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The average house price in St John's is £251,449 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices rose 5.1%.

England / Suffolk / Ipswich

St John's

£251,449

Average price, last 12 months

+5.1% in a year
SEPT 2016£173kAUG 2026£251k

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What can I buy with my budget in St John's?

With £260,000 you could afford the average terraced house in St John's.

£260,000

St John's

  • Flats

    £161,336

    In budget

  • Terraced

    £229,995

    In budget

  • Semi-detached

    £263,857

    £4k short

  • Detached

    £403,500

    £144k 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 St John's?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in St John's costs £1,258 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • St John's

    £1,258

    a month

    Average price
    £251,449
    Deposit
    £25,145
    Mortgage
    £226,304
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £50,290

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

  • £403,500

Semi-detached

  • £263,857

Terraced

  • £229,995

Flats

  • £161,336

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

St John's

Mostly terraced houses

33%
39%
16%

How green is St John's?

St John's has 3 public parks among 21 green space sites. Green space covers 2.9% of the area: about 5 m² per resident, or 0.7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 93% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

  • St John's

    2.9%

    of the land is green space
    5 m² per resident, or 0.7 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.

How crowded is St John's?

St John's has about 42 residents for every football pitch of land, or 15,154 people per square mile, which counts as very high density.

St John's
42 people per football pitch of land · 15,154 per square mile

Each figure is 2 people. 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 St John's?

Prices in St John's were down on a year earlier in 26 months of the 108 since September 2017. They are now up 5.1% on a year earlier.

St John's26 of 108 months down
FallingRising

Each stripe is one month: the rolling 12-month average against the same month a year earlier, since September 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

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    £251,449

Change over 1 year

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    +£12,247

Change over ~10 years

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    +£77,918

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    150

Number of postcodes

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    207

Households (Census 2021)

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    4,171

Household density

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    6,516 per sq mi · Very High

Population (Census 2021)

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    9,701

Population density

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    15,154 per sq mi · Very High

Green space per resident

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    5 m² per resident · less than 93% of areas

Green space share of area

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    2.9%

Public parks

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    3

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    53 per 1,000 · Typical

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    −1.1%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    3.6 per 1,000

Peak month

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    APR 2023 · £393,000

Most common price band

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    £200k – £300k · 41.1%

Detached average

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    £403,500

Semi-detached average

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    £263,857

Terraced average

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    £229,995

Flats average

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    £161,336

Detached share of sales

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    12.0%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    33.4%

Terraced share of sales

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    38.6%

Flats share of sales

  • St John's

    England / Suffolk / Ipswich / St John's

    15.9%

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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