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

Elmbridge was the least affordable of South East’s 64 councils in 2025 (house price to pay 14.2×).

Southampton was the most affordable (6.3×). The middle council, Vale of White Horse, had 9.3×.

House price to pay for every council in South East, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Elmbridge	14.2×
2	Mole Valley ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	12.9×
3	Tandridge	12.7×
4	Windsor and Maidenhead	12.3×
5	Chichester	12.1×
6	Sevenoaks ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	12.0×
7	Guildford	11.5×
8	Epsom and Ewell ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	11.3×
=9	Reigate and Banstead	11.2×
=9	Waverley	11.2×
=11	Buckinghamshire	11.0×
=11	Oxford	11.0×
13	Surrey Heath	10.5×
14	Brighton and Hove	10.4×
=15	Hart	10.2×
=15	Horsham	10.2×
17	Runnymede ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	10.1×
=18	New Forest	10.0×
=18	Spelthorne	10.0×
=18	Woking	10.0×
21	Winchester	9.9×
=22	Adur ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	9.7×
=22	Mid Sussex	9.7×
=22	South Oxfordshire	9.7×
=25	Tonbridge and Malling	9.5×
=25	Tunbridge Wells ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	9.5×
=25	West Oxfordshire	9.5×
28	Wokingham	9.4×
=29	Arun	9.3×
=29	East Hampshire	9.3×
=29	Rother	9.3×
=29	Vale of White Horse	9.3×
=33	Lewes	9.2×
=33	Maidstone	9.2×
=33	Test Valley	9.2×
=36	Ashford	9.1×
=36	Bracknell Forest	9.1×
=36	Slough	9.1×
39	West Berkshire	9.0×
40	Canterbury	8.9×
41	Wealden	8.7×
=42	Havant	8.6×
=42	Reading	8.6×
=42	Rushmoor	8.6×
45	Crawley	8.5×
46	Cherwell	8.4×
47	Basingstoke and Deane	8.3×
48	Worthing	8.2×
49	Gravesham	8.1×
50	Isle of Wight	7.9×
=51	Dartford	7.8×
=51	Folkestone and Hythe	7.8×
=51	Milton Keynes	7.8×
54	Swale	7.7×
55	Fareham	7.6×
=56	Medway	7.5×
=56	Thanet ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	7.5×
58	Eastleigh	7.4×
59	Dover	7.0×
=60	Eastbourne	6.9×
=60	Hastings	6.9×
62	Portsmouth	6.8×
63	Gosport	6.5×
64	Southampton	6.3×

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