Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Thornbury (BS35 2)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Thornbury (BS35 2).


Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Thornbury 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 area
E.g. 1, Waterford Close, Thornbury, sold for £390,000 on Sep-2023. Given the internal area of 109 square metres, the price per sqm is £3,577.

England & Wales have been officially metric for many decades. However house price per square foot is sometimes prefered by those of sufficiently advanced age. They may want to convert metres 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. £3,800-£4,000, £4,000-£4,200, £4,200-£4,400 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 151 sales in Thornbury (BS35 2) that took place in the last two years.

Distribution of £ per sqm for Thornbury (BS35 2)
Distribution of £ per sqm house prices in Thornbury

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.

That said, the spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Thornbury (BS35 2). Of the 151 transactions, half were sold for between £3,190 and £4,330 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £4,330m2. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

For the average, we calculate the 'median' or middle price. The median price per square metre in 'BS35 2' is £3,600. The table below shows how 'BS35 2' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector Lower quartile Middle quartile Upper quartile
BS35 4 Severn Beach £3,170m2 £3,670m2 £4,220m2
BS35 5 Easter Compton £3,540m2 £4,140m2 £4,480m2
BS35 2 Thornbury £3,190m2 £3,600m2 £4,330m2
BS35 3 Alveston £3,590m2 £4,160m2 £4,560m2
BS35 1 Thornbury £3,720m2 £4,080m2 £4,490m2

Will Thornbury 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 scatter plot below for BS35 2 (Thornbury). From this one could infer a range of reasonable possible future price falls or rises. In the chart below, the red dashed line is the house price trend for BS35 2 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Price per square metre in Thornbury (BS35 2) over time
House price trends for Thornbury

Hover on any blue dot to see details of specific sales

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Thornbury 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. Furthermore, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. This information is based on sold prices and internal area data provided by Land Registry and other third parties - I do not verify the accuracy of the Thornbury data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Thornbury

I've just finished coding the map I link to below. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Thornbury. 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. I will explain more about the methodology and create a key next week.

Property price heatmap for Thornbury
House price heatmap for Thornbury

Street level data

Street Avg size Avg £/m2 Recent sales
Rock Street, Thornbury, BS35 2F 59m2 £4,659 17
Knapp Road, Thornbury, BS35 2H 104m2 £3,365 15
Midland Way, Thornbury, BS35 2B 54m2 £2,989 14
St Davids Road, Thornbury, BS35 2J 96m2 £3,705 14
Jubilee Drive, Thornbury, BS35 2Y 127m2 £3,623 12
Wharfedale, Thornbury, BS35 2D 75m2 £3,111 12
Hamble Close, Thornbury, BS35 2D 80m2 £2,793 11
Woodleigh, Thornbury, BS35 2J 73m2 £4,551 9

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Thornbury 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 m2 £/m2
1, Waterford Close, Thornbury £390,000
Sep-2023
109 3,577
2, Knapp Rd, Thornbury £290,000
Sep-2023
93 3,118
9, Spey Close, Thornbury £233,500
Sep-2023
87 2,683

See the entire list of all sales in Thornbury (BS35 2) here.

About

HouseMetric is a hobby, created out of a desire to see data and analysis not present on any free to use website. It is still a work in progress and I'll add more stuff in the near future.