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The average house price in Birch is £465,450 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices rose 1.4%.

England / Essex / Colchester

Birch

£465,450

Average price, last 12 months

+1.4% in a year
SEPT 2016£286kAUG 2026£465k

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What can I buy with my budget in Birch?

With £470,000 you could afford the average semi-detached house in Birch.

£470,000

Birch

  • Semi-detached

    £412,416

    In budget

  • Detached

    £530,000

    £60k 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 Birch?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Birch costs £2,328 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • Birch

    £2,328

    a month

    Average price
    £465,450
    Deposit
    £46,545
    Mortgage
    £418,905
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £93,090

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

  • £530,000

Semi-detached

  • £412,416

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

Birch

Mostly detached houses

47%
40%
13%

How green is Birch?

Birch has 1 public park among 5 green space sites. Green space covers 0.3% of the area: about 47 m² per resident, or 6.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 71% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

  • Birch

    0.3%

    of the land is green space
    47 m² per resident, or 6.6 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
    1 public park

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 Birch?

Birch has about 0.5 residents for every football pitch of land, or 166 people per square mile, which counts as typical density.

Birch
0.5 people per football pitch of land · 166 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 Birch?

Prices in Birch were down on a year earlier in 49 months of the 108 since September 2017. They are now up 1.4% on a year earlier.

Birch49 of 108 months down
FallingRising

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

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    £465,450

Change over 1 year

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    +£6,200

Change over ~10 years

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    +£191,951

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    5

Number of postcodes

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    41

Households (Census 2021)

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    331

Household density

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    63 per sq mi · Typical

Population (Census 2021)

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    875

Population density

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    166 per sq mi · Typical

Green space per resident

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    47 m² per resident · more than 71% of areas

Green space share of area

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    0.3%

Public parks

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    1

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    —

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    +62.5%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    —

Peak month

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    OCT 2022 · £1,550,000

Most common price band

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    £300k – £400k · 40.0%

Detached average

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    £530,000

Semi-detached average

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    £412,416

Terraced average

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    —

Flats average

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    —

Detached share of sales

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    46.7%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    40.0%

Terraced share of sales

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    13.3%

Flats share of sales

  • Birch

    England / Essex / Colchester / Birch

    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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