England / Essex / Colchester
Wivenhoe£348,687
Average price, last 12 months
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The average house price in Wivenhoe is £348,687 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices fell 1.7%.
England / Essex / Colchester
Wivenhoe£348,687
Average price, last 12 months
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With £350,000 you could afford the average semi-detached house in Wivenhoe.
Flats
£322,142
In budget
Terraced
£300,846
In budget
Semi-detached
£324,735
In budget
Detached
£430,073
£80k 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.
With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Wivenhoe costs £1,744 a month.
£1,744
a month
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.
Average sale price by property type over the last 12 months.
Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.
Mostly semi-detached houses
Wivenhoe has 2 public parks among 17 green space sites. Green space covers 3.5% of the area: about 23 m² per resident, or 3.3 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 62% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
3.5%
of the land is green space
23 m² per resident, or 3.3 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
2 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.
Wivenhoe has about 11 residents for every football pitch of land, or 3,896 people per square mile, which counts as very high density.
Census 2021 population divided by land area. A football pitch is about 7,140 m² (105 m × 68 m).
Rolling 12-month average for each location, last 10 years. Gaps mean no sales were recorded that month.
Prices in Wivenhoe were down on a year earlier in 49 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now down 1.7% on a year earlier.
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.
Monthly sales volume for each location, last 10 years.
Every measure side by side. The highest value in each row is highlighted.
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
£348,687
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
−£6,046
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
+£64,186
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
112
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
292
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
3,419
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
1,760 per sq mi · Very High
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
7,566
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
3,896 per sq mi · Very High
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
23 m² per resident · less than 62% of areas
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
3.5%
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
2
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
47 per 1,000 · Typical
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
+12.6%
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
2.8 per 1,000
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
8.3 µg/m³ · High
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
8.7 µg/m³ · Very High
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
66
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
19.3 per 1,000 homes · more 56% of areas
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
14.1% · higher than 66% of areas
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
FEB 2026 · £584,375
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
£300k – £400k · 35.4%
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
£430,073
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
£324,735
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
£300,846
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
£322,142
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
34.0%
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
39.9%
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
18.1%
Wivenhoe
England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe
8.1%
| Metric | Wivenhoe England / Essex / Colchester / Wivenhoe |
|---|---|
| Latest 12-month average | £348,687 |
| Change over 1 year | −£6,046 |
| Change over ~10 years | +£64,186 |
| Homes sold (last 12 months) | 112 |
| Number of postcodes | 292 |
| Households (Census 2021) | 3,419 |
| Household density | 1,760 per sq mi · Very High |
| Population (Census 2021) | 7,566 |
| Population density | 3,896 per sq mi · Very High |
| Green space per resident | 23 m² per resident · less than 62% of areas |
| Green space share of area | 3.5% |
| Public parks | 2 |
| Crime rate (per 1,000 residents) | 47 per 1,000 · Typical |
| Crime vs previous 12 months | +12.6% |
| Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents | 2.8 per 1,000 |
| Background NO₂ (µg/m³) | 8.3 µg/m³ · High |
| Background PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 8.7 µg/m³ · Very High |
| Listed buildings | 66 |
| Listed buildings per 1,000 homes | 19.3 per 1,000 homes · more 56% of areas |
| Homes in a conservation area | 14.1% · higher than 66% of areas |
| Peak month | FEB 2026 · £584,375 |
| Most common price band | £300k – £400k · 35.4% |
| Detached average | £430,073 |
| Semi-detached average | £324,735 |
| Terraced average | £300,846 |
| Flats average | £322,142 |
| Detached share of sales | 34.0% |
| Semi-detached share of sales | 39.9% |
| Terraced share of sales | 18.1% |
| Flats share of sales | 8.1% |
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. Listed buildings and conservation areas from Historic England, planning.data.gov.uk and Cadw; "No council data" means the council has not published its conservation area boundaries. © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), licensed under the Open Government Licence.
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