Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Westerleigh (BS37 8)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Westerleigh (BS37 8).


Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Westerleigh 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. 135, Brockworth, Westerleigh, Yate, sold for £297,000 on Aug-2023. Given the internal area of 62 square metres, the price per sqm is £4,790.

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. £3,350-£3,500, £3,500-£3,650, £3,650-£3,800 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 129 sales in Westerleigh (BS37 8) that took place in the last two years.

Distribution of £ per sqm for Westerleigh (BS37 8)
Distribution of £ per sqm house prices in Westerleigh

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 Westerleigh (BS37 8). Of the 129 transactions, half were sold for between £3,130 and £3,720 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £3,720m2. 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 'BS37 8' is £3,480. The table below shows how 'BS37 8' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector Lower quartile Middle quartile Upper quartile
BS37 9 Iron Acton £3,570m2 £3,700m2 £3,750m2
BS37 4 Yate £3,000m2 £3,350m2 £3,890m2
BS37 5 Yate £3,520m2 £4,000m2 £4,480m2
BS37 8 Westerleigh £3,130m2 £3,480m2 £3,720m2
BS37 7 Rangeworthy £3,550m2 £3,980m2 £4,490m2
BS37 6 Chipping Sodbury £3,610m2 £4,110m2 £4,710m2

Will Westerleigh 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 BS37 8 (Westerleigh). 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 BS37 8 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Price per square metre in Westerleigh (BS37 8) over time
House price trends for Westerleigh

Hover on any blue dot to see details of specific sales

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Westerleigh 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 Westerleigh data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Westerleigh

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 Westerleigh. 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 Westerleigh
House price heatmap for Westerleigh

Street level data

Street Avg size Avg £/m2 Recent sales
Blaisdon, Westerleigh, BS37 8T 82m2 £2,961 31
Kingscote, Westerleigh, BS37 8Y 85m2 £2,960 26
Witcombe, Westerleigh, BS37 8S 83m2 £2,842 26
Bredon, Westerleigh, BS37 8T 83m2 £2,890 25
Harescombe, Westerleigh, BS37 8U 82m2 £2,921 24
Brockworth, Westerleigh, BS37 8S 83m2 £3,272 24
Badgeworth, Westerleigh, BS37 8Y 81m2 £3,095 21
Rodborough, Westerleigh, BS37 8S 62m2 £3,822 19

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Westerleigh 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
135, Brockworth, Westerleigh, Yate £297,000
Aug-2023
62 4,790
82, Rodborough, Westerleigh, Yate £240,000
Jul-2023
62 3,870
98, Littledean, Westerleigh, Yate £260,000
Jul-2023
79 3,291

See the entire list of all sales in Westerleigh (BS37 8) 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.