Ealing: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£1,411,890

Semi-detached

£887,458

Terraced

£711,468

Flat or maisonette

£407,789

First-time buyers

£490,320

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  283,782 in 1991 → 385,985 in 2024 (+36.0%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £261,044 in 2005 → £585,216 in 2026 (+124.2%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £504 in 2008 → £697 in 2025 (+38.3%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  69.7% in 2004 → 79.4% in 2023 (+13.9%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  2.5% in 2001 → 6.6% in 2025 (+164.0%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £12,687 in 1997 → £30,873 in 2024 (+143.3%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

39 official indicators are published for Ealing; 32 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Qualified to A level or above · Education & skills81.3% (2023) · 24th highest of 348
• Greenhouse gas emissions · Environment2.8 t per person (2024) · 25th lowest of 361
• Adult obesity · Health & wellbeing18.0% (2024/25) · 24th lowest of 296
• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access8 min (2019) · 31st lowest of 326

Where it ranks worst

• Housing affordability · Housing13.2× earnings (April 2025) · 310th lowest of 316
• Claimant count · Economy & work6.6% (2025) · 347th lowest of 361
• Job density · Economy & work0.56 jobs per resident (2024) · 325th highest of 350
• Anxiety · Health & wellbeing3.6 out of 10 (2022/23) · 330th lowest of 363

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)81.6 years · England 80.0 · 22nd highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)85.8 years · England 83.8 · 10th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)62.6 years · England 60.9 · 46th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)62.8 years · England 61.3 · 46th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)274.6 per 100k · England 321.0 · 29th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)7.4% · England 10.4 · 16th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)59.0% · England 64.6 · 28th lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)67.8% · England 68.3 · 88th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)52.5 score · England 46.0 · 13th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)1.7% · England 5.8 · 3rd lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)15.7% · England 19.8 · 54th lowest of 153