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How long would it take a minimum wage earner to afford a 1-Bedroom Apartment in different parts of Lagos?

Eko Atlantic City — 24 years 11 months
Banana Island — 11 years 11 months
Ikoyi — 9 years 6 months
Victoria Island — 8 years 11 months
Lekki Phase I — 5 years 4 months
Lekki Phase II — 4 years 2 months
Ikeja — 3 years 10 months
Yaba — 2 years 7 months
Ajah — 2 years 5 months
Gbagada — 2 years 5 months
Surulere — 1 year 9 months
Apapa — 1 year 7 months
Ketu — 1 year 4 months
Shomolu — 1 year 4 months
Festac — 1 year 2 months
Oshodi — 1 year 0 months
Alimosho — 11 months
Agege — 11 months
Ajegunle — 11 months
Mushin — 11 months
Ojo — 9 months
Ikorodu — 8 months
Epe — 6 months
Badagry — 5 months

This calculation is based on current 1-bedroom average rental prices and assumes the worker saves 100% of their ₦70,000 monthly income, with no spending at all. It also does not account for future rent increases over the saving period.

Even in the most affordable area, a 1-bedroom apartment consumes 42% of a minimum-wage earner’s annual income.

That means nearly half of everything earned in a year goes to rent alone. That's before food, transport, healthcare, electricity, school fees, or emergencies.

#Statisense
(Lagos Residential Market Report 2025)


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This calculation is based on current 1-bedroom average rental prices and assumes the worker saves 100% of their ₦70,000 monthly income, with no spending at all. It also does not account for future rent increases over the saving period.

No one can save 100% of their salary unless you account for other sources of income. Even a hypothetical situation needs to be realistic for it to be taken seriously.

thesicilian:
No one can save 100% of their salary unless you account for other sources of income. Even a hypothetical situation needs to be realistic for it to be taken seriously.

What are you even saying? He is talking about affordability of a necessity with your income.

We all know that nobody can save 100% of their income but is a basic necessity such as housing affordable for the common man earning a minimum wage in this government? What is the cheapest cost of rent for a 1 bedroom apartment? How long can it take one who earns 70k as minimum wage pay for it?

Unless you are a Tinubu supporter or a rich person who doesn't rent, it is difficult to afford a decent accommodation with the state of things in Nigeria.

obi4eze:
What are you even saying? He is talking about affordability of a necessity with your income.

We all know that nobody can save 100% of their income but is a basic necessity such as housing affordable for the common earning a minimum wage in this government? What is the cheapest cost of rent for a 1 bedroom apartment? How long can it take one who earns 70k as minimum wage pay for it?

Unless you are a Tinubu supporter or a rich person who doesn't rent, it is difficult to afford a decent accommodation with the state of things in Nigeria.

It is not my business whether you're a "Tinubu supporter" or not, I'm not interested in your political affiliations.
There's hardly any major city on earth where minimum wage earners can afford to rent a 1 bedroom apartment without having to save part of their income for many months. That's assuming you want a comfortable 1 bedroom apartment, with it's own toilet, kitchen and bathroom at least.

But a minimum wage earner in Lagos should be looking for a single room, not comfort. There are many very standard single rooms you can get for between 10k - 20k per month, depending on your taste. Again, I don't think there's any major city on earth where a minimum wage earner lives in comfort.

Alot of people are earning below this so called minimum wage

COMRADES, we thank God say we don pass that minimum wage level
Inflation don over rendered Nigerian currency so valueless

If you add the 20% tax, the time will double

Lagos is something else to be honest.

How long would it take a minimum wage earner to afford a 1-Bedroom Apartment in different parts of Lagos?

Most people actually on minimum wage in Lagos are either living with their parents, cohabitating with other minimum wagers, doing other legal or illegal hustle, or working as gatemen where they also get to sleep in for free.

Lagos is not for the faint hearted, it's for brave hearts.

If this minimum wage thing is not reviewed ASAP and these government don't do anything to resolve the senseless and ridiculously high housing rents in Lagos especially we can start nationwide protest that will surpass endsars soon...

buttlover:
If you add the 20% tax, the time will double

Lol, Tinubu do this one

Self employed is the best. HK for life.
Happy new year all niaralanders.

That's why people turn to crime for survival.
It's not our fault.
It's the system that doesn't appreciate hardwork.

The minimum wage earner will not eat abi, he will not pay bills, he will just collect 70k and start saving everything..... Minimum wage earner cannot afford anything without stealing and cutting corners......

That's for people that just insist on staying in Lagos. Lagos is a actually a crazy place. I don't just know what people see in Lagos. During this festive season, I spent about 3 hours travelling from Ile Ife to Lagos/Oshodi and I spent about another 4 hours within that same Lagos before I could get home.

To afford a year rent or to build a 1 bedroom? By the way, you can't see minimum wage earners living in Ikoyi, Lekki, Victoria Island, Eko Atlantic city and other classy places on the Island. They only come there to work and go back to their houses at Surulere, Oworo, Gbagada, Ketu etc. The people living in those Ikoyi, VI and others are company executives, business owners, bank bosses and celebrities. Civil servants stay at Lagos Mainland.

ajalawole:
Self employed is the best. HK for life.
Happy new year all niaralanders.

No be self employed shop dey burn up and down. With demolition

Ronu bastards over to u all to argue

When God said be friitful n multiply, he didnt make your fruitfulness compulsory in an urban setting. Lagos is not by force. Thats why people live in Ota environs and work in island.

Two or three LGAs from Ogun state should be integrated into Lagos and carefully developed to cushion future imbalance of residents/workplace ratio.

Tinubu is a poverty dispenser

Drforsuiciders:
Ronu bastards over to u all to argue

Wetin concern Ronu when the landlord association starts meeting with Kwenu? Or Tinubu suppose subsidize rent?

What is sanwo doing in that Lagos.

thesicilian:
No one can save 100% of their salary unless you account for other sources of income. Even a hypothetical situation needs to be realistic for it to be taken seriously.

It's hypothetical for a reason

kernniejay:
To afford a year rent or to build a 1 bedroom? By the way, you can't see minimum wage earners living in Ikoyi, Lekki, Victoria Island, Eko Atlantic city and other classy places on the Island. They only come there to work and go back to their houses at Surulere, Oworo, Gbagada, Ketu etc. The people living in those Ikoyi, VI and others are company executives, business owners, bank bosses and celebrities. Civil servants stay at Lagos Mainland.

build ke

Will take several lifetimes to build

Kindly update the title to include “…to afford 1 YEAR RENT…”

And that’s all rents being fixed at same price for those periods

obonujoker:
#Statisense
(Lagos Residential Market Report 2025)


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BodePolScience:
That's for people that just insist on staying in Lagos. Lagos is a actually a crazy place. I don't just know what people see in Lagos. During this festive season, I spent about 3 hours travelling from Ile Ife to Lagos/Oshodi and I spent about another 4 hours within that same Lagos before I could get home.

The error is common in big cities. The amount of people just commuting for mundane things is disturbing haba.

obonujoker:
#Statisense
(Lagos Residential Market Report 2025)


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Nigeria is better than abroad jare

Your analysis is not realistic. And you and I know that for a fact.

No minimum wage earner in Nigeria can afford a rent in Eko Atlantic, Ikoyi, Victoria Island in 100years.

In fact, plus Anywhere in Lekki in 50years.

Now let me shock you!
At 300,000 naira salary, it is absolutely impossible to afford any rent in Atlantic city, Ikoyi or Vi in hundred years.

Stop being a motivational speaker and kiss reality.

CodeTemplarr:
Two or three LGAs from Ogun state should be integrated into Lagos and carefully developed to cushion future imbalance of residents/workplace ratio.

Prople keep chanting this rhetoric, but no one has ever taken the bull by the horn to start.

Let the change start from you, enough of these theoretical social media noise!

Person wan fast for 24years to fit afford 1 bed for Eko Atlantic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


Na to just go there village go they leave for family house.

This is serious.
It is well.

obonujoker:
#Statisense
(Lagos Residential Market Report 2025)


Source

This is all fantasy BUT fantasy is different from reality.