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The average house price in Ashen is £477,928 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices rose 11.8%.

England / Essex / Braintree

Ashen

£477,928

Average price, last 12 months

+11.8% in a year
MAY 2016£306kAPR 2026£478k

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What can I buy with my budget in Ashen?

With £480,000 you could afford the average semi-detached house in Ashen.

£480,000

Ashen

  • Semi-detached

    £362,250

    In budget

  • Detached

    £632,166

    £152k 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 Ashen?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Ashen costs £2,391 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • Ashen

    £2,391

    a month

    Average price
    £477,928
    Deposit
    £47,793
    Mortgage
    £430,135
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £95,586

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

  • £632,166

Semi-detached

  • £362,250

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

Ashen

Mostly semi-detached houses

44%
56%

How green is Ashen?

Ashen has 0 public parks among 3 green space sites. Green space covers 0.2% of the area: about 31 m² per resident, or 4.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

  • Ashen

    0.2%

    of the land is green space
    31 m² per resident, or 4.4 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 Ashen?

Ashen has about 0.4 residents for every football pitch of land, or 146 people per square mile, which counts as typical density.

Ashen
0.4 people per football pitch of land · 146 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 Ashen?

Prices in Ashen were down on a year earlier in 39 months of the 108 since May 2017. They are now up 11.8% on a year earlier.

Ashen39 of 108 months down
FallingRising

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

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    £477,928

Change over 1 year

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    +£50,428

Change over ~10 years

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    +£171,554

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    14

Number of postcodes

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    19

Households (Census 2021)

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    152

Household density

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    64 per sq mi · Typical

Population (Census 2021)

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    344

Population density

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    146 per sq mi · Typical

Green space per resident

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    31 m² per resident · more than 52% of areas

Green space share of area

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    0.2%

Public parks

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    0

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    —

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    +466.7%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    —

Peak month

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    JAN 2002 · £1,225,000

Most common price band

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    £500k – £1m · 50.0%

Detached average

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    £632,166

Semi-detached average

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    £362,250

Terraced average

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    —

Flats average

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    —

Detached share of sales

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    43.8%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    56.3%

Terraced share of sales

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    0.0%

Flats share of sales

  • Ashen

    England / Essex / Braintree / Ashen

    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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