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The average house price in Chatham is £290,144 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices rose 2.1%.

England / Medway

Chatham

£290,144

Average price, last 12 months

+2.1% in a year
OCT 2016£205kSEPT 2026£290k

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What can I buy with my budget in Chatham?

With £300,000 you could afford the average terraced house in Chatham.

£300,000

Chatham

  • Flats

    £150,211

    In budget

  • Terraced

    £259,904

    In budget

  • Semi-detached

    £329,586

    £30k short

  • Detached

    £454,198

    £154k 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 Chatham?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Chatham costs £1,451 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • Chatham

    £1,451

    a month

    Average price
    £290,144
    Deposit
    £29,014
    Mortgage
    £261,130
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £58,029

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

  • £454,198

Semi-detached

  • £329,586

Terraced

  • £259,904

Flats

  • £150,211

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

Chatham

Mostly terraced houses

28%
51%

How green is Chatham?

Chatham has 20 public parks among 90 green space sites. Green space covers 9.1% of the area: about 23 m² per resident, or 3.2 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 64% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

  • Chatham

    9.1%

    of the land is green space
    23 m² per resident, or 3.2 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
    20 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.

How crowded is Chatham?

Chatham has about 29 residents for every football pitch of land, or 10,425 people per square mile, which counts as very high density.

Chatham
29 people per football pitch of land · 10,425 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 Chatham?

Prices in Chatham were down on a year earlier in 11 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now up 2.1% on a year earlier.

Chatham11 of 108 months down
FallingRising

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.

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

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    £290,144

Change over 1 year

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    +£5,940

Change over ~10 years

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    +£86,972

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    860

Number of postcodes

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    2,124

Households (Census 2021)

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    28,902

Household density

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    4,138 per sq mi · Very High

Population (Census 2021)

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    72,822

Population density

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    10,425 per sq mi · Very High

Green space per resident

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    23 m² per resident · less than 64% of areas

Green space share of area

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    9.1%

Public parks

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    20

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    107 per 1,000 · Very High

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    −3.4%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    31 per 1,000

Peak month

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    SEPT 2026 · £332,630

Most common price band

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    £200k – £300k · 43.7%

Detached average

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    £454,198

Semi-detached average

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    £329,586

Terraced average

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    £259,904

Flats average

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    £150,211

Detached share of sales

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    10.2%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    27.9%

Terraced share of sales

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    51.3%

Flats share of sales

  • Chatham

    England / Medway / Chatham

    10.6%

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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