England / Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire£496,737
Average price, last 12 months
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The average house price in East Hertfordshire is £496,737 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices fell 2.8%.
England / Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire£496,737
Average price, last 12 months
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With £500,000 you could afford the average terraced house in East Hertfordshire.
Flats
£261,856
In budget
Terraced
£438,180
In budget
Semi-detached
£523,174
£23k short
Detached
£816,448
£316k 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 East Hertfordshire costs £2,485 a month.
£2,485
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 terraced houses
In East Hertfordshire the priciest area costs 4.7× the cheapest.
Cheapest: Wyddial, £323,750. Priciest: Bayford, £1,519,500.
Each dot is one area inside the location, by its average sale price over the last 12 months. The areas we have prices for may not cover every part of a location.
East Hertfordshire has 33 public parks among 458 green space sites. Green space covers 1.1% of the area: about 35 m² per resident, or 4.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 57% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
1.1%
of the land is green space
35 m² per resident, or 4.9 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
33 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.
East Hertfordshire has about 2.3 residents for every football pitch of land, or 818 people per square mile, which counts as 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 East Hertfordshire were down on a year earlier in 22 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now down 2.8% 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.
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
£496,737
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
−£14,141
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
+£81,626
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
1,845
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
6,661
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
62,029
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
337 per sq mi · High
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
150,286
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
818 per sq mi · High
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
35 m² per resident · more than 57% of areas
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
1.1%
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
33
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
55 per 1,000 · High
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
+2.5%
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
18 per 1,000
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
AUG 2025 · £573,350
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
£500k – £1m · 33.4%
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
£816,448
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
£523,174
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
£438,180
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
£261,856
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
22.6%
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
24.2%
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
29.3%
East Hertfordshire
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
23.9%
| Metric | East Hertfordshire England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire |
|---|---|
| Latest 12-month average | £496,737 |
| Change over 1 year | −£14,141 |
| Change over ~10 years | +£81,626 |
| Homes sold (last 12 months) | 1,845 |
| Number of postcodes | 6,661 |
| Households (Census 2021) | 62,029 |
| Household density | 337 per sq mi · High |
| Population (Census 2021) | 150,286 |
| Population density | 818 per sq mi · High |
| Green space per resident | 35 m² per resident · more than 57% of areas |
| Green space share of area | 1.1% |
| Public parks | 33 |
| Crime rate (per 1,000 residents) | 55 per 1,000 · High |
| Crime vs previous 12 months | +2.5% |
| Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents | 18 per 1,000 |
| Peak month | AUG 2025 · £573,350 |
| Most common price band | £500k – £1m · 33.4% |
| Detached average | £816,448 |
| Semi-detached average | £523,174 |
| Terraced average | £438,180 |
| Flats average | £261,856 |
| Detached share of sales | 22.6% |
| Semi-detached share of sales | 24.2% |
| Terraced share of sales | 29.3% |
| Flats share of sales | 23.9% |
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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