England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
Sawbridgeworth£466,357
Average price, last 12 months
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The average house price in Sawbridgeworth is £466,357 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices fell 17.0%.
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire
Sawbridgeworth£466,357
Average price, last 12 months
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With £470,000 you could afford the average terraced house in Sawbridgeworth.
Flats
£189,684
In budget
Terraced
£349,189
In budget
Semi-detached
£505,196
£35k short
Detached
£767,869
£298k 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 Sawbridgeworth costs £2,333 a month.
£2,333
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 detached houses
Sawbridgeworth has 3 public parks among 28 green space sites. Green space covers 4.9% of the area: about 56 m² per resident, or 7.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 77% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
4.9%
of the land is green space
56 m² per resident, or 7.9 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
3 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.
Sawbridgeworth has about 6.2 residents for every football pitch of land, or 2,255 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 Sawbridgeworth were down on a year earlier in 42 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now down 17.0% 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.
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
£466,357
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
−£95,578
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
+£85,436
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
102
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
297
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
3,644
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
941 per sq mi · Very High
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
8,730
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
2,255 per sq mi · Very High
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
56 m² per resident · more than 77% of areas
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
4.9%
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
3
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
50 per 1,000 · Typical
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
−9.0%
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
14 per 1,000
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
APR 2025 · £802,500
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
£500k – £1m · 38.0%
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
£767,869
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
£505,196
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
£349,189
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
£189,684
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
33.0%
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
25.7%
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
23.9%
Sawbridgeworth
England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth
17.4%
| Metric | Sawbridgeworth England / Hertfordshire / East Hertfordshire / Sawbridgeworth |
|---|---|
| Latest 12-month average | £466,357 |
| Change over 1 year | −£95,578 |
| Change over ~10 years | +£85,436 |
| Homes sold (last 12 months) | 102 |
| Number of postcodes | 297 |
| Households (Census 2021) | 3,644 |
| Household density | 941 per sq mi · Very High |
| Population (Census 2021) | 8,730 |
| Population density | 2,255 per sq mi · Very High |
| Green space per resident | 56 m² per resident · more than 77% of areas |
| Green space share of area | 4.9% |
| Public parks | 3 |
| Crime rate (per 1,000 residents) | 50 per 1,000 · Typical |
| Crime vs previous 12 months | −9.0% |
| Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents | 14 per 1,000 |
| Peak month | APR 2025 · £802,500 |
| Most common price band | £500k – £1m · 38.0% |
| Detached average | £767,869 |
| Semi-detached average | £505,196 |
| Terraced average | £349,189 |
| Flats average | £189,684 |
| Detached share of sales | 33.0% |
| Semi-detached share of sales | 25.7% |
| Terraced share of sales | 23.9% |
| Flats share of sales | 17.4% |
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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