Living in Bath, Somerset
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Sold prices, price trends, local rents and house prices against earnings for Bath - compiled from official sources into one report. Enter your email and we will send you your copy.
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Homes in Bath and North East Somerset cost 10.38 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
- Bath and North East Somerset a year earlier: 10.98 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in Bath and North East Somerset over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in Bath and North East Somerset, wherever they live. That is what "workplace-based" means - it is about jobs in the area, not the earnings of people who live there. Earnings come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025). A higher ratio means homes are less affordable for people working locally. The latest year uses provisional earnings, which ONS revises the following year. This is a council-area figure, not a valuation of any home.
Source: Office for National Statistics, House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.
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Local administration around Bath
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Recent sold prices near Bath (postcode sector BA1 1)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIRST FLOOR FLAT, BRIDGWATER HOUSE, 2, TERRACE WALK | £323,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| FLAT 3, 37, GREEN PARK | £375,000 | Flat | Jul 2026 |
| FLAT 6, ST LAWRENCE HOUSE, 1, PHILIP STREET | £255,000 | Flat | Jun 2026 |
| MAISONETTE E, 17, OLD ORCHARD STREET | £522,500 | Flat | Jun 2026 |
| FLAT 2, 2, HARINGTON PLACE | £280,000 | Flat | May 2026 |
| 2, CHAPEL ROW | £1,010,000 | Terraced | May 2026 |
| FLAT 2, 38, GREEN PARK | £280,000 | Flat | Apr 2026 |
| FLAT 38, 2, PHILIP STREET | £295,000 | Flat | Mar 2026 |
| FLAT 8, 1, NEW MARCHANT'S PASSAGE | £350,000 | Flat | Mar 2026 |
| FLAT 2, SOUTHGATE HOUSE, 3, SOUTHGATE STREET | £136,000 | Flat | Feb 2026 |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.