Least and most affordable places in Yorkshire and The Humber to buy a home (2025)

York was the least affordable of Yorkshire and The Humber’s 15 councils in 2025 (house price to pay 7.7×).

North East Lincolnshire was the most affordable (4.2×). The middle council, Bradford, had 5.5×.

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House price to pay for every council in Yorkshire and The Humber, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
RankCouncilValue
1York7.7×
2North Yorkshire7.3×
3Leeds6.7×
=4East Riding of Yorkshire5.8×
=4Kirklees5.8×
=4Wakefield5.8×
7Sheffield

ONS publishes this figure for the council's boundary before 1 April 2025, when part of Barnsley moved to Sheffield.

5.7×
=8Bradford5.5×
=8Calderdale5.5×
=8Rotherham5.5×
11North Lincolnshire5.2×
12Doncaster4.9×
13Barnsley

ONS publishes this figure for the council's boundary before 1 April 2025, when part of Barnsley moved to Sheffield.

4.7×
14Kingston upon Hull4.3×
15North East Lincolnshire4.2×

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