House prices in 'DL14 7', Bishop Auckland

Price per square foot data and charts revealed. Latest statistics for the housing market in 'DL14 7' (Bishop Auckland) - calculated on 11 April 2026.

Defining 'DL14 7'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "DL14 7", this is also called the postcode sector. There are no official postcode sector names so I've just labelled it DL14 7, Bishop Auckland. It is shown in red on the map below.

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Price per square foot

Knowing the average house price in DL14 7 is not much use. However, knowing average price per square foot can be quite useful. Price per sqft allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square foot as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqft = price ÷ internal area

For example in February 2026, 36, Salisbury Place, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7NB sold for £126,000. Given the internal area of 1,237 square feet recorded on the EPC, the price per sqft is £126,000 ÷ 1,237 sqft = £101.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-). You can change your prefered units from square meters to square feet for all the graphs and charts on DL14 7 and elsewhere. Just visit the My Account page and look for the m2 to ft2 toggle switch. Alternatively just multiply everything by 10, move a decimal place to go from sqm to sqft and you'll be close enough as 1 sqm = 10.76391 sqft.

Distribution of £ per sqft for 'DL14 7' vs 'DL14'

The chart above is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of house price per sqft in DL14 7 To make this chart we put all the sales data into a series of £ per sqft 'buckets' (e.g. £132 to £142, £142 to £152, £152 to £162 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The histogram is based on 226 sales that took place in DL14 7, Bishop Auckland in the last 24 months.

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You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in DL14 7, Bishop Auckland. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £168 sqft. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of DL14 7 homes.

Box plot of £ per sqft for DL14 7

Tip: click on the chart to see the values.

The chart above is called a boxplot (or a box-and-whisker plot). Box plots, like histograms, are used to graphically represent the distribution of data, showing the central tendency, spread of the distribution. In the context of £ per square foot property price distributions, box plots represent the variation in property prices within a geographic area e.g. Bishop Auckland. The chart above shows a boxplot for 'DL14 7' as well as the 'DL14' postcode district.

  • Median: The horizontal line inside the box represents the median (£ per square meter). This is the midpoint of the data, meaning 50% of the prices are below this value, and 50% are above. The middle price per square foot in 'DL14 7' is £108.
  • Interquartile Range (IQR): The box spans from the 25th percentile (Q1) to the 75th percentile (Q3). This is the range where the middle 50% of the data lies, giving a good indication of the typical price spread. Of the 226 transactions in DL14 7, Bishop Auckland half were sold for between £69 and £168 per square foot.
  • Whiskers: In our case, the whiskers extend from the 9th percentile (at the lower end) to the 91st percentile (at the upper end), This provides a slightly broader view of the distribution by including the middle 82% of records. The whiskers capture most of the variation but exclude extreme outliers caused by data errors in recording sold house prices or internal area.
  • 'n=' is the number of property transactions the box plot is based on; 226 for DL14 7, Bishop Auckland.

    • Property price map for Bishop Auckland

    Have a look at the interactive price map I created for myself. Use it to explore house prices in 'Bishop Auckland' all the way down to individual property plots.

    House price heatmap showing property values across Bishop Auckland 🔍 Explore map ›

    Bishop Auckland house price forecasting

    House prices in DL14 7 grew 19.4% in the last year, 15.7% after inflation. Whether or not this trend will continue depends on many factors, such as wage growth, net migration, interest rates and the level of house building. No one can predict these things with certainty however we can plot the historic trends in house prices in DL14 7 (Bishop Auckland) compared with the wider postcode district of DL14.

    House price index for DL14 7

    Tip: click on the legend items to show/hide different lines

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    The chart above shows changes in 'DL14 7' property prices over the last 20 years. The index is calculated from the average price paid per sqft for property in DL14 7 and is set to 100 in 2004. I'm comparing the trends for DL14 7,Bishop Auckland with the wider postcode district of DL14 What is more interesting is to look at the difference between flats and houses, even those in the same area follow a very different trend, to get a robust enough sample size to see this we need to zoom out and look at house price trends for the entire County Durham local authority.

    The dashed lines show nominal house price changes, the solid lines show the same data adjusted for inflation. Economists call this the 'real' price change. You have to take inflation into account when comparing prices over time. It's calculated using the formula:

    Real Rate of Return = (1 + Nominal Rate) ÷ (1 + Inflation Rate) – 1
    In this formula, the nominal rate is the rate of change before any adjustments, and the inflation rate is taken from the Consumer Price Index. The real rate of return is a more accurate measure of change in value, because £1 today does not have the same buying power as £1 in the past. For example, if a savings account pays an interest rate of 3% per year and the inflation rate is 5% per year, the real rate of return is -2%. This means that the investment's value is shrinking by 2% each year.

    Historic returns for DL14 7
    DL14 7 sector DL14 district
    Nominal Real Nominal Real
    20 yr per annum 1.1% -1.6% 1.2% -1.5%
    20 yr total 25.6% -27.9% 28.0% -26.5%
    10 yr per annum 4.4% 1.0% 2.8% -0.5%
    10 yr total 54.4% 10.7% 32.2% -5.3%
    5 yr per annum 5.5% 0.5% 5.1% 0.1%
    5 yr total 30.7% 2.5% 28.2% 0.6%
    1 yr per annum 19.4% 15.7% 18.1% 14.5%
    1 yr total 19.4% 15.7% 18.1% 14.5%

    This table complements the house price index chart above, presenting the data in a more detailed format. It breaks down the information into 20-year, 10-year, 5-year, and 1-year periods, further categorized by property type. For each period, we display both a per annum rate of change and a total rate of change.

    The total rate of change represents the overall change over the entire period. The formula for total return is:

    Total return = (Index at end of period ÷ Index at start of period) - 1

    The per annum rate of change is the annualized rate of change over the period. This is equivalent to the annual bank savings rate you would need to achieve the same total return over the given period. This annualized return is also known as the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR). The formula for CAGR is:

    CAGR = (1 + Total return) ^ (1 ÷ Number of years) - 1

    Some specific examples:

    • Over the past 20 years, DL14 7 sector have seen a -1.6% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of -27.9% in real terms.
    • Over the past 5 years, DL14 7 sector have seen a 0.5% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of 2.5% in real terms.

    Most recent DL14 7 sales

    For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

    Tip: hover over dots to see details

    Street level data

    Street Avg size Avg £sqft Recent sales
    The Sidings, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7A 828 sqft £180 18
    Newton Grange, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7R 957 sqft £163 16
    Etherley Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7Q 1,786 sqft £143 13
    South Church Road, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7J 1,184 sqft £80 12
    Salisbury Place, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7N 1,130 sqft £108 11
    High Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7P 1,657 sqft £141 9
    Surtees Street, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7D 861 sqft £71 9
    Wesley Grove, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7T 688 sqft £193 9

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    Nearby geographies

    The table below shows how 'DL14 7' compares to the other postcode sectors in DL14.

    Sector Lower quartile Median Upper quartile Sales in last 2yr
    DL15 8 Howden Le Wear £79 sqft £111 sqft £160 sqft 157
    DL15 0 Willington £71 sqft £103 sqft £175 sqft 283
    DL14 9 St Helen Auckland £74 sqft £112 sqft £167 sqft 299
    DL14 8 Coundon £46 sqft £74 sqft £144 sqft 450
    DL14 7 Bishop Auckland £69 sqft £108 sqft £168 sqft 226
    DL14 6 Bishop Auckland £76 sqft £108 sqft £159 sqft 358
    DL14 0 Etherley Dene £119 sqft £167 sqft £209 sqft 178

    Raw data

    Our analysis of DL14 7 is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

    Address Paid sqft £/sqft
    36, Salisbury Pl, Bishop Auckland £126,000
    Feb-2026
    		 1,237 101
    18, Russell St, Bishop Auckland £75,000
    Feb-2026
    		 484 154
    11, Vicarage Farm Close, Bishop Auckland £317,000
    Jan-2026
    		 1,463 216

    See the entire list of all sales in DL14 7 here.

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