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Moray

Council area

North Scotland. 94,730 people in 2,238 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2

Most deprived 10%Least

4 of Moray’s 126 neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 20%.

Average house price
£204,008
Up 5.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,943
31st lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.0×
93rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population
93,282
56th lowest of 361
ONS Census 2021 · 2021

How Moray compares

Each dot is a council. The black line marks the middle one.

MorayMiddle
Average house price360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Average house price: every council in UK360 areas from £115,401 to £1,232,640. The middle area is £272,474. Moray is £204,008.
£204,00877th lowest
Annual price change360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Annual price change: every council in UK360 areas from −20.7% to 12.8%. The middle area is 2.3%. Moray is 5.6%.
+5.6%joint 48th strongest
Median full-time pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
Median full-time pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from £29,805 to £57,396. The middle area is £38,490. Moray is £33,943.
£33,94331st lowest
House price to pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
House price to pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from 3.1× to 23.4×. The middle area is 7.3×. Moray is 6.0×.
6.0×joint 93rd most affordable
Population361 areas, UK · 2021
Population: every council in UK361 areas from 2,053 to 1,144,919. The middle area is 143,926. Moray is 93,282.
93,28256th lowest

Every council ranked: average house price, annual price change, median full-time pay, house price to pay and population.

House prices since 2004

Monthly average house price, smoothed. Moray’s is 3 times its 2004 level, faster than Scotland’s.

House prices since 2004Average house price each month for Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, January 2004 to July 2026. Source: UK House Price Index.
House prices since 2004
MonthMorayScotlandUnited Kingdom
Jan 2004£68,782£76,662£126,179
Jan 2005£85,053£90,440£138,759
Jan 2006£98,538£105,257£147,360
Jan 2007£119,503£121,923£162,825
Jan 2008£135,843£133,172£171,137
Jan 2009£129,837£119,792£144,840
Jan 2010£135,962£124,112£154,268
Jan 2011£132,293£124,856£154,113
Jan 2012£124,148£120,989£152,831
Jan 2013£131,476£117,973£154,495
Jan 2014£131,174£122,220£164,137
Jan 2015£136,244£129,869£175,636
Jan 2016£136,358£131,634£189,268
Jan 2017£142,313£133,141£198,276
Jan 2018£146,417£141,353£206,844
Jan 2019£147,001£144,124£210,317
Jan 2020£145,539£147,731£213,657
Jan 2021£159,556£157,866£228,417
Jan 2022£170,181£173,589£248,031
Jan 2023£190,647£175,092£260,941
Jan 2024£183,132£179,248£255,972
Jan 2025£194,196£185,315£264,936
Jan 2026£195,916£189,118£268,862
Jul 2026£204,008£196,349£272,611

Wards in Moray8

Middle areas in Moray24

Neighbourhoods in Moray138
Moray in brief

Moray’s average house price was £204,008 in July 2026.

Full-time workers living in Moray earned a median of £33,943 in 2025.

A home in Moray costs 6.0 times local full-time pay.

Moray had 93,282 usual residents at the census.