The gap between first-time buyers' wages and house prices has grown in 98% of council areas in England and Wales since 2015

Multiples of salary needed

to buy a house, with deposit

<4.5

4.6 to 10

>10

Newcastle

Salford

4.4 times the

average salary

Manchester

Birmingham

Carmarthenshire

4.5

Cardiff

London

Bristol

7.9

Exeter

Buckinghamshire

8.9

Newcastle

Salford

6.4 times the

average salary

Manchester

Birmingham

Carmarthenshire

5.8

Cardiff

London

Bristol

10.1

Exeter

Buckinghamshire

10.5

Multiples of salary needed

to buy a house, with deposit

<4.5

4.6 to 10

>10

Newcastle

Newcastle

Salford

4.4 times the

average salary

Salford

6.4 times the

average salary

Manchester

Manchester

Birmingham

Birmingham

Carmarthenshire

4.5

Carmarthenshire

5.8

Cardiff

Cardiff

London

London

Bristol

10.1

Bristol

7.9

Exeter

Exeter

Buckinghamshire

8.9

Buckinghamshire

10.5

Guardian graphic. Source: ONS data showing the median gross annual wage for the 30-39 age group for 2015 and 2020 at regional level compared to first-time buyer house price data for August 2015 and August 2021 as recorded by the Land Registry