1. Main points
The median price paid for residential properties in Lower-layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in England ranged from £25,000 (within Sunderland) to £5.8 million (within Westminster) in the year ending March 2022.
The median price paid for residential properties in LSOAs in Wales ranged from £61,000 (within Denbighshire) to £655,000 (within Vale of Glamorgan) in the year ending March 2022.
2. House price statistics for small areas data
There are 49 house price statistics for small areas (HPSSA) datasets in total, which show house prices by property type for various geographies in England and Wales, as well as the number of property transactions. Linked here are the most frequently downloaded datasets.
Median house prices for administrative geographies: HPSSA dataset 9
Dataset | Released 14 September 2022
Median price paid for residential property in England and Wales, by property type and administrative geographies. Annual data updated quarterly.
Residential property sales for administrative geographies: HPSSA dataset 6
Dataset | Released 14 September 2022
Number of residential property sales in England and Wales, by property type and administrative geographies. Annual data updated quarterly.
Median house prices by ward: HPSSA dataset 37
Dataset | Released 14 September 2022
Median price paid for residential property in England and Wales, by property type and electoral ward. Annual data updated quarterly.
Median house prices by Middle-layer Super Output Area: HPSSA dataset 2
Dataset | Released 12 September 2022
Median price paid for residential property in England and Wales, by property type and Middle-layer Super Output Area (MSOA). Annual data updated quarterly.
Residential property sales for administrative geographies (newly built dwellings): HPSSA dataset 7
Dataset | Released 14 September 2022
Number of new residential property sales in England and Wales, by property type and administrative geographies. Annual data updated quarterly.
3. Glossary
Lower-layer Super Output Area (LSOA)
A Lower-layer Super Output Area (LSOA) is a geographical hierarchy designed to improve the reporting of small area statistics in England and Wales. There are 34,759 LSOAs in England and Wales, each containing between 400 and 1,200 households. More information can be found by visiting our Census geography page.
Back to table of contents4. Measuring the data
Data collection
The house price statistics for small areas (HPSSAs) use data from HM Land Registry. This is to provide statistics on the price paid and the number of residential property transactions for properties sold in each area in England and Wales. Properties sold at a discount to the market level, such as properties sold under the Right to Buy scheme, are not included in these statistics.
HPSSAs are updated quarterly, with each adding a new 12 month period to the data. The use of rolling annual data removes seasonal effects, which refers to peaks and troughs in property transactions at particular times of the year. It also reduces the impact of registration lag, where there is a delay in registration by HM Land Registry after the completed date.
The HPSSAs are compiled using the latest available version of the published Price Paid dataset from HM Land Registry. The property registration process can take time, particularly for new build properties. Therefore, the HPSSAs may not fully reflect all transactions that have taken place in the reference period and may be subject to revision. Users should use caution when drawing conclusions from these data. Further information can be found in our House Price Index bulletin.
Differences to other house price statistics
There are two sets of official statistics for house prices. In addition to these HPSSAs, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also produces the UK House Price Index (UK HPI). The HPSSAs measure the number of property transactions and the price paid for properties sold in a given period, while the UK HPI measures the changing value of properties in the housing market. You can find out more about the differences and uses of these outputs in our House price statistics for small areas Quality and Methodology Information (QMI).
Quality
More quality and methodology information on strengths, limitations, appropriate uses, and how the data were created is available in our House price statistics for small areas QMI.
Upcoming changes
The HPSSAs provide annual statistics that are updated quarterly. We are changing some of the datasets to a single, annual publication where we provide data for the year. For example, instead of releasing datasets for years ending March, June, September and December 2021, we will only publish the year ending December 2021 to cover the whole of 2021. This change will take effect from the next publication for “year ending June 2022”. Datasets will be published either annually or quarterly as contained in Table 1: HPSSA dataset publication periodicity. If you have any feedback about this change, please contact hpi@ons.gov.uk.
| HPSSA dataset list | Periodicity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle layer super output areas | |||
| Dataset No. | Dataset Name | ||
| HPSSA dataset 1 | Number of sales of residential properties for middle layer super output areas | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 2 | Median price paid for middle layer super output areas | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 3 | Mean house prices for middle layer super output areas | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 4 | Lower quartile house prices for middle layer super output areas | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 5 | Tenth percentile house prices for middle layer super output areas | Quarterly | |
| Administrative geographies | |||
| Dataset No. | Dataset Name | ||
| HPSSA dataset 6 | Number of sales of residential properties for administrative geographies | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 7 | Number of sales of residential properties for administrative geographies (newly built dwellings) | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 8 | Number of sales of residential properties for administrative geographies (existing dwellings) | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 9 | Median price paid for administrative geographies | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 10 | Median price paid for administrative geographies (newly built dwellings) | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 11 | Median price paid for administrative geographies (existing dwellings) | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 12 | Mean price paid for administrative geographies | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 13 | Mean price paid for administrative geographies (newly built dwellings) | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 14 | Mean price paid for administrative geographies (existing dwellings) | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 15 | Lower quartile price paid for administrative geographies | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 16 | Lower quartile price paid for administrative geographies (newly built dwellings) | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 17 | Lower quartile price paid for administrative geographies (existing dwellings) | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 18 | Tenth percentile price paid for administrative geographies | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 19 | Tenth percentile price paid for administrative geographies (newly built dwellings) | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 20 | Tenth percentile price paid for administrative geographies (existing dwellings) | Annually | |
| Subnational geographies | |||
| Dataset No. | Dataset Name | ||
| HPSSA dataset 21 | Number of sales of residential properties for subnational geographies | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 22 | Number of sales of residential properties for subnational geographies (newly built dwellings) | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 23 | Number of sales of residential properties for subnational geographies (existing dwellings) | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 24 | Median price paid for subnational geographies | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 25 | Median price paid for subnational geographies (newly built dwellings) | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 26 | Median price paid for subnational geographies (existing dwellings) | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 27 | Mean price paid for subnational geographies | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 28 | Mean price paid for subnational geographies (newly built dwellings) | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 29 | Mean price paid for subnational geographies (existing dwellings) | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 30 | Lower quartile price paid for subnational geographies | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 31 | Lower quartile price paid for subnational geographies (newly built dwellings) | Annually | |
| HPPSA dataset 32 | Lower quartile price paid for subnational geographies (existing dwellings) | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 33 | Tenth percentile price paid for subnational geographies | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 34 | Tenth percentile price paid for subnational geographies (newly built dwellings) | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 35 | Tenth percentile price paid for subnational geographies (existing dwellings) | Annually | |
| Wards | |||
| Dataset No. | Dataset Name | ||
| HPSSA dataset 36 | Number of sales of residential properties for wards | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 37 | Median price paid for wards | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 38 | Mean price paid for wards | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 39 | Lower quartile price paid for wards | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 40 | Tenth percentile price paid for wards | Annually | |
| Lower layer super output areas | |||
| Dataset No. | Dataset Name | ||
| HPSSA dataset 41 | Number of sales of residential properties for lower layer super output areas | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 42 | Number of sales of detached residential properties for lower layer super output areas | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 43 | Number of sales of semi-detached residential properties for lower layer super output areas | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 44 | Number of sales of terraced residential properties for lower layer super output areas | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 45 | Number of sales of flats and maisonettes residential properties for lower layer super output areas | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 46 | Median price paid for lower layer super output areas | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 47 | Mean price paid for lower layer super output areas | Quarterly | |
| HPSSA dataset 48 | Lower quartile price paid for lower layer super output areas | Annually | |
| HPSSA dataset 49 | Tenth percentile price paid for lower layer super output areas | Annually | |
Download this table Table 1: HPSSA dataset publication periodicity
.xls .csv6. Cite this statistical bulletin
Office for National Statistics (ONS), released 14 September 2022, ONS website, statistical bulletin, House price statistics for small areas in England and Wales: year ending March 2022