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

Cotswold was the least affordable of South West’s 26 councils in 2025 (house price to pay 10.3×).

Plymouth was the most affordable (6.3×). The middle council, South Gloucestershire, had 8.2×.

1 council has no figure, and it is listed at the end with the reason.

House price to pay for every council in South West, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Cotswold ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	10.3×
2	Bath and North East Somerset	10.0×
3	South Hams	9.3×
4	Stroud	9.2×
5	Bristol	8.9×
6	Dorset	8.8×
7	Wiltshire	8.7×
=8	East Devon	8.6×
=8	North Devon	8.6×
=10	Exeter	8.4×
=10	Teignbridge	8.4×
12	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	8.3×
=13	South Gloucestershire	8.2×
=13	Tewkesbury	8.2×
=15	Cheltenham	7.9×
=15	North Somerset	7.9×
=17	Cornwall	7.8×
=17	Somerset	7.8×
=17	Torridge	7.8×
20	Mid Devon	7.7×
21	West Devon ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%).	7.4×
22	Forest of Dean	7.0×
23	Gloucester	6.9×
24	Swindon	6.8×
25	Torbay	6.6×
26	Plymouth	6.3×
–	Isles of Scilly No house price figure for this council.	No figure

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