Hounslow: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£1,043,294

Semi-detached

£716,213

Terraced

£611,320

Flat or maisonette

£352,823

First-time buyers

£458,624

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

  203,917 in 1991 → 299,424 in 2024 (+46.8%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £252,793 in 2005 → £525,435 in 2026 (+107.9%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £435 in 2008 → £702 in 2025 (+61.3%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  69.3% in 2004 → 81.2% in 2023 (+17.2%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  1.5% in 2001 → 5.2% in 2025 (+246.7%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £14,028 in 1997 → £29,788 in 2024 (+112.3%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Hounslow; 33 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

• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access7 min (2019) · 14th lowest of 326
• Productivity · Economy & work£56.1 per hour (2023) · 19th highest of 361
• No qualifications · Education & skills2.7% (2023) · 19th lowest of 293
• Library within a 30-minute walk · Connectivity & access98% (May 2024) · 22nd highest of 318

Where it ranks worst

• Housing affordability · Housing11.9× earnings (April 2025) · 299th lowest of 316
• Claimant count · Economy & work5.2% (2025) · 322nd lowest of 361
• Children in relative poverty · Economy & work32.3% (2024/25) · 316th lowest of 363
• Home gas use · Environment10,772 kWh (2024/25) · 279th lowest of 347

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)81.2 years · England 80.0 · 29th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)85.1 years · England 83.8 · 23rd highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)59.6 years · England 60.9 · 83rd highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)59.4 years · England 61.3 · 90th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)273.1 per 100k · England 321.0 · 28th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)8.1% · England 10.4 · 29th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)61.0% · England 64.6 · 41st lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)67.6% · England 68.3 · 93rd highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)50.6 score · England 46.0 · 22nd highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)3.0% · England 5.8 · 20th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)16.5% · England 19.8 · 59th lowest of 153