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

Trafford was the least affordable of North West’s 35 councils in 2025 (house price to pay 9.2×).

Burnley, Cumberland and Hyndburn were the joint most affordable (4.1×). The middle council, Rossendale, had 5.7×.

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Compare the two figures
House price to pay for every council in North West, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
RankCouncilValue
1Trafford9.2×
2Stockport8.1×
3Cheshire East7.6×
4Manchester7.1×
5Ribble Valley

ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).

7.0×
6Bury6.8×
7Cheshire West and Chester6.5×
=8Oldham6.4×
=8Salford6.4×
=8Warrington6.4×
=11Tameside6.3×
=11West Lancashire6.3×
13Rochdale6.1×
=14Bolton6.0×
=14Sefton6.0×
=16Lancaster5.8×
=16Wirral5.8×
18Rossendale5.7×
19South Ribble5.6×
=20Chorley5.5×
=20Westmorland and Furness5.5×
22Halton5.4×
23Wigan5.2×
=24Fylde5.1×
=24Knowsley5.1×
=24Liverpool5.1×
=24Pendle5.1×
=24Preston5.1×
=29St. Helens5.0×
=29Wyre5.0×
31Blackburn with Darwen4.9×
32Blackpool4.3×
=33Burnley4.1×
=33Cumberland4.1×
=33Hyndburn4.1×

Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Source and method · See it on the map