Living in Worcester, Worcestershire
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Free Worcester Area Report
Sold prices, price trends, local rents and house prices against earnings for Worcester - compiled from official sources into one report. Enter your email and we will send you your copy.
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Homes in Worcester cost 6.94 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
- Worcester a year earlier: 6.99 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in Worcester over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in Worcester, 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 Worcester
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Recent sold prices near Worcester (postcode sector WR1 2)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26, ARMSTRONG DRIVE | £165,000 | Terraced | Aug 2026 |
| FLAT 81, HARRY DAVIS COURT, ARMSTRONG DRIVE | £393,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| APARTMENT 20, ST. PETERS COURT, 2, ST. PETERS STREET | £220,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| APARTMENT 2, DOUGHTY COURT, PRINCES DRIVE | £167,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| 13, WELLINGTON CLOSE | £140,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| APARTMENT 22, AUSTIN COURT, 2, MILL STREET | £235,000 | Flat | Jul 2026 |
| APARTMENT 49, AUSTIN COURT, 2, MILL STREET | £220,000 | Flat | Jul 2026 |
| 19, PORTLAND WALK | £75,000 | Flat | May 2026 |
| APARTMENT 24, THE OLD FIRE STATION, COPENHAGEN STREET | £311,950 | Flat | Apr 2026 |
| APARTMENT 29, ST. PETERS COURT, 2, ST. PETERS STREET | £224,000 | Flat | Mar 2026 |
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