House prices in the DA postcode area, Dartford

Homes in the DA postcode area sold for a median of £400,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 10,368 standard sales.

That is 4% above the £383,000 median for the South East, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£400,00010,368 standard sales
Middle half of prices£310,000 to £500,000
Change since 2016+35%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was DA5 (Bexley), at £525,000, and the cheapest was DA10 (Swanscombe), at £325,000.

The next dearest were DA13 (Gravesend) and DA3 (Longfield), and the next cheapest DA11 (Gravesend) and DA9 (Greenhithe).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the DA area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the DA area, by number of sales: Dartford (DA1, DA2, DA4), Gravesend (DA11, DA12, DA13), Sidcup (DA14, DA15), Bexleyheath (DA6, DA7), Welling (DA16), Erith (DA8, DA18), Greenhithe (DA9), Bexley (DA5), Longfield (DA3), Belvedere (DA17), Swanscombe (DA10).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. DA5Bexley, 536 salesMedian price £525,000Price per square metre £5,397Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −2%
  2. DA13Gravesend, 390 salesMedian price £513,500Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +6%
  3. DA3Longfield, 468 salesMedian price £473,500Price per square metre £4,563Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +1%
  4. DA7Bexleyheath, 820 salesMedian price £470,500Price per square metre £5,349Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +7%
  5. DA15Sidcup, 763 salesMedian price £465,000Price per square metre £5,513Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +3%
  6. DA16Welling, 747 salesMedian price £465,000Price per square metre £5,405Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +4%
  7. DA6Bexleyheath, 289 salesMedian price £410,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +7%
  8. DA14Sidcup, 580 salesMedian price £409,500Price per square metre £4,981Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +5%
  9. DA2Dartford, 570 salesMedian price £400,000Price per square metre £4,864Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +5%
  10. DA4Dartford, 259 salesMedian price £385,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +4%
  11. DA1Dartford, 1,346 salesMedian price £370,000Price per square metre £4,462Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +6%
  12. DA8Erith, 556 salesMedian price £365,000Price per square metre £4,086Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +4%
  13. DA17Belvedere, 387 salesMedian price £362,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%
  14. DA12Gravesend, 943 salesMedian price £350,000Price per square metre £4,133Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +7%
  15. DA9Greenhithe, 539 salesMedian price £340,000Price per square metre £4,563Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +21%
  16. DA11Gravesend, 782 salesMedian price £331,000Price per square metre £4,274Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −2%
  17. DA10Swanscombe, 377 salesMedian price £325,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 −1%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: DA18 £270k (16 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 DA9 (Greenhithe), up 21%, and fell most in DA11 (Gravesend) and DA5 (Bexley), down 2%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Birchwood Road, Dartford (DA2, detached houses, £1,160,000), Priestlands Park Road, Sidcup (DA15, detached houses, £1,014,500) and Faraday Avenue, Sidcup (DA14, semi-detached houses, £730,000).

The cheapest were Winston Close, Greenhithe (DA9, flats, £140,000), St James Oaks, Gravesend (DA11, flats, £155,000) and Wharfside Close, Erith (DA8, flats, £165,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include RM (Romford), SE (South East London), BR (Bromley) and ME (Rochester).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the DA area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached1,138£625,500£521,000 to £750,000£5,274/m²from 52 sales
Semi-detached3,561£465,000£402,000 to £540,000£4,790/m²from 120 sales
Terraced3,560£375,000£325,000 to £430,000£4,844/m²from 146 sales
Flats and maisonettes2,109£245,000£195,000 to £288,000£4,091/m²from 67 sales

Semi-detached houses and terraced houses sold in similar numbers in the DA area, at 34% and 34% of sales.

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £300,000
  2. 2017: £320,000
  3. 2018: £325,000
  4. 2019: £330,000
  5. 2020: £345,000
  6. 2021: £362,000
  7. 2022: £392,000
  8. 2023: £382,500
  9. 2024: £387,000
  10. 2025: £405,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £395,000
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 35%, from £300,000 in 2016 to £405,000 in 2025, the same as the 35% rise across England and Wales.

Council areas in the DA postcode area

Within DA, the median ran from £360,000 in Gravesham to £430,000 in Bexley, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the DA area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in DAMedian in DAWhole council area
Bexley4,913£430,000£430,000
Dartford2,868£375,000£375,500
Gravesham2,062£360,000£361,500
Sevenoaks519£377,000£482,500
2 other council areas6Too fewNot shown

About these figures

The DA figures come from 10,368 standard sales in 18 postcode districts across 6 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was DA1 (Crayford), with 1,346 sales.

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.