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25th March 2025

Changes to the affordability ratio and its impact on local housing needs

The government has just published an update to the ratio of house prices to earnings, which is used in the standard methodology to calculate the "adjustment factor" when determining local housing needs. The table below illustrates how the standard methodology calculation works in practice and the direction of travel for each LPA.

The table below shows both the previous adjustment factor used in December 2024 (3rd column) and the new adjustment factor based on March 2025 figures (penultimate column, in orange), making it easier to see how the figures have changed. The "adjustment factor" reflects house prices, so broadly speaking, it has gone up in the Midlands and North West and down in London, reflecting the different directions the housing market is taking across England.

Final local housing needs figures depend on an update to the LPA's housing stock figures, expected to be published by the government in May 2025. For a range of tools to help make the case for housing see our Housing Toolkit and Resources pages.

Table: Local Planning Authority Calculation of Local Housing Needs

LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
Adur 28,892 231 x 2.41 = 558 2.37 547
Amber Valley 59,739 478 x 1.29 = 615 1.33 636
Arun 78,318 627 x 2.36 = 1,476 2.30 1,440
Ashfield 57,448 460 x 1.16 = 535 1.17 536
Ashford 58,281 466 x 2.04 = 952 2.08 971
Babergh 43,246 346 x 2.24 = 775 2.22 769
Barking and Dagenham 79,403 635 x 2.09 = 1,325 2.05 1,304
Barnet 160,393 1,283 x 3.16 = 4,057 3.14 4,028
Barnsley 114,901 919 x 1.03 = 944 1.03 951
Basildon 80,004 640 x 2.01 = 1,287 2.00 1,281
Basingstoke and Deane 80,793 646 x 1.74 = 1,127 1.77 1,142
Bassetlaw 56,181 449 x 1.36 = 613 1.38 619
Bath and North East Somerset UA 85,151 681 x 2.16 = 1,471 2.19 1,489
Bedford UA 80,703 646 x 1.86 = 1,202 1.90 1,225
Bexley 100,594 805 x 2.31 = 1,860 2.31 1,857
Birmingham 452,530 3,620 x 1.23 = 4,448 1.23 4,466
Blaby 44,274 354 x 1.53 = 542 1.51 534
Blackburn with Darwen UA 63,225 506 x 1.00 = 506 1.00 506
LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
Blackpool UA 73,153 585 x 1.00 = 585 1.00 585
Bolsover 38,272 306 x 1.15 = 353 1.17 357
Bolton 127,442 1,020 x 1.16 = 1,184 1.21 1,231
Boston 31,556 252 x 1.41 = 356 1.39 351
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UA 187,690 1,502 x 1.97 = 2,958 1.97 2,965
Bracknell Forest UA 53,637 429 x 1.78 = 766 1.76 755
Bradford 222,130 1,777 x 1.03 = 1,828 1.03 1,834
Braintree 68,969 552 x 2.02 = 1,115 2.00 1,101
Breckland 64,819 519 x 1.74 = 903 1.74 904
Brent 133,723 1,070 x 2.88 = 3,080 2.80 2,991
Brentwood 35,031 280 x 2.58 = 724 2.51 704
Brighton and Hove UA 132,958 1,064 x 2.35 = 2,498 2.32 2,464
Bristol, City of UA 206,828 1,655 x 1.80 = 2,986 1.78 2,944
Broadland 61,447 492 x 1.77 = 868 1.75 859
Bromley 142,602 1,141 x 2.63 = 3,001 2.54 2,903
Bromsgrove 43,090 345 x 2.07 = 713 2.07 712
Broxbourne 42,195 338 x 2.30 = 775 2.29 774
Broxtowe 51,228 410 x 1.51 = 621 1.57 644
Buckinghamshire UA 236,864 1,895 x 2.28 = 4,319 2.26 4,289
Burnley 42,540 340 x 1.00 = 340 1.00 340
Bury 85,193 682 x 1.44 = 979 1.44 979
LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
Calderdale 97,024 776 x 1.10 = 854 1.08 840
Cambridge 57,863 463 x 2.45 = 1,135 2.37 1,098
Camden 109,130 873 x 3.59 = 3,137 3.49 3,043
Cannock Chase 45,899 367 x 1.41 = 518 1.43 524
Canterbury 69,282 554 x 2.19 = 1,216 2.17 1,203
Castle Point 39,133 313 x 2.24 = 701 2.19 687
Central Bedfordshire UA 129,994 1,040 x 2.07 = 2,150 2.08 2,162
Charnwood 78,276 626 x 1.56 = 978 1.57 982
Chelmsford 80,250 642 x 2.27 = 1,454 2.21 1,419
Cheltenham 57,196 458 x 1.80 = 824 1.78 817
Cherwell 71,698 574 x 1.95 = 1,118 1.92 1,101
Cheshire East UA 188,720 1,510 x 1.63 = 2,461 1.64 2,479
Cheshire West and Chester UA 165,231 1,322 x 1.45 = 1,914 1.45 1,912
Chesterfield 50,676 405 x 1.23 = 500 1.23 497
Chichester 61,310 490 x 2.66 = 1,305 2.66 1,307
Chorley 52,907 423 x 1.33 = 564 1.31 554
City of London 7,764 62 x 2.73 = 170 2.63 163
Colchester 84,917 679 x 1.91 = 1,300 1.88 1,277
Cornwall UA 290,976 2,328 x 1.90 = 4,421 1.90 4,415
Cotswold 46,213 370 x 2.80 = 1,036 2.83 1,047
County Durham UA 251,325 2,011 x 1.00 = 2,011 1.00 2,011
Coventry 146,705 1,174 x 1.18 = 1,388 1.18 1,381
Crawley 47,257 378 x 1.73 = 654 1.68 636
Croydon 167,299 1,338 x 2.16 = 2,887 2.11 2,829
Cumberland*




1,105 1.00 0
LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
Dacorum 67,397 539 x 2.51 = 1,355 2.56 1,380
Darlington UA 53,149 425 x 1.03 = 440 1.04 443
Dartford 49,199 394 x 1.81 = 712 1.82 718
Derby UA 113,256 906 x 1.00 = 906 1.00 906
Derbyshire Dales 35,960 288 x 2.02 = 580 1.99 572
Doncaster 142,894 1,143 x 1.05 = 1,198 1.07 1,224
Dorset UA 187,122 1,497 x 2.15 = 3,219 2.15 3,221
Dover 55,888 447 x 1.67 = 746 1.66 740
Dudley 140,807 1,126 x 1.30 = 1,462 1.30 1,469
LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
Ealing 144,952 1,160 x 2.94 = 3,407 2.83 3,277
East Cambridgeshire 40,264 322 x 2.12 = 682 2.12 682
East Devon 74,482 596 x 1.99 = 1,188 1.92 1,146
East Hampshire 55,788 446 x 2.56 = 1,142 2.51 1,119
East Hertfordshire 66,452 532 x 2.38 = 1,265 2.33 1,240
East Lindsey 89,495 716 x 1.41 = 1,009 1.42 1,017
East Riding of Yorkshire UA 176,732 1,414 x 1.36 = 1,924 1.37 1,940
East Staffordshire 55,249 442 x 1.36 = 602 1.37 607
East Suffolk 122,161 977 x 1.68 = 1,644 1.69 1,655
Eastbourne 49,772 398 x 1.76 = 702 1.78 711
Eastleigh 60,165 481 x 1.91 = 922 1.89 911
Elmbridge 59,913 479 x 3.26 = 1,562 3.28 1,574
Enfield 129,609 1,037 x 2.66 = 2,762 2.56 2,658
Epping Forest 57,888 463 x 2.81 = 1,299 2.73 1,265
Epsom and Ewell 33,036 264 x 3.36 = 889 3.28 867
Erewash 53,037 424 x 1.23 = 523 1.21 515
Exeter 56,811 454 x 1.76 = 800 1.77 804
LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
Fareham 50,813 407 x 1.97 = 800 1.96 797
Fenland 47,285 378 x 1.57 = 592 1.55 586
Folkestone and Hythe 54,016 432 x 1.99 = 859 1.96 847
Forest of Dean 40,546 324 x 1.85 = 600 1.84 598
Fylde 41,544 332 x 1.23 = 410 1.25 415
Gateshead 94,908 759 x 1.07 = 811 1.06 801
Gedling 54,527 436 x 1.40 = 609 1.45 631
Gloucester 59,118 473 x 1.45 = 685 1.47 696
Gosport 37,707 302 x 1.47 = 442 1.44 433
Gravesham 44,911 359 x 1.87 = 672 1.87 672
Great Yarmouth 50,018 400 x 1.31 = 525 1.34 537
Greenwich 123,464 988 x 2.61 = 2,575 2.51 2,482
Guildford 60,469 484 x 2.42 = 1,170 2.39 1,155
LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
Hackney 118,734 950 x 2.94 = 2,796 2.79 2,650
Halton UA 58,863 471 x 1.00 = 471 1.00 471
Hammersmith and Fulham 96,591 773 x 3.60 = 2,783 3.53 2,727
Harborough 43,856 351 x 2.06 = 723 2.06 723
Haringey 115,738 926 x 3.19 = 2,956 3.08 2,849
Harlow 40,268 322 x 1.98 = 637 1.97 636
Harrow 95,882 767 x 2.99 = 2,294 2.97 2,280
Hart 42,504 340 x 2.21 = 750 2.24 763
Hartlepool UA 45,179 361 x 1.00 = 361 1.00 361
Hastings 44,467 356 x 2.00 = 710 1.95 694
Havant 56,752 454 x 1.96 = 892 1.94 881
Havering 108,251 866 x 2.29 = 1,979 2.23 1,931
Herefordshire, County of UA 89,808 718 x 1.90 = 1,363 1.88 1,348
Hertsmere 45,332 363 x 2.85 = 1,034 2.77 1,006
High Peak 43,974 352 x 1.57 = 553 1.60 564
Hillingdon 117,099 937 x 2.45 = 2,292 2.42 2,270
Hinckley and Bosworth 52,401 419 x 1.55 = 649 1.57 659
Horsham 65,935 527 x 2.57 = 1,357 2.52 1,329
Hounslow 111,108 889 x 2.31 = 2,052 2.29 2,039
Huntingdonshire 82,155 657 x 1.85 = 1,213 1.85 1,214
Hyndburn 37,609 301 x 1.00 = 301 1.00 301
LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
Ipswich 61,837 495 x 1.46 = 723 1.45 719
Isle of Wight UA 74,321 595 x 1.79 = 1,062 1.76 1,046
Islington 107,796 862 x 2.85 = 2,460 2.81 2,422
Kensington and Chelsea 89,691 718 x 7.12 = 5,107 6.61 4,745
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 75,670 605 x 1.63 = 989 1.63 988
Kingston upon Hull, City of UA 124,170 993 x 1.00 = 993 1.00 993
Kingston upon Thames 69,486 556 x 2.86 = 1,589 2.78 1,546
Kirklees 189,797 1,518 x 1.21 = 1,840 1.23 1,862
Knowsley 70,871 567 x 1.06 = 600 1.06 601
Lambeth 147,259 1,178 x 2.82 = 3,327 2.72 3,208
Lancaster 66,046 528 x 1.17 = 619 1.18 625
Leeds 363,395 2,907 x 1.31 = 3,811 1.32 3,852
Leicester UA 137,145 1,097 x 1.42 = 1,557 1.44 1,581
Lewes 47,112 377 x 2.26 = 853 2.30 866
Lewisham 132,176 1,057 x 2.50 = 2,644 2.42 2,558
Lichfield 48,514 388 x 1.92 = 745 1.92 746
Lincoln 45,423 363 x 1.14 = 413 1.11 403
Liverpool 230,845 1,847 x 1.00 = 1,847 1.00 1,847
Luton UA 83,514 668 x 1.62 = 1,082 1.63 1,091
LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
Maidstone 78,249 626 x 2.17 = 1,358 2.16 1,350
Maldon 29,918 239 x 2.38 = 569 2.40 575
Malvern Hills 37,599 301 x 2.17 = 651 2.14 643
Manchester 238,479 1,908 x 1.27 = 2,430 1.32 2,510
Mansfield 51,262 410 x 1.21 = 495 1.19 489
Medway UA 119,504 956 x 1.67 = 1,594 1.69 1,619
Melton 24,341 195 x 1.86 = 362 1.86 363
Merton 88,078 705 x 2.95 = 2,081 2.91 2,053
Mid Devon 37,894 303 x 1.89 = 572 1.87 567
Mid Suffolk 48,277 386 x 1.90 = 734 1.90 733
Mid Sussex 68,222 546 x 2.49 = 1,356 2.44 1,334
Middlesbrough UA 65,236 522 x 1.00 = 522 1.00 522
Milton Keynes UA 122,414 979 x 1.76 = 1,724 1.80 1,766
Mole Valley 39,377 315 x 2.64 = 833 2.63 830
LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
New Forest 83,926 671 x 2.24 = 1,501 2.24 1,507
Newark and Sherwood 57,462 460 x 1.54 = 707 1.49 683
Newcastle upon Tyne 132,158 1,057 x 1.14 = 1,206 1.15 1,218
Newcastle-under-Lyme 57,108 457 x 1.19 = 545 1.20 550
Newham 130,239 1,042 x 2.26 = 2,358 2.16 2,249
North Devon 50,091 401 x 2.00 = 803 1.97 788
North East Derbyshire 48,602 389 x 1.52 = 591 1.54 598
North East Lincolnshire UA 74,911 599 x 1.04 = 623 1.03 618
North Hertfordshire 59,531 476 x 2.14 = 1,018 2.17 1,035
North Kesteven 53,994 432 x 1.51 = 652 1.46 632
North Lincolnshire UA 77,196 618 x 1.03 = 637 1.04 640
North Norfolk 57,435 459 x 2.03 = 932 2.05 942
North Northamptonshire 158,600 1,269 x 1.56 = 1,978 1.56 1,980
North Somerset UA 101,923 815 x 1.95 = 1,593 1.92 1,568
North Tyneside 101,192 810 x 1.22 = 989 1.22 991
North Warwickshire 29,389 235 x 1.55 = 364 1.52 358
North West Leicestershire 48,381 387 x 1.54 = 595 1.58 610
North Yorkshire*




4,077 1.68 0
Northumberland UA 162,286 1,298 x 1.27 = 1,649 1.28 1,656
Norwich 68,178 545 x 1.43 = 779 1.42 773
Nottingham UA 138,074 1,105 x 1.13 = 1,247 1.17 1,287
Nuneaton and Bedworth 60,419 483 x 1.52 = 737 1.54 743
LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
Oadby and Wigston 24,059 192 x 1.99 = 382 2.00 384
Oldham 98,755 790 x 1.15 = 910 1.17 925
Oxford 59,912 479 x 2.27 = 1,087 2.25 1,080
Pendle 41,591 333 x 1.00 = 333 1.00 333
Peterborough UA 89,665 717 x 1.40 = 1,006 1.42 1,021
Plymouth UA 122,264 978 x 1.32 = 1,290 1.31 1,277
Portsmouth UA 91,291 730 x 1.40 = 1,021 1.39 1,016
Preston 66,025 528 x 1.12 = 590 1.17 617
Reading UA 73,834 591 x 1.74 = 1,028 1.69 997
Redbridge 108,000 864 x 2.79 = 2,407 2.74 2,369
Redcar and Cleveland UA 66,438 532 x 1.05 = 559 1.08 573
Redditch 37,964 304 x 1.60 = 486 1.55 472
Reigate and Banstead 63,884 511 x 2.55 = 1,306 2.51 1,285
Ribble Valley 29,730 238 x 1.30 = 310 1.28 305
Richmond upon Thames 85,902 687 x 3.66 = 2,513 3.62 2,488
Rochdale 97,088 777 x 1.18 = 918 1.21 936
Rochford 37,615 301 x 2.29 = 689 2.31 694
Rossendale 32,637 261 x 1.23 = 321 1.24 324
Rother 47,037 376 x 2.48 = 932 2.41 908
Rotherham 121,203 970 x 1.11 = 1,080 1.15 1,111
Rugby 51,343 411 x 1.51 = 618 1.52 625
Runnymede 38,077 305 x 2.05 = 626 2.08 632
Rushcliffe 54,113 433 x 1.92 = 830 1.98 856
Rushmoor 41,817 335 x 1.75 = 586 1.77 593
Rutland UA 17,840 143 x 1.87 = 266 1.90 271
LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
Salford 130,196 1,042 x 1.26 = 1,308 1.27 1,325
Sandwell 135,759 1,086 x 1.24 = 1,346 1.26 1,367
Sefton 131,522 1,052 x 1.30 = 1,368 1.29 1,360
Sevenoaks 52,133 417 x 2.75 = 1,149 2.74 1,143
Sheffield 249,069 1,993 x 1.20 = 2,390 1.21 2,405
Shropshire UA 150,689 1,206 x 1.65 = 1,994 1.66 2,005
Slough UA 56,991 456 x 1.77 = 808 1.78 812
Solihull 95,598 765 x 1.73 = 1,323 1.73 1,324
Somerset West and Taunton 76,505 612 x 1.74 = 1,066 1.73 1,060
South Cambridgeshire 72,186 577 x 2.03 = 1,174 2.03 1,171
South Derbyshire 49,601 397 x 1.47 = 581 1.46 580
South Gloucestershire UA 125,958 1,008 x 1.69 = 1,702 1.67 1,680
South Hams 47,662 381 x 2.39 = 910 2.39 910
South Holland 43,823 351 x 1.55 = 542 1.55 544
South Kesteven 66,841 535 x 1.67 = 895 1.66 886
South Norfolk 65,979 528 x 1.79 = 943 1.76 928
LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
South Oxfordshire 66,687 533 x 2.33 = 1,242 2.28 1,217
South Ribble 51,807 414 x 1.18 = 489 1.19 492
South Staffordshire 49,049 392 x 1.66 = 651 1.64 644
South Tyneside 72,563 581 x 1.07 = 623 1.06 614
Southampton UA 108,885 871 x 1.39 = 1,214 1.38 1,205
Southend-on-Sea UA 83,404 667 x 2.11 = 1,405 2.09 1,396
Southwark 144,830 1,159 x 2.52 = 2,914 2.42 2,799
Spelthorne 44,172 353 x 2.24 = 793 2.23 788
St Helens 85,841 687 x 3.31 = 2,271 3.30 2,268
St. Albans 62,738 502 x 1.05 = 525 1.08 542
Stafford 63,748 510 x 1.47 = 751 1.46 744
Staffordshire Moorlands 45,214 362 x 1.26 = 454 1.33 480
Stevenage 37,998 304 x 1.57 = 478 1.60 485
Stockport 132,455 1,060 x 1.71 = 1,815 1.76 1,861
Stockton-on-Tees UA 89,389 715 x 1.04 = 746 1.06 761
Stoke-on-Trent UA 118,450 948 x 1.00 = 948 1.00 948
Stratford-on-Avon 66,482 532 x 2.12 = 1,126 2.06 1,096
Stroud 56,396 451 x 1.82 = 820 1.86 839
Sunderland 132,326 1,059 x 1.00 = 1,059 1.00 1,059
Surrey Heath 38,364 307 x 2.23 = 684 2.22 682
Sutton 86,267 690 x 2.40 = 1,654 2.37 1,636
Swale 68,007 544 x 1.93 = 1,048 1.93 1,053
Swindon UA 101,958 816 x 1.48 = 1,205 1.46 1,188
LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
Tameside 104,916 839 x 1.34 = 1,124 1.34 1,123
Tamworth 34,655 277 x 1.61 = 445 1.59 442
Tandridge 37,911 303 x 2.78 = 843 2.71 821
Teignbridge 65,291 522 x 2.09 = 1,090 2.06 1,078
Telford and Wrekin UA 82,746 662 x 1.30 = 857 1.32 872
Tendring 74,375 595 x 1.74 = 1,034 1.77 1,051
Test Valley 58,356 467 x 2.00 = 934 1.99 928
Tewkesbury 44,940 360 x 1.71 = 614 1.72 617
Thanet 70,129 561 x 2.05 = 1,148 1.99 1,115
Three Rivers 38,753 310 x 2.68 = 832 2.59 804
Thurrock UA 70,033 560 x 1.91 = 1,071 1.92 1,077
Tonbridge and Malling 56,446 452 x 2.43 = 1,096 2.41 1,090
Torbay UA 69,871 559 x 1.68 = 940 1.69 947
Torridge 34,295 274 x 1.92 = 526 1.93 530
Tower Hamlets 141,260 1,130 x 2.00 = 2,265 1.87 2,109
Trafford 102,194 818 x 1.96 = 1,599 1.97 1,610
Tunbridge Wells 52,089 417 x 2.63 = 1,098 2.64 1,100
LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
Uttlesford 39,325 315 x 2.55 = 804 2.50 786
Vale of White Horse 62,973 504 x 1.88 = 949 1.88 945
Wakefield 163,894 1,311 x 1.18 = 1,541 1.18 1,553
Walsall 118,193 946 x 1.21 = 1,148 1.24 1,168
Waltham Forest 110,374 883 x 2.87 = 2,535 2.80 2,472
Wandsworth 154,551 1,236 x 3.55 = 4,383 3.50 4,328
Warrington UA 96,362 771 x 1.38 = 1,064 1.37 1,059
Warwick 68,119 545 x 1.95 = 1,062 1.97 1,071
Watford 42,946 344 x 2.42 = 831 2.33 801
Waverley 56,644 453 x 3.27 = 1,481 3.18 1,440
Wealden 73,871 591 x 2.43 = 1,433 2.43 1,438
Welwyn Hatfield 49,297 394 x 2.15 = 848 2.12 834
West Berkshire UA 70,831 567 x 1.89 = 1,070 1.87 1,058
West Devon 27,062 216 x 2.05 = 443 1.97 426
LPA Table 125 housing stock 0.8% of housing stock times adjustment factor** equals New housing need NEW adjustment factor estimated new housing need
West Lancashire 52,244 418 x 1.34 = 562 1.35 564
West Lindsey 46,007 368 x 1.32 = 487 1.35 497
West Northamptonshire 184,166 1,473 x 1.71 = 2,515 1.70 2,503
West Oxfordshire 52,783 422 x 2.14 = 905 2.12 895
West Suffolk 83,476 668 x 1.79 = 1,195 1.78 1,187
Westminster 131,965 1,056 x 4.11 = 4,341 4.05 4,275
Wigan 151,815 1,215 x 1.17 = 1,418 1.19 1,441
Wiltshire UA 231,098 1,849 x 1.91 = 3,525 1.88 3,472
Winchester 56,644 453 x 2.55 = 1,157 2.49 1,128
Windsor and Maidenhead UA 65,769 526 x 2.75 = 1,449 2.66 1,400
Wirral 152,255 1,218 x 1.32 = 1,602 1.33 1,616
Woking 44,582 357 x 2.23 = 794 2.20 786
Wokingham UA 73,855 591 x 2.26 = 1,336 2.20 1,303
Wolverhampton 114,442 916 x 1.19 = 1,086 1.21 1,107
Worcester 47,345 379 x 1.46 = 552 1.46 554
Worthing 51,986 416 x 2.09 = 871 2.04 849
Wychavon 61,384 491 x 1.98 = 971 1.98 971
Wyre 55,567 445 x 1.31 = 582 1.33 592
Wyre Forest 48,956 392 x 1.49 = 584 1.51 590
York UA 91,505 732 x 1.66 = 1,217 1.66 1,216

*Based on the latest available statistics at 25/3/2025, namely the Dwelling Stock Table 125 for the year ending 31st March 2023 (next MHCLG update expected in May 2025) and the Ratio of Houseprice to Workplace Based Earnings Table 5c for 2024 (published 24/3/25).

**If the ratio of house prices to earnings is 5 or less, no adjustment factor is required. For ease of calculation I've just multiplied by 1.

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