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The average house price in Bala is £165,100 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices fell 12.1%.

Cymru Wales / Gwynedd

Bala

£165,100

Average price, last 12 months

−12.1% in a year
OCT 2016£141kSEPT 2026£165k

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What can I buy with my budget in Bala?

With £170,000 you could afford the average terraced house in Bala.

£170,000

Bala

  • Terraced

    £136,272

    In budget

  • Semi-detached

    £263,000

    £93k short

  • Detached

    £203,125

    £33k short

Average sale price by type of home over the last 12 months, from HM Land Registry. These are averages, so cheaper homes of each type do sell.

How much would a mortgage cost in Bala?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Bala costs £826 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • Bala

    £826

    a month

    Average price
    £165,100
    Deposit
    £16,510
    Mortgage
    £148,590
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £33,020

A repayment mortgage on each location's average sale price over the last 12 months. The rate is an example, not a quote, so check current deals. Many lenders cap borrowing at about 4.5 times income.

What does each type of home cost?

Average sale price by property type over the last 12 months.

Detached

  • £203,125

Semi-detached

  • £263,000

Terraced

  • £136,272

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

Bala

Mostly terraced houses

28%
64%

How green is Bala?

Bala has 0 public parks among 11 green space sites. Green space covers 3.8% of the area: about 50 m² per resident, or 7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 73% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

  • Bala

    3.8%

    of the land is green space
    50 m² per resident, or 7 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
    0 public parks

Each grid is the location's land, one square per 1%. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

How crowded is Bala?

Bala has about 5.4 residents for every football pitch of land, or 1,965 people per square mile, which counts as very high density.

Bala
5.4 people per football pitch of land · 1,965 per square mile

Census 2021 population divided by land area. A football pitch is about 7,140 m² (105 m × 68 m).

How have average house prices moved?

Rolling 12-month average for each location, last 10 years. Gaps mean no sales were recorded that month.

When have prices risen and fallen in Bala?

Prices in Bala were down on a year earlier in 50 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now down 12.1% on a year earlier.

Bala50 of 108 months down
FallingRising

Each stripe is one month: the rolling 12-month average against the same month a year earlier, since October 2017. Falls are hatched as well as red.

How many homes were sold?

Monthly sales volume for each location, last 10 years.

How do all the numbers compare?

Every measure side by side. The highest value in each row is highlighted.

Latest 12-month average

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    £165,100

Change over 1 year

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    −£22,750

Change over ~10 years

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    +£34,373

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    15

Number of postcodes

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    91

Households (Census 2021)

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    945

Household density

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    928 per sq mi · Very High

Population (Census 2021)

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    2,001

Population density

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    1,965 per sq mi · Very High

Green space per resident

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    50 m² per resident · more than 73% of areas

Green space share of area

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    3.8%

Public parks

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    0

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    56 per 1,000 · High

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    +28.7%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    19 per 1,000

Peak month

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    APR 2017 · £350,000

Most common price band

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    £100k – £150k · 27.8%

Detached average

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    £203,125

Semi-detached average

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    £263,000

Terraced average

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    £136,272

Flats average

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    —

Detached share of sales

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    27.8%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    8.3%

Terraced share of sales

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    63.9%

Flats share of sales

  • Bala

    Cymru Wales / Gwynedd / Bala

    0.0%

Sold prices from HM Land Registry. Households and population from Census 2021. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is police-recorded crime from police.uk, per 1,000 residents, over the latest 12 published months; anti-social behaviour is counted separately. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.

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