Housing · 2026

Average house price: local authority ranking

Average house price: Kensington and Chelsea comes top with £1,232,640 and Inverclyde comes last with £115,401. The median across 360 local authorities is £272,474.

Podium and top 100

1Kensington and Chelsea£1,232,640 2Westminster£876,788 3Camden£815,159

#	Local authority	Region	Average house price
1	Kensington and Chelsea	London	£1,232,640
2	Westminster	London	£876,788
3	Camden	London	£815,159
4	Richmond upon Thames	London	£803,249
5	Elmbridge	South East	£748,080
6	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	£738,048
7	City of London	London	£710,652
8	Wandsworth	London	£686,076
9	Islington	London	£674,592
10	St Albans	East	£646,781
11	Haringey	London	£638,690
12	Merton	London	£615,890
13	Hackney	London	£605,729
14	Barnet	London	£600,560
15	Kingston upon Thames	London	£591,555
16	Three Rivers	East	£590,816
17	Ealing	London	£585,216
18	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	£575,036
19	Southwark	London	£572,478
20	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£568,214
21	Mole Valley	South East	£555,858
22	Waverley	South East	£553,429
23	Hertsmere	East	£548,704
24	Brent	London	£546,135
25	Sevenoaks	South East	£538,714
26	Lambeth	London	£536,623
27	Guildford	South East	£532,917
28	Waltham Forest	London	£529,102
29	Harrow	London	£526,493
30	Epping Forest	East	£525,719
31	Hounslow	London	£525,435
32	Brentwood	East	£514,480
33	Bromley	London	£511,670
34	Wokingham	South East	£496,537
35	Lewisham	London	£488,658
36	Tandridge	South East	£482,599
37	Redbridge	London	£481,297
38	Hart	South East	£481,051
39	Reigate and Banstead	South East	£480,824
40	Buckinghamshire	South East	£479,736
41	Runnymede	South East	£477,182
42	Uttlesford	East	£476,329
43	South Oxfordshire	South East	£476,026
44	Cambridge	East	£475,151
45	Oxford	South East	£471,667
46	Enfield	London	£470,988
47	Hillingdon	London	£470,875
48	Winchester	South East	£463,025
49	Greenwich	London	£462,589
50	Dacorum	East	£459,235
51	Surrey Heath	South East	£457,988
52	East Hertfordshire	East	£457,417
53	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£456,227
54	Sutton	London	£452,654
55	Welwyn Hatfield	East	£448,681
56	Havering	London	£448,648
57	Tower Hamlets	London	£447,796
58	Horsham	South East	£441,654
59	East Hampshire	South East	£440,541
60	Woking	South East	£439,916
61	Spelthorne	South East	£439,609
62	South Cambridgeshire	East	£439,573
63	Chichester	South East	£432,078
64	Mid Sussex	South East	£430,777
65	Cotswold	South West	£421,125
66	North Hertfordshire	East	£418,857
67	West Oxfordshire	South East	£418,586
68	Vale of White Horse	South East	£413,773
69	Bexley	London	£413,343
70	Rochford	East	£412,543
71	Broxbourne	East	£411,689
72	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	£409,045
73	Brighton and Hove	South East	£408,948
74	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	£407,880
75	Watford	East	£404,299
76	West Berkshire	South East	£403,682
77	Trafford	North West	£400,688
78	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£396,753
79	Bracknell Forest	South East	£395,413
80	Wealden	South East	£391,211
81	Newham	London	£390,349
82	Croydon	London	£390,041
83	Maldon	East	£389,529
84	New Forest	South East	£384,977
85	Adur	South East	£380,120
86	Chelmsford	East	£378,080
87	Barking and Dagenham	London	£375,604
88	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	£370,223
89	Warwick	West Midlands	£369,220
90	Lewes	South East	£368,408
91	Test Valley	South East	£368,131
92	Basildon	East	£367,233
93	Cherwell	South East	£356,935
94	Central Bedfordshire	East	£356,758
95	Castle Point	East	£356,579
96	South Hams	South West	£355,483
97	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£355,387
98	Maidstone	South East	£352,722
99	Bristol, City of	South West	£352,262
100	Stroud	South West	£351,736

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Average house price
346	Dundee City	Scotland	£146,924
347	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£144,294
348	North Ayrshire	Scotland	£143,560
349	Hyndburn	North West	£141,430
350	Middlesbrough	North East	£140,909
351	County Durham	North East	£140,447
352	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	£139,518
353	East Ayrshire	Scotland	£138,971
354	Blackpool	North West	£137,386
355	Hartlepool	North East	£136,894
356	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	£135,511
357	Burnley	North West	£135,012
358	Aberdeen City	Scotland	£130,689
359	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£127,521
360	Inverclyde	Scotland	£115,401

Regions compared

Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.

London£555,175
South East£392,981
East£353,838
South West£307,411
West Midlands£251,154
East Midlands£243,499
North West£227,208
Wales£218,855
Yorkshire and The Humber£212,777
Northern Ireland£202,360
Scotland£200,272
North East£168,472

Other rankings on the same theme

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Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Average house price”?

Kensington and Chelsea ranks first for “Average house price”, with £1,232,640.

What is the median for “Average house price”?

The median across the 360 ranked local authorities is £272,474.