How much do you need to earn to live in these Fife postcodes?

The price difference between buying a house in the Kingdom’s most desirable areas compared to more affordable areas may surprise some residents.

Unsurprisingly, the town with the least affordable house prices is St Andrews, where you’d need to earn on average £19.63 per hour, according to a study by Web-Blinds.com

But some of the cheapest properties to buy can be found in the KY6 and KY7 postcodes in Glenrothes.

Each entry on the list represents a postcode and shows how much you’d need to earn per hour, week and year to buy a property there.

It’s based on a single person working a 37.5 hour week and mortgage repayments being 35 per cent of the income.

The company analysed the average house price in each of Britain’s 2,643 postcodes to find how much would be needed to be earned per hour to live in each area.

The average house price in the UK increased by £10,000 last year. The annual rise of 4.9 per cent outstrips the 2.6 per cent increase in wages in the last three months of 2016.

Planning a move elsewhere? Find out how much you’d have to earn on the Web-Blinds website, here.

KY1: £8.51; £319.13; £16594.50

KY2: £9.50; £356.25; £18,525

KY3: £10.42; £390.75; £20,319

KY4: £9.04; £339; £17,628

KY5: £7.29; 273.38; £14,215.50

KY6: £7.27; £272.63; £14,176.50

KY7: £8.32; £312; £16,224

KY8: £8.25, £309.38; £16,087.50

KY9: £22.64; £849; £44,148

KY10: £13.27; £497.63; £25,876.50

KY11: £10.92; £409.50; £21,294

KY12: £10.33; £387.38; £20,143.50

KY13: £15.21; £570.38; £29,659.50

KY14: £10.18; £381.75; £19,851

KY15: £13.24; £496.50; £25,818

KY16: £19.63; £736.13; £38,275.50