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The average house price in Portishead is £398,909 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices fell 0.2%.

England / North Somerset

Portishead

£398,909

Average price, last 12 months

−0.2% in a year
OCT 2016£314kSEPT 2026£399k

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What can I buy with my budget in Portishead?

With £400,000 you could afford the average terraced house in Portishead.

£400,000

Portishead

  • Flats

    £235,878

    In budget

  • Terraced

    £386,103

    In budget

  • Semi-detached

    £413,348

    £13k short

  • Detached

    £550,776

    £151k 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 Portishead?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Portishead costs £1,996 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • Portishead

    £1,996

    a month

    Average price
    £398,909
    Deposit
    £39,891
    Mortgage
    £359,018
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £79,782

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

  • £550,776

Semi-detached

  • £413,348

Terraced

  • £386,103

Flats

  • £235,878

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

Portishead

Mostly detached houses

30%
21%
20%
29%

How green is Portishead?

Portishead has 13 public parks among 55 green space sites. Green space covers 7.9% of the area: about 29 m² per resident, or 4.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

  • Portishead

    7.9%

    of the land is green space
    29 m² per resident, or 4.1 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
    13 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 Portishead?

Portishead has about 19 residents for every football pitch of land, or 7,017 people per square mile, which counts as very high density.

Portishead
19 people per football pitch of land · 7,017 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 Portishead?

Prices in Portishead were down on a year earlier in 42 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now down 0.2% on a year earlier.

Portishead42 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

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    £398,909

Change over 1 year

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    −£810

Change over ~10 years

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    +£88,133

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    407

Number of postcodes

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    1,092

Households (Census 2021)

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    11,480

Household density

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    3,064 per sq mi · Very High

Population (Census 2021)

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    26,293

Population density

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    7,017 per sq mi · Very High

Green space per resident

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    29 m² per resident · less than 53% of areas

Green space share of area

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    7.9%

Public parks

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    13

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    58 per 1,000 · High

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    +0.1%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    12 per 1,000

Peak month

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    OCT 2022 · £491,607

Most common price band

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    £400k – £500k · 23.7%

Detached average

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    £550,776

Semi-detached average

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    £413,348

Terraced average

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    £386,103

Flats average

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    £235,878

Detached share of sales

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    29.9%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    21.3%

Terraced share of sales

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    20.0%

Flats share of sales

  • Portishead

    England / North Somerset / Portishead

    28.8%

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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