Five towns and cities in Sussex have been ranked among the top 20 least affordable places to live and work in England and Wales.
This was found in research conducted by The Telegraph which analysed a number of factors for “travel to work areas” (TTWAs) across the two nations.
The topics compared included average house prices, average earnings, food and energy bills and commuting costs.
These TTWAs “aim to reflect areas where most people both live and work and which have relatively low levels of in – or out–commuting,” according to the Office for National Statistics.
The full analysis of the most and least affordable places to live and work in England and Wales can be found on The Telegraph website here.
5 Sussex towns and cities among least affordable spots in England and Wales
Among the 161 places analysed in the research from The Telegraph, the Sussex spots that featured in the bottom 20 for affordability were:
- Worthing - 141st place
- Eastbourne - 146th
- Brighton - 151st
- Hastings - 153rd
- Chichester and Bognor Regis - 156th
Chichester and Bognor Regis as a combined area was found to be the least affordable in Sussex.
The median earnings in this area came to £28,537 in 2024 with house prices averaging to £382,789 over the 12 months to last November.
This works out to an affordability ratio of 13.4 when dividing the average house price by the median earning.
Meanwhile, average expenses on food, household energy bills and commuting costs work out to 33.1% of income in this area.
Brighton as a whole was not much better, ranking in 151st spot, just five behind Chichester and Bognor Regis.
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Median earnings were higher at £32,413 but average house prices were also much increased at £451,278.
This actually gave it a worse affordability ratio than Chichester and Bognor Regis at 13.9.
However, the percentage of income going to average expenses was a bit lower at 29.2%.
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