The least affordable areas to buy a home in Greater Manchester have been revealed, with Trafford among the most expensive places in the country. It cost £394,0000 to buy the average home in Trafford in the last 12 months, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
The average house price in the borough has gone up by 6.4 per cent compared to a year earlier, and is the most expensive borough in the county. Average full-time earnings in the area are £46,055 in 2026, which is also the highest in the county.
This means that the average property costs 8.6 times the average earnings, and makes Trafford the least affordable borough to buy a home in Greater Manchester.
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Trafford is one of three Greater Manchester boroughs where the house-price-to-income ratio is higher than the national average.
The average house price in the UK was £273,000 in the last 12 months. Meanwhile, the average full-time earnings was £40,911 a year, meaning that house prices are 6.7-times greater than the typical income.
Stockport is the next least affordable place to buy in Greater Manchester. Average house prices were £319,000 in the last year, while earnings in 2026 are £41,289 – a ratio of 7.7.
In Manchester, the average house price was £257,000 and the average earnings are £36,860, which works out as a ratio of 7.0.
Wigan is the most affordable place to buy a home in Greater Manchester. Average house prices in the borough worked out as 5.1-times the average earnings.
Here are the latest house prices in every Greater Manchester borough from highest to lowest, followed by the annual percentage change:
Trafford
Average house price: £394,000
Annual change: 6.4
Stockport
Average house price: £319,000
Annual change: 3.9
Manchester
Average house price: £257,000
Annual change: 2.1
Bury
Average house price: £243,000
Annual change: 2.8
Oldham
Average house price: £217,000
Annual change: 4.6
Rochdale
Average house price: £211,000
Annual change: 3.3
Salford
Average house price: £223,000
Annual change: -1.7
Tameside
Average house price: £213,000
Annual change: 1.4
Bolton
Average house price: £204,000
Annual change: 4.8
Wigan
Average house price: £194,000
Annual change: 2.8
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