# 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.

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

| Rank | Area | House price to pay | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Cotswold](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold) | 10.3× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| 2 | [Bath and North East Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset) | 10.0× | – |
| 3 | [South Hams](https://openindex.co.uk/south-hams) | 9.3× | – |
| 4 | [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud) | 9.2× | – |
| 5 | [Bristol](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol) | 8.9× | – |
| 6 | [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) | 8.8× | – |
| 7 | [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) | 8.7× | – |
| =8 | [East Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/east-devon) | 8.6× | – |
| =8 | [North Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/north-devon) | 8.6× | – |
| =10 | [Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter) | 8.4× | – |
| =10 | [Teignbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/teignbridge) | 8.4× | – |
| 12 | [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole) | 8.3× | – |
| =13 | [South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) | 8.2× | – |
| =13 | [Tewkesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/tewkesbury) | 8.2× | – |
| =15 | [Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham) | 7.9× | – |
| =15 | [North Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset) | 7.9× | – |
| =17 | [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) | 7.8× | – |
| =17 | [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) | 7.8× | – |
| =17 | [Torridge](https://openindex.co.uk/torridge) | 7.8× | – |
| 20 | [Mid Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon) | 7.7× | – |
| 21 | [West Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/west-devon) | 7.4× | ONS says to use this figure with caution because its sampling error is large (coefficient of variation over 10%). |
| 22 | [Forest of Dean](https://openindex.co.uk/forest-of-dean) | 7.0× | – |
| 23 | [Gloucester](https://openindex.co.uk/gloucester) | 6.9× | – |
| 24 | [Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon) | 6.8× | – |
| 25 | [Torbay](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay) | 6.6× | – |
| 26 | [Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth) | 6.3× | – |
| – | [Isles of Scilly](https://openindex.co.uk/isles-of-scilly) | No figure | No house price figure for this council. |

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 East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/south-east)

- [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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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/south-west