Local authority · S12000023 · all statistics for Orkney Islands
Cost of living in Orkney Islands
What the publishing bodies say about the cost of living in Orkney Islands. Each figure is the official one for this authority with its own period; the rankings count only the areas the publisher covers. Nothing is estimated for the area from a national number.
The figures
| Measure | Orkney Islands | United Kingdom | Rank (highest first) | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average private rent, all properties ONS Price Index of Private Rents: all tenancies, not asking rents. | not published | £1,393 a month | — | |
| Median full-time pay of residents ONS ASHE by place of residence, provisional. | £43,430 a year | £39,039 a year | 79 of 348 | 2025, released 23 October 2025 |
| Band D council tax MHCLG; England only, all precepts included. | not published | — | — | |
| Average house price HM Land Registry; +4.4% on a year earlier. | £236,740 | — | 219 of 360 | June 2026, released 20 August 2026 |
Two Civometry ratios
- House price to pay
- 5.5 times: average price £236,740 (June 2026) ÷ median full-time pay of residents £43,430 (2025). The ONS’s own affordability ratio uses workplace earnings and median prices, so it differs.
- Rent as a share of pay
- Not computed.