How Do Your Earnings Match Hounslow House Prices?

London has long been more expensive to buy a home in than almost anywhere else in the UK, although this and other higher living costs are reflected in the London weighting applied to salaries. But just how affordable is a typical property in Hounslow compared to the most and least expensive areas of the capital?

The answer has been provided by a new survey that, rather than simply stating what the average prices are, highlights what kind of salary people need to be able to buy a home in different London boroughs.

Using data from Zoopla, the Evening Standard revealed the household income you would need to buy the typical home in London would be £101,080. However, this does vary between particular boroughs.

The article did not state the figure for Hounslow, although its colour chart did highlight that Hounslow, like much of west London, is above this average. However, it lies well below Kensington & Chelsea, where average prices are above £1 million and a household would need to earn over £214,000 to buy there, 5.2 times the average London income.

Westminster, Camden and Richmond-upon-Thames are also among the most unaffordable boroughs. At the other end of the scale were Barking & Dagenham, followed by Croydon, Newham and Bexley.

This means Hounslow house-hunters are in between, facing prices that are above the national average (as all London homes are), but by no means the most costly in the capital.

It is also worth remembering that Hounslow properties vary in price (and therefore affordability) due to other factors, one of the most significant being property type.

For instance, ONS figures for November 2024 showed the average property in the borough cost £454,000, but this ranged from £861,000 for detached properties and £634,000 for semi-detached homes to £542,000 for terraced homes and £354,000 for flats.