# 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×.

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

| Rank | Area | House price to pay | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford) | 9.2× | – |
| 2 | [Stockport](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport) | 8.1× | – |
| 3 | [Cheshire East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east) | 7.6× | – |
| 4 | [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester) | 7.1× | – |
| 5 | [Ribble Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley) | 7.0× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| 6 | [Bury](https://openindex.co.uk/bury) | 6.8× | – |
| 7 | [Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester) | 6.5× | – |
| =8 | [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham) | 6.4× | – |
| =8 | [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/salford) | 6.4× | – |
| =8 | [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington) | 6.4× | – |
| =11 | [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside) | 6.3× | – |
| =11 | [West Lancashire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire) | 6.3× | – |
| 13 | [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale) | 6.1× | – |
| =14 | [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton) | 6.0× | – |
| =14 | [Sefton](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton) | 6.0× | – |
| =16 | [Lancaster](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster) | 5.8× | – |
| =16 | [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral) | 5.8× | – |
| 18 | [Rossendale](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale) | 5.7× | – |
| 19 | [South Ribble](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble) | 5.6× | – |
| =20 | [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley) | 5.5× | – |
| =20 | [Westmorland and Furness](https://openindex.co.uk/westmorland-and-furness) | 5.5× | – |
| 22 | [Halton](https://openindex.co.uk/halton) | 5.4× | – |
| 23 | [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan) | 5.2× | – |
| =24 | [Fylde](https://openindex.co.uk/fylde) | 5.1× | – |
| =24 | [Knowsley](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley) | 5.1× | – |
| =24 | [Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/liverpool) | 5.1× | – |
| =24 | [Pendle](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle) | 5.1× | – |
| =24 | [Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/preston) | 5.1× | – |
| =29 | [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens) | 5.0× | – |
| =29 | [Wyre](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre) | 5.0× | – |
| 31 | [Blackburn with Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen) | 4.9× | – |
| 32 | [Blackpool](https://openindex.co.uk/blackpool) | 4.3× | – |
| =33 | [Burnley](https://openindex.co.uk/burnley) | 4.1× | – |
| =33 | [Cumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland) | 4.1× | – |
| =33 | [Hyndburn](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn) | 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 East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/north-east)
- [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)

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