne was the least affordable of North East’s 12 councils in 2025 (house price to pay 6.0×).

Middlesbrough was the most affordable (4.1×). The middle council, Stockton-on-Tees, had 4.6×.

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

| Rank | Area | House price to pay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne) | 6.0× |
| 2 | [Northumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/northumberland) | 5.6× |
| 3 | [North Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside) | 5.5× |
| 4 | [South Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside) | 4.8× |
| =5 | [Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead) | 4.6× |
| =5 | [Stockton-on-Tees](https://openindex.co.uk/stockton-on-tees) | 4.6× |
| 7 | [Sunderland](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland) | 4.5× |
| 8 | [Darlington](https://openindex.co.uk/darlington) | 4.4× |
| 9 | [Hartlepool](https://openindex.co.uk/hartlepool) | 4.3× |
| =10 | [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham) | 4.2× |
| =10 | [Redcar and Cleveland](https://openindex.co.uk/redcar-and-cleveland) | 4.2× |
| 12 | [Middlesbrough](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough) | 4.1× |

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 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)
- [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)

## How to cite

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