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The average house price in West Knighton is £455,000 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices rose 30.9%.

England / Dorset / West Dorset

West Knighton

£455,000

Average price, last 12 months

+30.9% in a year
MAR 2016£260kFEB 2026£455k

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What can I buy with my budget in West Knighton?

With £460,000 you could afford the average semi-detached house in West Knighton.

£460,000

West Knighton

  • Semi-detached

    £425,000

    In budget

  • Detached

    £485,000

    £25k 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 West Knighton?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in West Knighton costs £2,276 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • West Knighton

    £2,276

    a month

    Average price
    £455,000
    Deposit
    £45,500
    Mortgage
    £409,500
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £91,000

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

  • £485,000

Semi-detached

  • £425,000

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

West Knighton

Mostly semi-detached houses

25%
50%
25%

How green is West Knighton?

West Knighton has 0 public parks among 2 green space sites. Green space covers 0.1% of the area: about 11 m² per resident, or 1.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 86% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

  • West Knighton

    0.1%

    of the land is green space
    11 m² per resident, or 1.6 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 West Knighton?

West Knighton has about 0.4 residents for every football pitch of land, or 151 people per square mile, which counts as typical density.

West Knighton
0.4 people per football pitch of land · 151 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 West Knighton?

Prices in West Knighton were down on a year earlier in 54 months of the 108 since March 2017. They are now up 30.9% on a year earlier.

West Knighton54 of 108 months down
FallingRising

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

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    £455,000

Change over 1 year

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    +£107,500

Change over ~10 years

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    +£210,500

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    2

Number of postcodes

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    17

Households (Census 2021)

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    165

Household density

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    65 per sq mi · Typical

Population (Census 2021)

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    386

Population density

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    151 per sq mi · Typical

Green space per resident

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    11 m² per resident · less than 86% of areas

Green space share of area

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    0.1%

Public parks

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    0

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    —

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    −38.5%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    —

Peak month

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    JUN 2021 · £860,000

Most common price band

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    £300k – £400k · 50.0%

Detached average

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    £485,000

Semi-detached average

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    £425,000

Terraced average

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    —

Flats average

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    —

Detached share of sales

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    25.0%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    50.0%

Terraced share of sales

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    25.0%

Flats share of sales

  • West Knighton

    England / Dorset / West Dorset / West Knighton

    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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