At £17,800, the residents of Elmbridge in Surrey (which includes the wealthy towns of Esher, Walton-on-Thames, Cobham and Weybridge) paid, on average, the highest levels of income tax in the UK. The mean income of residents was £64,500, more than double the UK average of £29,600. On average UK residents pay around £4,820 a year to the Treasury in income tax. 1.6.16