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Waltham Forest

London borough

North east London. 283,713 people in 39 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

19 of Waltham Forest’s 146 neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 20%.

Average house price
£529,102
Up 2.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£45,350
45th highest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
11.7×
25th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
23.5
98th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only

How Waltham Forest compares

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

Waltham ForestMiddle
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. Waltham Forest is £529,102.
£529,10228th highest
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%. Waltham Forest is 2.8%.
+2.8%joint 146th 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. Waltham Forest is £45,350.
£45,35045th highest
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×. Waltham Forest is 11.7×.
11.7×25th least affordable
Deprivation scoreEngland only296 areas, England · 2025
Deprivation score: every council in England296 areas from 5.9 to 43.5. The middle area is 19.0. Waltham Forest is 23.5.
23.5joint 98th most deprived

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

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each measure deprivation their own way, so Open Index never ranks them together.

House prices since 2000

Monthly average house price, smoothed. Waltham Forest’s is 5.5 times its 2000 level, faster than London’s.

House prices since 2000Average house price each month for Waltham Forest, London, England, January 2000 to July 2026. Source: UK House Price Index.
House prices since 2000
MonthWaltham ForestLondonEngland
Jan 2000£97,034£139,611£71,017
Jan 2001£111,622£160,094£79,663
Jan 2002£137,327£181,823£90,840
Jan 2003£175,473£221,778£114,816
Jan 2004£190,386£234,296£131,914
Jan 2005£200,515£248,820£149,713
Jan 2006£207,294£256,767£157,240
Jan 2007£232,413£286,542£171,666
Jan 2008£258,043£319,663£181,037
Jan 2009£217,709£270,949£153,585
Jan 2010£221,775£299,459£164,711
Jan 2011£224,928£308,301£164,697
Jan 2012£231,367£315,128£164,449
Jan 2013£244,565£333,332£166,938
Jan 2014£288,169£380,935£177,748
Jan 2015£349,739£431,270£191,523
Jan 2016£404,667£489,741£208,050
Jan 2017£449,862£509,175£218,655
Jan 2018£461,321£513,622£227,594
Jan 2019£449,347£503,232£230,974
Jan 2020£458,448£509,527£234,049
Jan 2021£485,426£529,101£249,890
Jan 2022£477,674£550,635£270,231
Jan 2023£511,506£570,869£285,817
Jan 2024£501,353£551,097£278,060
Jan 2025£512,984£563,861£287,264
Jan 2026£524,916£553,557£290,511
Jul 2026£529,102£550,037£293,479

Wards in Waltham Forest22

Middle areas in Waltham Forest28

Constituencies mostly in Waltham Forest2

Neighbourhoods in Waltham Forest146
Waltham Forest in brief

Waltham Forest’s average house price was £529,102 in July 2026.

Full-time workers living in Waltham Forest earned a median of £45,350 in 2025.

A home in Waltham Forest costs 11.7 times local full-time pay.

Waltham Forest has a deprivation score of 23.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.