House prices in BR5 3 (St Mary Cray)
This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'BR5 3' (St Mary Cray, Orpington) - statistics were last calculated on 30 August 2024.
Defining 'BR5 3'
This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "BR5 3", this is also called the postcode sector. It is shown in red on the map above. There are no official names for postcode sectors so I've just labelled it St Mary Cray.
You can click on the map to change sector, or you can enter a different postcode sector (e.g. CM23 4) below.
FYI, a postcode sector is the full postcode without the last two letters.
Price per square metre
Knowing the average house price in St Mary Cray is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:
£ per sqm = price ÷ internal areaE.g. 66, Dawson Avenue, St Mary Cray, Orpington, sold for £250,000 on Jul-2024. Given the internal area of 64 square metres, the price per sqm is £3,906.
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 ;-) They may want to convert square meters on this page to square feet.
The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £4,800-£5,000, £5,000-£5,200, £5,200-£5,400 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 134 sales in St Mary Cray (BR5 3) that took place in the last two years.
Distribution of £ per sqm for St Mary Cray, Orpington
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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 St Mary Cray (BR5 3). Of the 134 transactions, half were sold for between £4,370 and £5,480 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'BR5 3' is £5,000. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £5,480 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.
Price map for St Mary Cray, Orpington
Do have a look at the interactive price map I created. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Orpington. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values.
House price heatmap for St Mary Cray, Orpington
Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors
The table below shows how 'BR5 3' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.
Postcode sector | Lower quartile | Middle quartile | Upper quartile |
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BR5 1 Petts Wood | £6,000 sqm | £6,750 sqm | £7,500 sqm |
BR5 3 St Mary Cray | £4,370 sqm | £5,000 sqm | £5,480 sqm |
BR5 4 St Mary Cray | £4,670 sqm | £5,190 sqm | £5,880 sqm |
BR5 2 St Mary Cray | £4,500 sqm | £5,050 sqm | £5,720 sqm |
Will Orpington house prices drop in 2024?
I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the chart below for BR5 3 (St Mary Cray) compared with both the wider area BR5 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.
Historic price per square metre in St Mary Cray,Orpington
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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.
Most recent BR5 3 sales
Data from Land Registry comes in gradually over time. I update it every month but it takes about 5 months for the majority of sales for Orpington to be recorded. Disclaimer: I do not verify and cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. Outliers exist in the data, typically these are where the EPC registry records the internal area incorrectly, sometimes although very rarely the Land Registry price paid data can be wrong. The data provided throughout this website about Orpington and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information.
Street level data
Street | Avg size | Avg £sqm | Recent sales |
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Doveney Close, St Mary Cray, BR5 3W | 55 sqm | £4,914 | 18 |
Star Lane, St Mary Cray, BR5 3L | 69 sqm | £4,845 | 15 |
Hearns Road, St Mary Cray, BR5 3N | 80 sqm | £4,263 | 15 |
Sandpiper Way, St Mary Cray, BR5 3N | 53 sqm | £5,380 | 13 |
Sevenoaks Way, St Mary Cray, BR5 3A | 95 sqm | £4,838 | 12 |
Main Road, St Mary Cray, BR5 3H | 66 sqm | £4,297 | 11 |
Walsingham Road, St Mary Cray, BR5 3B | 83 sqm | £4,578 | 11 |
Dawson Avenue, St Mary Cray, BR5 3A | 76 sqm | £4,699 | 11 |
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Raw data
Our analysis of St Mary Cray 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 | sqm | £/sqm |
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66, Dawson Avenue, St Mary Cray, Orpington | £250,000
Jul-2024
|
64 | 3,906 |
124, Lullingstone Crescent, St Mary Cray, Orpington | £300,000
Jun-2024
|
82 | 3,658 |
11 The Bays, Main Rd, St Mary Cray, Orpington | £196,500
Jun-2024
|
45 | 4,366 |
See the entire list of all sales in St Mary Cray (BR5 3) here.
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