England / Kent
Canterbury£376,652
Average price, last 12 months
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The average house price in Canterbury is £376,652 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices fell 1.9%.
England / Kent
Canterbury£376,652
Average price, last 12 months
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With £380,000 you could afford the average semi-detached house in Canterbury.
Flats
£206,374
In budget
Terraced
£328,986
In budget
Semi-detached
£354,002
In budget
Detached
£523,462
£143k 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 Canterbury costs £1,884 a month.
£1,884
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
In Canterbury the priciest area costs 3.5× the cheapest.
Cheapest: Hersden, £296,948. Priciest: Bishopsbourne, £1,030,000.
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.
Canterbury has 56 public parks among 398 green space sites. Green space covers 1.3% of the area: about 27 m² per resident, or 3.8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 56% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
1.3%
of the land is green space
27 m² per resident, or 3.8 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
56 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.
Canterbury has about 3.5 residents for every football pitch of land, or 1,269 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 Canterbury were down on a year earlier in 26 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now down 1.9% 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.
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
£376,652
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
−£7,393
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
+£84,295
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
1,841
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
6,072
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
63,795
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
515 per sq mi · Very High
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
157,343
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
1,269 per sq mi · Very High
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
27 m² per resident · less than 56% of areas
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
1.3%
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
56
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
89 per 1,000 · Very High
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
−2.7%
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
22 per 1,000
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
MAY 2024 · £419,475
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
£300k – £400k · 27.3%
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
£523,462
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
£354,002
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
£328,986
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
£206,374
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
30.9%
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
30.0%
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
22.6%
Canterbury
England / Kent / Canterbury
16.5%
| Metric | Canterbury England / Kent / Canterbury |
|---|---|
| Latest 12-month average | £376,652 |
| Change over 1 year | −£7,393 |
| Change over ~10 years | +£84,295 |
| Homes sold (last 12 months) | 1,841 |
| Number of postcodes | 6,072 |
| Households (Census 2021) | 63,795 |
| Household density | 515 per sq mi · Very High |
| Population (Census 2021) | 157,343 |
| Population density | 1,269 per sq mi · Very High |
| Green space per resident | 27 m² per resident · less than 56% of areas |
| Green space share of area | 1.3% |
| Public parks | 56 |
| Crime rate (per 1,000 residents) | 89 per 1,000 · Very High |
| Crime vs previous 12 months | −2.7% |
| Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents | 22 per 1,000 |
| Peak month | MAY 2024 · £419,475 |
| Most common price band | £300k – £400k · 27.3% |
| Detached average | £523,462 |
| Semi-detached average | £354,002 |
| Terraced average | £328,986 |
| Flats average | £206,374 |
| Detached share of sales | 30.9% |
| Semi-detached share of sales | 30.0% |
| Terraced share of sales | 22.6% |
| Flats share of sales | 16.5% |
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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