# 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×.

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

| Rank | Area | House price to pay | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Elmbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/elmbridge) | 14.2× | – |
| 2 | [Mole Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley) | 12.9× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| 3 | [Tandridge](https://openindex.co.uk/tandridge) | 12.7× | – |
| 4 | [Windsor and Maidenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/windsor-and-maidenhead) | 12.3× | – |
| 5 | [Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester) | 12.1× | – |
| 6 | [Sevenoaks](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks) | 12.0× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| 7 | [Guildford](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford) | 11.5× | – |
| 8 | [Epsom and Ewell](https://openindex.co.uk/epsom-and-ewell) | 11.3× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| =9 | [Reigate and Banstead](https://openindex.co.uk/reigate-and-banstead) | 11.2× | – |
| =9 | [Waverley](https://openindex.co.uk/waverley) | 11.2× | – |
| =11 | [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) | 11.0× | – |
| =11 | [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford) | 11.0× | – |
| 13 | [Surrey Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath) | 10.5× | – |
| 14 | [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) | 10.4× | – |
| =15 | [Hart](https://openindex.co.uk/hart) | 10.2× | – |
| =15 | [Horsham](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham) | 10.2× | – |
| 17 | [Runnymede](https://openindex.co.uk/runnymede) | 10.1× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| =18 | [New Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest) | 10.0× | – |
| =18 | [Spelthorne](https://openindex.co.uk/spelthorne) | 10.0× | – |
| =18 | [Woking](https://openindex.co.uk/woking) | 10.0× | – |
| 21 | [Winchester](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester) | 9.9× | – |
| =22 | [Adur](https://openindex.co.uk/adur) | 9.7× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| =22 | [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex) | 9.7× | – |
| =22 | [South Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire) | 9.7× | – |
| =25 | [Tonbridge and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling) | 9.5× | – |
| =25 | [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells) | 9.5× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| =25 | [West Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire) | 9.5× | – |
| 28 | [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham) | 9.4× | – |
| =29 | [Arun](https://openindex.co.uk/arun) | 9.3× | – |
| =29 | [East Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire) | 9.3× | – |
| =29 | [Rother](https://openindex.co.uk/rother) | 9.3× | – |
| =29 | [Vale of White Horse](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-white-horse) | 9.3× | – |
| =33 | [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes) | 9.2× | – |
| =33 | [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone) | 9.2× | – |
| =33 | [Test Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/test-valley) | 9.2× | – |
| =36 | [Ashford](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford) | 9.1× | – |
| =36 | [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest) | 9.1× | – |
| =36 | [Slough](https://openindex.co.uk/slough) | 9.1× | – |
| 39 | [West Berkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire) | 9.0× | – |
| 40 | [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/canterbury) | 8.9× | – |
| 41 | [Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden) | 8.7× | – |
| =42 | [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/havant) | 8.6× | – |
| =42 | [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/reading) | 8.6× | – |
| =42 | [Rushmoor](https://openindex.co.uk/rushmoor) | 8.6× | – |
| 45 | [Crawley](https://openindex.co.uk/crawley) | 8.5× | – |
| 46 | [Cherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell) | 8.4× | – |
| 47 | [Basingstoke and Deane](https://openindex.co.uk/basingstoke-and-deane) | 8.3× | – |
| 48 | [Worthing](https://openindex.co.uk/worthing) | 8.2× | – |
| 49 | [Gravesham](https://openindex.co.uk/gravesham) | 8.1× | – |
| 50 | [Isle of Wight](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight) | 7.9× | – |
| =51 | [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/dartford) | 7.8× | – |
| =51 | [Folkestone and Hythe](https://openindex.co.uk/folkestone-and-hythe) | 7.8× | – |
| =51 | [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes) | 7.8× | – |
| 54 | [Swale](https://openindex.co.uk/swale) | 7.7× | – |
| 55 | [Fareham](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham) | 7.6× | – |
| =56 | [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) | 7.5× | – |
| =56 | [Thanet](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet) | 7.5× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| 58 | [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh) | 7.4× | – |
| 59 | [Dover](https://openindex.co.uk/dover) | 7.0× | – |
| =60 | [Eastbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/eastbourne) | 6.9× | – |
| =60 | [Hastings](https://openindex.co.uk/hastings) | 6.9× | – |
| 62 | [Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth) | 6.8× | – |
| 63 | [Gosport](https://openindex.co.uk/gosport) | 6.5× | – |
| 64 | [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton) | 6.3× | – |

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)
- [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 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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