Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is optimistic that defender Raphael Varane will be in contention for the FA Cup final against Manchester City on June 3.
06.04.2023 - 16:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
It is less affordable to rent in Manchester than it is in some parts of Greater London, new figures have revealed.
The average property in Manchester costs £875 a month to rent, according to the latest data from the Valuation Office Agency. The average income, meanwhile, works out at £2,008 a month, before tax. It means that on average, people spend 44% of their income on rent.
That’s the highest proportion of any local authority outside of London and the South. In fact, it’s either equal to or higher than six London boroughs. Hillingdon in West London and Bexley in South-East London have the same rent-to-income ratio as Manchester, at 44%. But Manchester's ratio is higher than four other London boroughs: Haringey (43%), Kingston-upon-Thames (42%), Croydon (42%) and Bromley (41%).
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The rent to income ratio in Manchester is at least eight percentage points higher than any of the surrounding Greater Manchester boroughs. Compared to elsewhere in the north, it is 11 points higher than Leeds, 12 higher than Newcastle, and 17 higher than Liverpool.
In contrast, the boroughs in Greater Manchester with the smallest rent-to-income ratio is Wigan, coming in at 26%, closely followed by Rochdale at 28%. In Wigan the average property costs £550 to rent while the average income before tax is £2, 111. In Rochdale, the average cost of rent is also £550 but the average income before tax is £1,985.
Nationally, Middlesbrough is the most affordable place to rent in England, with properties costing an average of £450 a month to rent there, which is the cheapest in the country. It works out as just 21% of the average salary in
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