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Surrey rankings · Income

Towns with the highest household incomes in Surrey

Esher has the highest household incomes of Surrey’s 66 towns of 2,500+: £91,384 a year before tax, on average (ONS, 2022–23). The typical town here averages £72,274.

ONS small-area income estimates, financial year ending 2023: the mean income of a household before tax (ONS models means, not medians, for small areas), averaged over the town’s neighbourhoods. A described list: no letters. The rank across England and Wales sits beside each figure.

Esher

9,484 people

£91,384

Mean household income·£60,048 after tax·#4 of 2,178 in England and Wales

East Horsley

5,843 people

£89,178

Mean household income·£58,902 after tax·#7 of 2,178 in England and Wales

West Molesey

47,144 people

£86,727

Mean household income·£57,470 after tax·#11 of 2,178 in England and Wales

All 66 towns, ranked

Mean household income, highest first. Small towns sit inside one ONS area of 5,000 to 15,000 people, so their figure is partly their surroundings’. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied). Each rank across England and Wales links to the national list.

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#TownMean household incomeAfter taxUK rank

1Esher9,484 people£91,384£60,048#4 of 2,178 nationally

2East Horsley5,843 people£89,178£58,902#7 of 2,178 nationally

3West Molesey47,144 people£86,727£57,470#11 of 2,178 nationally

4Bisley4,045 people£86,351£57,486#13 of 2,178 nationally

5Cobham17,505 people£85,097£60,328#16 of 2,178 nationally

6West End and Chobham8,877 people£84,335£57,036#21 of 2,178 nationally

7Godalming10,450 people£82,339£58,773#27 of 2,178 nationally

8Ashtead14,830 people£80,064£56,501#40 of 2,178 nationally

9Wrecclesham7,312 people£79,829£54,943#42 of 2,178 nationally

10Chipstead and Woodmansterne4,523 people£79,308£53,859#50 of 2,178 nationally

11Pirbright Garrison town3,920 people£79,222£54,604#51 of 2,178 nationally

12Bramley and Wonersh4,193 people£78,501£55,283#58 of 2,178 nationally

13Windlesham3,706 people£77,977£55,417#71 of 2,178 nationally

14Weybridge15,918 people£77,932£54,632#73 of 2,178 nationally

15Oxted11,491 people£76,974£54,130#83 of 2,178 nationally

16Virginia Water5,185 people£76,857£62,697#87 of 2,178 nationally

17Great Bookham and Fetcham21,655 people£76,801£51,290#89 of 2,178 nationally

18Byfleet14,187 people£76,777£54,159#91 of 2,178 nationally

19Shalford2,508 people£76,254£55,507#99 of 2,178 nationally

20Lightwater6,539 people£76,084£53,251#103 of 2,178 nationally

21New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater33,035 people£75,548£51,461#115 of 2,178 nationally

22Epsom35,857 people£75,486£52,194#117 of 2,178 nationally

23Frimley15,101 people£75,047£51,686#124 of 2,178 nationally

24Walton-on-Thames27,016 people£74,901£52,461#128 of 2,178 nationally

25Farnham20,499 people£74,894£51,901#129 of 2,178 nationally

26Reigate23,774 people£74,176£52,532#138 of 2,178 nationally

27Ewell27,509 people£73,895£52,005#142 of 2,178 nationally

28Haslemere11,897 people£73,409£51,517#152 of 2,178 nationally

29Tadworth and Epsom Downs27,095 people£73,069£51,418#161 of 2,178 nationally

30Hersham12,622 people£72,999£50,900#162 of 2,178 nationally

31Whyteleafe3,174 people£72,827£51,482#170 of 2,178 nationally

32Worcester Park and Stoneleigh15,851 people£72,712£51,378#175 of 2,178 nationally

33Weybourne11,241 people£72,313£49,947#183 of 2,178 nationally

34Send4,094 people£72,234£51,051#186 of 2,178 nationally

35Woking75,655 people£71,995£50,629#191 of 2,178 nationally

36Camberley36,787 people£71,655£50,776#199 of 2,178 nationally

37Dorking17,463 people£71,610£51,240#202 of 2,178 nationally

38Hindhead6,444 people£71,392£51,204#210 of 2,178 nationally

39Caterham22,757 people£70,865£51,503#222 of 2,178 nationally

40Milford and Witley6,489 people£70,811£49,662#224 of 2,178 nationally

41Redhill32,516 people£70,638£50,611#232 of 2,178 nationally

42Kingswood3,757 people£69,957£53,988#251 of 2,178 nationally

43Bagshot5,930 people£69,917£50,757#253 of 2,178 nationally

44Guildford77,870 people£69,856£50,158#256 of 2,178 nationally

45Shepperton Green4,358 people£69,033£46,841#278 of 2,178 nationally

46Laleham2,521 people£68,665£48,303#289 of 2,178 nationally

47South Merstham9,953 people£68,600£47,087#292 of 2,178 nationally

48Shepperton5,917 people£67,881£49,496#313 of 2,178 nationally

49Cranleigh10,430 people£67,237£49,584#335 of 2,178 nationally

50Sunbury-on-Thames21,476 people£67,031£48,228#341 of 2,178 nationally

51Warlingham8,918 people£66,872£48,749#345 of 2,178 nationally

52Banstead8,929 people£66,864£48,455#346 of 2,178 nationally

53Staines-upon-Thames21,327 people£66,566£47,457#356 of 2,178 nationally

54Farncombe13,247 people£66,467£49,082#359 of 2,178 nationally

55Smallfield2,613 people£66,444£45,243#362 of 2,178 nationally

56Ashford22,823 people£66,440£46,874#363 of 2,178 nationally

57Egham28,003 people£65,900£45,778#382 of 2,178 nationally

58Lingfield3,622 people£65,719£48,162#385 of 2,178 nationally

59Ash and Ash Vale24,284 people£65,637£47,383#386 of 2,178 nationally

60Horley27,067 people£65,331£47,005#400 of 2,178 nationally

61Addlestone13,748 people£65,225£47,198#406 of 2,178 nationally

62Godstone2,648 people£64,092£47,542#468 of 2,178 nationally

63Chertsey14,558 people£63,747£46,024#482 of 2,178 nationally

64Ashford Common8,333 people£63,713£46,208#483 of 2,178 nationally

65Leatherhead11,482 people£63,584£46,768#484 of 2,178 nationally

66Stanwell11,728 people£59,185£43,782#692 of 2,178 nationally

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Questions people ask

Which town in Surrey has the highest household income?

Esher: its households average £91,384 a year before tax (£60,048 after). East Horsley and West Molesey follow.

How are these towns ranked?

By mean household income before tax in ONS’s small-area estimates (April 2022 to March 2023), highest first: each neighbourhood’s figure weighted by its share of the town’s residents.

Why isn’t my town on this list?

The list covers Surrey’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Surrey is on the county page.

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Sources: ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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