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Most affordable places to live in the UK

Affordability compares local property prices with local earnings, so a cheap area with low wages does not automatically win.

In short

The most affordable places to live in the UK are ranked here by comparing average house prices against local earnings, not by price alone. The current top three are Accrington (100), Bishop Auckland (100) and Burnley (100).

  • Affordability category: Land Registry average price against ONS local earnings.
  • Ranked from 539 indexed UK areas, rebuilt daily from the latest published figures.
  • Every area links to a full report with the source behind each figure.

Compiled by the TrackPostcode.UK data team Data last updated How we score every area Data sources

Accrington100Bishop Auckland100Burnley100Chester-le-Street100Consett100Hartlepool100Nelson100Peterlee100Seaham100Stornoway100
Most affordable places to live in the UK: the top ten, drawn from the same figures as the table below.
Top ten compared across the categories that most often change the answer
#AreaNationScoreCost of livingSafetyWeatherBroadband
=1AccringtonEngland10092456495
=1Bishop AucklandEngland10092557888
=1BurnleyEngland10093416496
=1Chester-le-StreetEngland10092537888
=1ConsettEngland10092527888
=1HartlepoolEngland10097397897
=1NelsonEngland10091496493
=1PeterleeEngland10092477888
=1SeahamEngland10092557888
=1StornowayScotland10087833414

Category scores are 0 to 100 and a dash means that dataset has not loaded for the area yet, in which case it is excluded from the overall score rather than guessed at. Open any area for the full report and its sources.

Most affordable places to live in the UK: the full ranking

Areas are ranked on whatever categories they have, with the weights renormalised over them, so an area with a gap is scored on its own remaining evidence. Show only areas measured on all twelve categories to compare like with like.

=1AccringtonHyndburn, North West, England · 100% complete100=1Bishop AucklandCounty Durham, North East, England · 100% complete100=1BurnleyBurnley, North West, England · 100% complete100=1Chester-le-StreetCounty Durham, North East, England · 100% complete100=1ConsettCounty Durham, North East, England · 100% complete100=1HartlepoolHartlepool, North East, England · 100% complete100=1NelsonPendle, North West, England · 100% complete100=1PeterleeCounty Durham, North East, England · 100% complete100=1SeahamCounty Durham, North East, England · 100% complete100=1StornowayNa h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland · 100% complete100=1SunderlandSunderland, North East, England · 100% complete100=1TredegarBlaenau Gwent, Wales · 100% complete100=1DundeeDundee City, Scotland · 95% complete100=1DurhamCounty Durham, North East, England · 95% complete100=1Ebbw ValeBlaenau Gwent, Wales · 95% complete100=1Merthyr TydfilMerthyr Tydfil, Wales · 95% complete100=1MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough, North East, England · 95% complete100=1Newton AycliffeCounty Durham, North East, England · 95% complete100=1RedcarRedcar and Cleveland, North East, England · 95% complete100=1BellshillNorth Lanarkshire, Scotland · 90% complete100=1ClydebankWest Dunbartonshire, Scotland · 90% complete100=1CoatbridgeNorth Lanarkshire, Scotland · 90% complete100=1CumbernauldNorth Lanarkshire, Scotland · 90% complete100=1IrvineNorth Ayrshire, Scotland · 90% complete100=1KilmarnockEast Ayrshire, Scotland · 90% complete100=1MotherwellNorth Lanarkshire, Scotland · 90% complete100=1WishawNorth Lanarkshire, Scotland · 90% complete100=1AberdeenAberdeen City, Scotland · 85% complete100=1AirdrieNorth Lanarkshire, Scotland · 85% complete100=1BlackpoolBlackpool, North West, England · 85% complete100=1GreenockInverclyde, Scotland · 85% complete100=1GrimsbyNorth East Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England · 85% complete100=1Kingston upon HullKingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber, England · 85% complete100=1Stoke-on-TrentStoke-on-Trent, West Midlands, England · 85% complete100=35GatesheadGateshead, North East, England · 100% complete99=35JarrowSouth Tyneside, North East, England · 100% complete99=35South ShieldsSouth Tyneside, North East, England · 100% complete99=35DarlingtonDarlington, North East, England · 95% complete99=39NeathNeath Port Talbot, Wales · 90% complete98=39RenfrewRenfrewshire, Scotland · 90% complete98=39AlloaClackmannanshire, Scotland · 85% complete98=39BlackburnBlackburn with Darwen, North West, England · 85% complete98=39JohnstoneRenfrewshire, Scotland · 85% complete98=39PaisleyRenfrewshire, Scotland · 85% complete98=39Port TalbotNeath Port Talbot, Wales · 85% complete98=46AberdareRhondda Cynon Taf, Wales · 100% complete97=46DumfriesDumfries and Galloway, Scotland · 100% complete97=46PontypriddRhondda Cynon Taf, Wales · 95% complete97=46StranraerDumfries and Galloway, Scotland · 90% complete9750CarlisleCumberland, North West, England · 100% complete96

Best in Scotland

=1StornowayNa h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland100=1DundeeDundee City, Scotland100=1BellshillNorth Lanarkshire, Scotland100=1ClydebankWest Dunbartonshire, Scotland100=1CoatbridgeNorth Lanarkshire, Scotland100=1CumbernauldNorth Lanarkshire, Scotland100=1IrvineNorth Ayrshire, Scotland100=1KilmarnockEast Ayrshire, Scotland100=1MotherwellNorth Lanarkshire, Scotland100=1WishawNorth Lanarkshire, Scotland100

Best in England

=1AccringtonHyndburn, North West, England100=1Bishop AucklandCounty Durham, North East, England100=1BurnleyBurnley, North West, England100=1Chester-le-StreetCounty Durham, North East, England100=1ConsettCounty Durham, North East, England100=1HartlepoolHartlepool, North East, England100=1NelsonPendle, North West, England100=1PeterleeCounty Durham, North East, England100=1SeahamCounty Durham, North East, England100=1SunderlandSunderland, North East, England100

Best in Wales

=1TredegarBlaenau Gwent, Wales100=1Ebbw ValeBlaenau Gwent, Wales100=1Merthyr TydfilMerthyr Tydfil, Wales100=4NeathNeath Port Talbot, Wales98=4Port TalbotNeath Port Talbot, Wales98=6AberdareRhondda Cynon Taf, Wales97=6PontypriddRhondda Cynon Taf, Wales97=8CaerphillyCaerphilly, Wales88=8CarmarthenCarmarthenshire, Wales88=8PontypoolTorfaen, Wales88

Ranked from 539 indexed areas by TrackPostcode.UK scores. Coverage grows as more areas are indexed.

About this ranking

What makes a place affordable on TrackPostcode.UK?

Affordability compares average house prices from HM Land Registry against typical earnings, so it reflects how easily local incomes stretch to local property, not just the sticker price. Right now the highest are Accrington (100/100), Bishop Auckland (100/100), Burnley (100/100).

Is a cheap area always an affordable one?

Not necessarily. An area with low prices but very low wages can be less affordable than a pricier area with higher earnings. That is why affordability and raw cost are scored separately.

Where does the house price data come from?

The HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, published monthly under the Open Government Licence, at local authority level.

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The same index ordered by a different measurement each time, from the same twelve category scores and rebuilt daily. Each one states on its own page what it measures and what it does not.

Read next: the best places to live in the UK, the safest places to live, the sunniest places in the UK, the relocation quiz and how every score is built.

What this ranking measures: Affordability category: Land Registry average price against ONS local earnings. Read the full methodology before quoting a figure.

Primary source: HM Land Registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.