"Figure 7: New housing less affordable than existing housing in local authorities","" "Distribution of the housing affordability estimates in local authorities, England and Wales, 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Housing affordability ratio refers to the ratio of median price paid for residential property to the median workplace-based gross annual earnings for full-time workers. 2. Affordability estimates for newly built and existing dwellings are calculated using the same earnings data, although the earnings of these two groups may differ. These affordability estimates provide an indication of affordability of new and existing dwellings, rather than a precise figure." "Unit","percentage of local authorities" "","" "Dwelling type","Newly built","Existing" "0 to <5","0.89","9.44" "5 to <10","49.55","62.24" "10 to <15","41.25","23.01" "15 to <20","6.53","4.72" "20 to <25","0.89","0.29" "25 to <30","0.30","0.00" ">=30","0.59","0.29"