# 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×.

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

| Rank | Area | House price to pay | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [York](https://openindex.co.uk/york) | 7.7× | – |
| 2 | [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire) | 7.3× | – |
| 3 | [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds) | 6.7× | – |
| =4 | [East Riding of Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire) | 5.8× | – |
| =4 | [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees) | 5.8× | – |
| =4 | [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield) | 5.8× | – |
| 7 | [Sheffield](https://openindex.co.uk/sheffield) | 5.7× | ONS publishes this figure for the council's boundary before 1 April 2025, when part of Barnsley moved to Sheffield. |
| =8 | [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford) | 5.5× | – |
| =8 | [Calderdale](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale) | 5.5× | – |
| =8 | [Rotherham](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham) | 5.5× | – |
| 11 | [North Lincolnshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lincolnshire) | 5.2× | – |
| 12 | [Doncaster](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster) | 4.9× | – |
| 13 | [Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley) | 4.7× | ONS publishes this figure for the council's boundary before 1 April 2025, when part of Barnsley moved to Sheffield. |
| 14 | [Kingston upon Hull](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-hull) | 4.3× | – |
| 15 | [North East Lincolnshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire) | 4.2× | – |

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)
- [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)
- [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)

## How to cite

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/price-against-pay/yorkshire-and-the-humber