Detached
£290,669
89% above the County Durham average
20.0% of sales
What is the average house price in County Durham? £153,895
The average house price in County Durham is £153,895, based on 7,436 homes sold in the 12 months to September 2026. Prices are up 1.5% (£2,232) on a year earlier.
- 1 year change
- +1.5%
- Sold in 12 months
- 7,436
- Data up to
- September 2026
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, not asking prices. How we calculate this
How much does each type of property cost in County Durham?
Average sold price by property type, and each type's share of recent sales.
Semi-detached
£151,503
2% below the County Durham average
29.9% of sales
Terraced
£103,830
33% below the County Durham average
46.7% of sales
Flats
£104,863
32% below the County Durham average
3.4% of sales
Are house prices in County Durham going up or down?
House prices in County Durham are rising: up 1.5% (£2,232) over the past year. Over the past 10 years, prices are up 26.1% (£31,850).
Past 12 months
+1.5%
+£2,232From £151,663 to £153,895
£153,895£149,183
Past 10 years
+26.1%
+£31,850From £122,045 to £153,895
£153,895£122,045
Quick answers for County Durham
10 key facts at a glance.
When did prices peak?
£180,238
Highest average, reached in March 2025
How many homes sold?
7,436
Recorded so far for the 12 months to September 2026
What sells most often?
Terraced houses
46.7% of recent sales
What is the most common price range?
£50k - £100k
29.1% of sales
How many people live in County Durham?
521,991
605 people per square mile · High (Census 2021)
Population density is High, on a scale from Very Low to Very High.
Usual residents, including communal establishments.
How many households are in County Durham?
234,733
272 households per square mile · High (Census 2021)
Household density is High, on a scale from Very Low to Very High.
Occupied households, not communal establishments.
How much green space is in County Durham?
48 m² per resident
More green space per resident than 72% of areas in England and Wales. That's about 6.7 football pitches for every 1,000 residents.
1.1% of the area · 216 public parks. Parks, playing fields, allotments and other public green space, not counting golf courses. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
What is the crime rate in County Durham?
102 crimes per 1,000 residents
Very High · +11.2% on the previous year · 12 months to September 2026
Crime rate is Very High, on a scale from Very Low to Very High.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.
Which areas cost the most and least?
Most expensive
Brignall
£767,624
Least expensive
Horden
£56,174
How does County Durham rank?
1st most expensive area of North East.
Compared with 1 areas
What are the most expensive homes sold in County Durham?
The highest recorded sale prices in County Durham, from HM Land Registry.
Which areas of County Durham are most expensive?
Average sold price in each of the 133 areas of County Durham, most expensive first.
- 1
£767,624
Change over one year: +22.8%
- 2
£767,500
Change over one year: +43.5%
- 3
£642,000
Change over one year: +42.7%
- 4
£625,000
Change over one year: +242.5%
- 5
£620,000
Change over one year: +174.3%
- 6
£598,750
Change over one year: +13.0%
- 7
£588,333
Change over one year: +46.5%
- 8
£580,500
Change over one year: +222.5%
- 9
£527,000
Change over one year: +15.4%
- 10
£485,000
Change over one year: +55.9%
- 11
£480,000
Change over one year: +108.7%
- 12
£480,000
Change over one year: +269.2%
- 13
£473,214
Change over one year: +26.6%
- 14
£472,000
Change over one year: −49.9%
- 15
£450,000
Change over one year: +71.8%
- 16
£443,463
Change over one year: +33.8%
- 17
£430,000
Change over one year: −12.7%
- 18
£416,500
Change over one year: +10.5%
- 19
£413,750
Change over one year: +1.6%
- 20
£400,000
Change over one year: 0.0%
- 21
£400,000
Change over one year: +25.0%
- 22
£399,607
Change over one year: +16.5%
- 23
£361,998
Change over one year: −7.0%
- 24
£352,769
Change over one year: −29.4%
- 25
£346,545
Change over one year: +8.9%
- 26
£336,400
Change over one year: +36.4%
- 27
£334,166
Change over one year: +39.2%
- 28
£325,000
Change over one year: −33.7%
- 29
£320,000
Change over one year: −7.0%
- 30
£320,000
Change over one year: −56.8%
- 31
£319,423
Change over one year: −18.7%
- 32
£318,333
Change over one year: +9.1%
- 33
£310,000
Change over one year: +92.5%
- 34
£299,950
Change over one year: −23.2%
- 35
£299,600
Change over one year: −3.0%
- 36
£291,800
Change over one year: +35.0%
- 37
£291,322
Change over one year: +5.6%
- 38
£288,613
Change over one year: +8.5%
- 39
£287,500
Change over one year: +43.8%
- 40
£286,459
Change over one year: +6.7%
- 41
£283,883
Change over one year: −8.0%
- 42
£283,000
Change over one year: −27.3%
- 43
£280,000
Change over one year: −30.0%
- 44
£274,857
Change over one year: −24.1%
- 45
£262,600
Change over one year: +14.2%
- 46
£257,512
Change over one year: +5.7%
- 47
£247,314
Change over one year: +3.1%
- 48
£245,841
Change over one year: −32.2%
- 49
£245,368
Change over one year: +1.2%
- 50
£242,375
Change over one year: +34.7%
- 51
£241,817
Change over one year: −4.1%
- 52
£239,873
Change over one year: −24.8%
- 53
£232,375
Change over one year: −22.4%
- 54
£231,143
Change over one year: +5.9%
- 55
£228,171
Change over one year: −11.0%
- 56
£226,000
Change over one year: −30.1%
- 57
£225,000
Change over one year: −27.4%
- 58
£220,155
Change over one year: −7.1%
- 59
£218,227
Change over one year: −6.3%
- 60
£215,433
Change over one year: −14.4%
- 61
£210,011
Change over one year: −1.2%
- 62
£202,500
Change over one year: −46.7%
- 63
£197,764
Change over one year: −2.7%
- 64
£195,375
Change over one year: −4.1%
- 65
£194,902
Change over one year: −1.5%
- 66
£194,468
Change over one year: +8.9%
- 67
£193,722
Change over one year: −11.4%
- 68
£193,569
Change over one year: −7.5%
- 69
£192,764
Change over one year: +14.9%
- 70
£192,000
Change over one year: −80.3%
- 71
£188,000
Change over one year: +4.4%
- 72
£187,896
Change over one year: −8.2%
- 73
£185,468
Change over one year: −15.5%
- 74
£184,372
Change over one year: +0.1%
- 75
£183,237
Change over one year: −13.1%
- 76
£182,142
Change over one year: −6.6%
- 77
£181,200
Change over one year: −11.1%
- 78
£179,776
Change over one year: +3.5%
- 79
£176,140
Change over one year: −9.9%
- 80
£176,126
Change over one year: −34.3%
- 81
£175,346
Change over one year: +1.8%
- 82
£175,000
Change over one year: −12.5%
- 83
£164,854
Change over one year: +44.6%
- 84
£163,125
Change over one year: −37.9%
- 85
£159,483
Change over one year: +6.8%
- 86
£159,084
Change over one year: +7.5%
- 87
£158,391
Change over one year: −2.3%
- 88
£157,980
Change over one year: −1.3%
- 89
£154,250
Change over one year: −30.5%
- 90
£152,255
Change over one year: +3.3%
- 91
£151,990
Change over one year: −10.6%
- 92
£148,624
Change over one year: +12.8%
- 93
£147,508
Change over one year: −0.3%
- 94
£147,109
Change over one year: +1.6%
- 95
£146,511
Change over one year: +21.6%
- 96
£145,336
Change over one year: +18.9%
- 97
£145,000
Change over one year: −66.3%
- 98
£144,675
Change over one year: +1.8%
- 99
£143,780
Change over one year: −24.0%
- 100
£141,361
Change over one year: +6.0%
- 101
£140,539
Change over one year: +37.3%
- 102
£139,849
Change over one year: +20.4%
- 103
£139,162
Change over one year: −18.5%
- 104
£137,863
Change over one year: −36.3%
- 105
£134,681
Change over one year: +29.7%
- 106
£134,601
Change over one year: −18.0%
- 107
£132,388
Change over one year: −31.1%
- 108
£132,364
Change over one year: −8.5%
- 109
£125,261
Change over one year: +11.7%
- 110
£124,804
Change over one year: −7.5%
- 111
£123,181
Change over one year: +1.0%
- 112
£122,902
Change over one year: +10.8%
- 113
£119,760
Change over one year: −12.5%
- 114
£119,634
Change over one year: −18.8%
- 115
£118,342
Change over one year: +18.6%
- 116
£117,133
Change over one year: +11.2%
- 117
£115,783
Change over one year: +5.8%
- 118
£114,094
Change over one year: +11.9%
- 119
£112,730
Change over one year: −6.0%
- 120
£110,682
Change over one year: +5.2%
- 121
£109,011
Change over one year: −0.8%
- 122
£106,173
Change over one year: +12.7%
- 123
£103,586
Change over one year: +0.5%
- 124
£102,531
Change over one year: +5.6%
- 125
£101,717
Change over one year: −3.1%
- 126
£95,240
Change over one year: +18.4%
- 127
£95,105
Change over one year: +100.4%
- 128
£88,459
Change over one year: +18.2%
- 129
£86,696
Change over one year: −2.5%
- 130
£81,548
Change over one year: −9.5%
- 131
£77,791
Change over one year: −9.7%
- 132
£72,547
Change over one year: +11.4%
- 133
£56,174
Change over one year: +3.2%
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Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.
Last updated 6 November 2026 at 00:22 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The County Durham dataset covers 20,263 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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