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UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/ss

House prices in the SS postcode area, Southend-on-Sea

Homes in the SS postcode area sold for a median of £361,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 14,033 standard sales.

That is 3% above the £349,000 median for the East of England, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£361,00014,033 standard sales
Middle half of prices£295,000 to £450,000
Change since 2016+39%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was SS5 (Hockley), at £430,000, and the cheapest was SS13 (Basildon), at £305,000.

The next dearest were SS6 (Rayleigh) and SS9 (Leigh-on-Sea), and the next cheapest SS0 (Westcliff-on-Sea) and SS2 (Southend-on-Sea).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the SS 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 SS area, by number of sales: Basildon (SS13, SS14, SS15, SS16), Southend-on-Sea (SS1, SS2, SS3), Leigh-on-Sea (SS9), Benfleet (SS7), Wickford (SS11, SS12), Westcliff-on-Sea (SS0), Rayleigh (SS6), Canvey Island (SS8), Stanford-le-Hope (SS17), Rochford (SS4), Hockley (SS5).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. SS5Hockley, 685 sales£430,000£4,376+10%
  2. SS6Rayleigh, 972 sales£420,000£4,220+3%
  3. SS9Leigh-on-Sea, 1,528 sales£405,000£4,456+1%
  4. SS11Wickford, 578 sales£400,000£4,225+4%
  5. SS7Benfleet, 1,455 sales£395,000£4,395+4%
  6. SS12Wickford, 549 sales£371,500£4,5410%
  7. SS4Rochford, 698 sales£370,000£4,269+1%
  8. SS17Stanford-le-Hope, 885 sales£370,000£4,3230%
  9. SS16Basildon, 761 sales£355,000£4,189+4%
  10. SS1Southend-on-Sea, 641 sales£350,000£4,239+8%
  11. SS3Southend-on-Sea, 648 sales£350,000Too few+3%
  12. SS15Basildon, 763 sales£335,000£4,025+5%
  13. SS14Basildon, 580 sales£324,000£3,795+3%
  14. SS8Canvey Island, 947 sales£320,000£3,930+3%
  15. SS2Southend-on-Sea, 939 sales£317,500£3,278+4%
  16. SS0Westcliff-on-Sea, 981 sales£315,000£3,699+9%
  17. SS13Basildon, 423 sales£305,000Too few+3%

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 held or rose in every district with enough sales to compare, most in SS5 (Hockley), up 10%.

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 Burges Road, Thorpe Bay (SS1, £968,000), Western Road, Leigh-on-Sea (SS9, £737,500) and St James Avenue, Thorpe Bay (SS1, detached houses, £715,000).

The cheapest were Balmoral Road, Westcliff-on-Sea (SS0, flats, £88,500), Church End Lane, Runwell (SS11, £115,000) and York Road, Southend-on-Sea (SS1, £121,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include CM (Chelmsford) and RM (Romford).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the SS area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached3,407£505,000£418,000 to £625,000£4,331/m²from 155 sales
Semi-detached5,020£383,000£340,000 to £440,000£4,285/m²from 206 sales
Terraced3,082£325,000£295,000 to £365,000£3,894/m²from 127 sales
Flats and maisonettes2,524£214,000£170,000 to £257,000£3,737/m²from 79 sales

Semi-detached houses were the most common type sold in the SS area, at 36% of sales, ahead of detached houses at 24%.

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
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 £263,000 in 2016 to £365,000 in 2025, more than the 35% rise across England and Wales.

Council areas in the SS postcode area

Within SS, the median ran from £340,000 in Basildon to £450,000 in Chelmsford, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the SS area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in SSMedian in SSWhole council area
Southend-on-Sea4,479£345,000£345,000
Basildon3,477£340,000£363,500
Rochford2,596£405,000£405,000
Castle Point2,427£365,000£365,000
Thurrock888£370,000£360,000
Chelmsford166£450,000£408,500

About these figures

The SS figures come from 14,033 standard sales in 17 postcode districts across 6 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was SS9 (Leigh-on-Sea), with 1,528 sales.

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

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