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The average house price in Melbury Osmond is £401,500 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices fell 13.2%.

England / Dorset / West Dorset

Melbury Osmond

£401,500

Average price, last 12 months

−13.2% in a year
JUN 2016£355kMAY 2026£402k

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What can I buy with my budget in Melbury Osmond?

With £410,000 you could afford the average detached house in Melbury Osmond.

£410,000

Melbury Osmond

  • Semi-detached

    £422,500

    £13k short

  • Detached

    £396,250

    In budget

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 Melbury Osmond?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Melbury Osmond costs £2,009 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • Melbury Osmond

    £2,009

    a month

    Average price
    £401,500
    Deposit
    £40,150
    Mortgage
    £361,350
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £80,300

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

  • £396,250

Semi-detached

  • £422,500

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

Melbury Osmond

Mostly detached houses

78%

How green is Melbury Osmond?

Melbury Osmond has 0 public parks among 4 green space sites. Green space covers 0.4% of the area: about 125 m² per resident, or 18 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 92% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

  • Melbury Osmond

    0.4%

    of the land is green space
    125 m² per resident, or 18 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 Melbury Osmond?

Melbury Osmond has about 0.2 residents for every football pitch of land, or 87 people per square mile, which counts as low density.

Melbury Osmond
0.2 people per football pitch of land · 87 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 Melbury Osmond?

Prices in Melbury Osmond were down on a year earlier in 57 months of the 108 since June 2017. They are now down 13.2% on a year earlier.

Melbury Osmond57 of 108 months down
FallingRising

Each stripe is one month: the rolling 12-month average against the same month a year earlier, since June 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

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    £401,500

Change over 1 year

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    −£61,000

Change over ~10 years

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    +£46,500

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    5

Number of postcodes

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    14

Households (Census 2021)

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    86

Household density

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    45 per sq mi · Low

Population (Census 2021)

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    166

Population density

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    87 per sq mi · Low

Green space per resident

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    125 m² per resident · more than 92% of areas

Green space share of area

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    0.4%

Public parks

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    0

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    —

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    −50.0%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    —

Peak month

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    OCT 2022 · £810,000

Most common price band

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    £400k – £500k · 44.4%

Detached average

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    £396,250

Semi-detached average

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    £422,500

Terraced average

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    —

Flats average

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    —

Detached share of sales

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    77.8%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    11.1%

Terraced share of sales

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    11.1%

Flats share of sales

  • Melbury Osmond

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / Melbury Osmond

    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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