House prices in SS9 5 (Leigh-On-Sea)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'SS9 5' (Leigh-On-Sea) - statistics were last calculated on 30 August 2024.

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Defining 'SS9 5'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "SS9 5", 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 Leigh-On-Sea.

You can click on the map to change sector, or you can enter a different postcode sector (e.g. CM23 4) below.

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FYI, a postcode sector is the full postcode without the last two letters.

Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Leigh-On-Sea 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. 17 St Lawrence Court, St Lawrence Gardens, Leigh-On-Sea, sold for £198,000 on Jul-2024. Given the internal area of 63 square metres, the price per sqm is £3,142.

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. £4,250-£4,500, £4,500-£4,750, £4,750-£5,000 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 233 sales in Leigh-On-Sea (SS9 5) that took place in the last two years.

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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 Leigh-On-Sea (SS9 5). Of the 233 transactions, half were sold for between £3,640 and £5,250 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'SS9 5' is £4,310. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £5,250 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 Leigh-On-Sea

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 Leigh-On-Sea. 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 Leigh-On-Sea

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'SS9 5' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
SS9 1 Leigh-On-Sea	£4,180 sqm	£4,820 sqm	£5,480 sqm
SS9 2 Leigh-On-Sea	£4,290 sqm	£4,950 sqm	£5,690 sqm
SS9 4 Leigh-On-Sea	£3,870 sqm	£4,490 sqm	£5,470 sqm
SS9 5 Leigh-On-Sea	£3,640 sqm	£4,310 sqm	£5,250 sqm
SS9 3 Leigh-On-Sea	£4,310 sqm	£4,920 sqm	£5,670 sqm

Will Leigh-On-Sea 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 SS9 5 (Leigh-On-Sea) compared with both the wider area SS9 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

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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.

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 Leigh-On-Sea 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 Leigh-On-Sea 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
Rayleigh Road, Leigh-On-Sea, SS9 5H	91 sqm	£3,720	22
Rayleigh Road, Leigh-On-Sea, SS9 5P	61 sqm	£2,638	21
Rayleigh Road, Leigh-On-Sea, SS9 5X	84 sqm	£4,309	18
Green Lane, Leigh-On-Sea, SS9 5Q	139 sqm	£4,346	18
Orchard Grove, Leigh-On-Sea, SS9 5T	82 sqm	£4,523	18
St Lawrence Gardens, Leigh-On-Sea, SS9 5Y	65 sqm	£3,526	16
Grovewood Avenue, Leigh-On-Sea, SS9 5E	85 sqm	£4,434	15
Boundary Road, Leigh-On-Sea, SS9 5B	73 sqm	£4,936	15

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Raw data

Our analysis of Leigh-On-Sea 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
17 St Lawrence Court, St Lawrence Gardens, Leigh-On-Sea	£198,000 Jul-2024	63	3,142
10, Meakins Close, Leigh-On-Sea	£390,000 Jul-2024	57	6,842
16, Chesterfield Crescent, Leigh-On-Sea	£310,000 Jun-2024	47	6,595

See the entire list of all sales in Leigh-On-Sea (SS9 5) here.