Council areaSouth West, England

House prices in South Gloucestershire

Homes in South Gloucestershire sold for a median of £340,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 8,092 standard sales.

That makes it the sixth most expensive of the 26 council areas in the South West with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £310,000.

Median sale price£340,0008,092 standard sales
Middle half of prices£275,000 to £432,000
Change since 2016+39%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices by property type

Standard sales in South Gloucestershire, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached1,952£500,000£420,000 to £600,000£4,301/m²from 81 sales
Semi-detached2,583£357,000£312,000 to £414,000£4,058/m²from 106 sales
Terraced2,407£300,000£270,000 to £345,000£3,882/m²from 83 sales
Flats and maisonettes1,150£205,000£170,000 to £242,000£3,524/m²from 46 sales

Semi-detached houses and terraced houses sold in similar numbers in South Gloucestershire, at 32% and 30% of sales.

Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £3,998 per m², 11% above the £3,587 across the South West as a whole.

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £245,000
  2. 2017: £260,000
  3. 2018: £270,000
  4. 2019: £278,000
  5. 2020: £297,000
  6. 2021: £310,000
  7. 2022: £335,000
  8. 2023: £340,000
  9. 2024: £344,000
  10. 2025: £340,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £338,500
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 39%, from £245,000 in 2016 to £340,000 in 2025, more than the 36% rise across the South West as a whole.

Postcode districts in South Gloucestershire

The dearest district was BS36 (Bristol), at £420,000, and the cheapest was BS15 (Bristol), at £305,000.

The next dearest were BS35 (Bristol), BS16 (Bristol) and BS32 (Bristol), and the next cheapest BS37 (Bristol) and BS34 (Bristol).

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Each dot is a postcode district in South Gloucestershire, placed at the centre of its postcodes and, where it has 100 or more standard sales, labelled with the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.
Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. BS36Bristol, 402 salesMedian price £420,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +6%
  2. BS35Bristol, 692 salesMedian price £355,000Price per square metre £4,084Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −8%
  3. BS16Bristol, 2,270 salesMedian price £350,000Price per square metre £3,996Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%
  4. BS32Bristol, 604 salesMedian price £350,000Price per square metre £4,675Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +4%
  5. BS30Bristol, 759 salesMedian price £330,000Price per square metre £4,200Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%
  6. BS34Bristol, 1,084 salesMedian price £328,500Price per square metre £3,965Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +6%
  7. BS37Bristol, 1,343 salesMedian price £312,000Price per square metre £3,806Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −2%
  8. BS15Bristol, 1,371 salesMedian price £305,000Price per square metre £3,750Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +2%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: GL9 £470k (30 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in BS34 (Bristol) and BS36 (Bristol), up 6%, and fell most in BS35 (Bristol), down 8%.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Runway Avenue, Patchway (BS34)75 sales
  • Ormonds Close, Bradley Stoke (BS32)28 sales
  • Dowsell Way, Yate (BS37)26 sales
  • Fishponds Road, Fishponds (BS16)25 sales
  • Clark Drive, Yate (BS37)23 sales
  • Hanham Road, Bristol (BS15)22 sales
  • Edward Parker Road, Stoke Gifford (BS16)22 sales
  • Bakers Ground, Stoke Gifford (BS34)22 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Elsworth Close, Chipping Sodbury (BS37, detached houses, £685,000), Thingwall Park, Bristol (BS16, terraced houses, £627,500) and Kilby Road, Stoke Gifford (BS34, detached houses, £622,500).

The cheapest were Cecil Road, Kingswood (BS15, £114,000), Woodland Court, Bristol (BS16, flats, £115,000) and Christchurch Lane, Bristol (BS16, flats, £137,500).

Living in South Gloucestershire

Crime

71 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Near the middle of all council areas. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of council areas are between 59 and 95.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

88% of homes can get it

Lower than 60 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.

Radon

91% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Higher than 85 in 100 council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,551 a year in South Gloucestershire for 2026 to 2027

Higher than 80 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council areas in the South West

Median sale price of the 26 council areas in the South West with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. South Gloucestershire and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.

  1. Cotswold£450,000
  2. Bath and North East Somerset£395,000
  3. South Hams£360,000
  4. Bristol£350,000
  5. Dorset£345,000
  6. South Gloucestershire, this council area£340,000
  7. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£338,000
  8. Stroud£335,000
  9. East Devon£330,000
  10. Cheltenham£328,000
  11. Tewkesbury£325,000
  12. North Somerset£320,000
  13. Wiltshire£320,000
  14. Exeter£300,000
  15. Teignbridge£300,000

About these figures

South Gloucestershire's figures come from 8,092 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 9 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in South Gloucestershire, so their sales add up to 8,555 instead (how we build council pages). New builds made up 8% of them.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.