Living in Wolverhampton, West Midlands
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House prices and local earnings
Homes in Wolverhampton cost 6.16 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
- Wolverhampton a year earlier: 5.99 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in Wolverhampton over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in Wolverhampton, 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 Wolverhampton
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Recent sold prices near Wolverhampton (postcode WV1)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23, ASTBURY CLOSE | £180,000 | Terraced | Sep 2026 |
| 84, HURSTBOURNE CRESCENT | £228,000 | Terraced | Aug 2026 |
| 23, ALBION STREET | £105,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| 2, BOWMANS RISE | £255,000 | Semi-detached | Aug 2026 |
| 245, DEANS ROAD | £250,000 | Semi-detached | Aug 2026 |
| 1, SCHOOL HOUSE, MOLINEUX ALLEY | £160,000 | Semi-detached | Aug 2026 |
| 18, LOWER VAUXHALL | £100,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| 4, MOSTYN STREET | £120,000 | Semi-detached | Jul 2026 |
| 82, HURSTBOURNE CRESCENT | £72,000 | Flat | Jul 2026 |
| 373, WILLENHALL ROAD | £225,000 | Semi-detached | Jul 2026 |
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.