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What is the average house price in South Somerset? £303,335

The average house price in South Somerset is £303,335, based on 2,207 homes sold in the 12 months to August 2026. Prices are down 3.2% (£9,935) on a year earlier.

1 year change
−3.2%
Sold in 12 months
2,207
Data up to
August 2026

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, not asking prices. How we calculate this

How much does each type of property cost in South Somerset?

Average sold price by property type, and each type's share of recent sales.

Detached house illustration

Detached

£465,868

54% above the South Somerset average

30.9% of sales

Semi-detached house illustration

Semi-detached

£270,330

11% below the South Somerset average

30.3% of sales

Terraced house illustration

Terraced

£230,130

24% below the South Somerset average

29.9% of sales

Flats house illustration

Flats

£134,054

56% below the South Somerset average

8.9% of sales

Property type trends

Are house prices in South Somerset going up or down?

House prices in South Somerset are falling: down 3.2% (£9,935) over the past year. Over the past 10 years, prices are up 35.0% (£78,625).

Past 12 months

−3.2%

−£9,935

From £313,270 to £303,335

£313,270£300,580
AUG 2025AUG 2026

Past 10 years

+35.0%

+£78,625

From £224,710 to £303,335

£329,495£224,710
AUG 2016AUG 2026

Quick answers for South Somerset

9 key facts at a glance.

When did prices peak?

£470,915

Highest average, reached in January 2022
Price history

How many homes sold?

2,207

In the last 12 months-23.4% year on year
Sales trends

What is the most common price range?

£200k - £300k

55.1% of sales
Price ranges

How many people live in South Somerset?

172,597

466 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 South Somerset?

75,973

205 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 South Somerset?

42 m² per resident

More green space per resident than 66% of areas in England and Wales. That's about 5.8 football pitches for every 1,000 residents.

0.7% of the area · 52 public parks. Parks, playing fields, allotments and other public green space, not counting golf courses. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Parks and green spaces

Which areas cost the most and least?

Most expensive

Shepton Montague

£3,512,500

Least expensive

Seavington St Michael

£184,000

Area ranking

What are the most expensive homes sold in South Somerset?

The highest recorded sale prices in South Somerset, from HM Land Registry.

View all expensive houses in South Somerset

How do house prices in South Somerset compare with nearby areas?

South Somerset compared with the 3 nearest other areas in Somerset.

South Somerset vs Mendip

South Somerset
£303,335
Mendip
£358,796+£55,461

Open comparison

South Somerset vs Sedgemoor

South Somerset
£303,335
Sedgemoor
£302,488−£847

Open comparison

South Somerset vs Somerset West and Taunton

South Somerset
£303,335
Somerset West and Taunton
£311,669+£8,334

Open comparison

Compare South Somerset with a different area

Which areas of South Somerset are most expensive?

Average sold price in each of the 120 areas of South Somerset, most expensive first.

  1. 1
    Shepton Montague

    £3,512,500

    Change over one year: +542.5%

  2. 2
    Whitestaunton

    £1,145,000

    Change over one year: +231.9%

  3. 3
    Compton Pauncefoot

    £1,026,666

    Change over one year: −8.3%

  4. 4
    Chaffcombe

    £1,004,666

    Change over one year: +75.0%

  5. 5
    Closworth

    £965,000

    Change over one year: +11.6%

  6. 6
    Kingweston

    £750,000

    Change over one year: −5.7%

  7. 7
    Cudworth

    £750,000

    Change over one year: +400.0%

  8. 8
    Chillington

    £750,000

    Change over one year: +23.0%

  9. 9
    Corton Denham

    £734,000

    Change over one year: +24.4%

  10. 10
    Pitcombe

    £733,500

    Change over one year: −40.3%

  11. 11
    North Barrow

    £706,666

    Change over one year: −27.5%

  12. 12
    High Ham

    £696,888

    Change over one year: +6.4%

  13. 13
    Kingstone

    £664,100

    Change over one year: +41.3%

  14. 14
    Keinton Mandeville

    £658,000

    Change over one year: +49.9%

  15. 15
    Rimpton

    £648,000

    Change over one year: +66.2%

  16. 16
    Cricket St. Thomas

    £635,000

    Change over one year: +33.7%

  17. 17
    Charlton Horethorne

    £620,714

    Change over one year: −8.6%

  18. 18
    Babcary

    £620,000

    Change over one year: −56.9%

  19. 19
    Hinton St. George

    £610,600

    Change over one year: +26.9%

  20. 20
    Compton Dundon

    £590,200

    Change over one year: +3.7%

  21. 21
    Cucklington

    £587,714

    Change over one year: −46.9%

  22. 22
    Dinnington

    £585,842

    Change over one year: −14.6%

  23. 23
    Pitney

    £574,166

    Change over one year: −23.0%

  24. 24
    Buckland St Mary

    £571,666

    Change over one year: −21.1%

  25. 25
    Whitelackington

    £570,000

    Change over one year: +10.1%

  26. 26
    Horsington

    £563,833

    Change over one year: −7.0%

  27. 27
    Pen Selwood

    £561,500

    Change over one year: +37.0%

  28. 28
    Brewham

    £560,000

    Change over one year: +31.4%

  29. 29
    Stoke Trister

    £556,666

    Change over one year: +55.9%

  30. 30
    Yeovilton and District

    £550,575

    Change over one year: +6.7%

  31. 31
    Broadway

    £549,500

    Change over one year: +11.3%

  32. 32
    Knowle St. Giles

    £543,750

    Change over one year: +11.9%

  33. 33
    Long Sutton

    £540,244

    Change over one year: +40.8%

  34. 34
    Hardington Mandeville

    £536,833

    Change over one year: −32.6%

  35. 35
    Winsham

    £533,790

    Change over one year: +31.2%

  36. 36
    Norton sub Hamdon

    £528,355

    Change over one year: +19.8%

  37. 37
    Drayton

    £519,500

    Change over one year: +61.5%

  38. 38
    Puckington

    £516,666

    Change over one year: +37.3%

  39. 39
    North Cadbury

    £516,603

    Change over one year: +9.3%

  40. 40
    Charlton Mackrell

    £516,400

    Change over one year: +22.6%

  41. 41
    Kingsdon

    £507,618

    Change over one year: −8.3%

  42. 42
    Stocklinch

    £500,000

    Change over one year: +20.5%

  43. 43
    South Barrow

    £498,500

    Change over one year: +30.0%

  44. 44
    Wambrook

    £490,000

    Change over one year: +35.2%

  45. 45
    North Perrott

    £484,000

    Change over one year: +18.9%

  46. 46
    Barton St. David

    £473,800

    Change over one year: −13.0%

  47. 47
    Ashill

    £463,333

    Change over one year: −6.7%

  48. 48
    Fivehead

    £460,500

    Change over one year: −11.7%

  49. 49
    Aller

    £452,750

    Change over one year: −17.1%

  50. 50
    Haselbury Plucknett

    £451,181

    Change over one year: +34.1%

  51. 51
    North Cheriton

    £450,750

    Change over one year: −26.1%

  52. 52
    Long Load

    £435,833

    Change over one year: −31.7%

  53. 53
    Horton

    £432,884

    Change over one year: +2.9%

  54. 54
    Seavington St Mary

    £432,166

    Change over one year: +44.3%

  55. 55
    Hambridge and Westport

    £431,733

    Change over one year: −19.2%

  56. 56
    East Coker

    £427,872

    Change over one year: −7.4%

  57. 57
    Tintinhull

    £419,791

    Change over one year: +2.0%

  58. 58
    Kingsbury Episcopi

    £419,230

    Change over one year: −4.6%

  59. 59
    Holton

    £417,125

    Change over one year: −26.4%

  60. 60
    Barrington

    £409,222

    Change over one year: −9.5%

  61. 61
    Chilton Cantelo

    £404,500

    Change over one year: −45.0%

  62. 62
    Charlton Musgrove

    £402,500

    Change over one year: −34.4%

  63. 63
    West Crewkerne

    £402,100

    Change over one year: −13.6%

  64. 64
    Bruton

    £401,119

    Change over one year: −1.8%

  65. 65
    Combe St Nicholas

    £400,833

    Change over one year: −4.9%

  66. 66
    South Petherton

    £396,379

    Change over one year: +5.3%

  67. 67
    Marston Magna

    £390,500

    Change over one year: +73.6%

  68. 68
    Maperton

    £389,000

    Change over one year: +13.2%

  69. 69
    East Chinnock

    £386,590

    Change over one year: +3.1%

  70. 70
    Queen Camel

    £383,766

    Change over one year: +0.4%

  71. 71
    Lopen

    £381,928

    Change over one year: −41.2%

  72. 72
    Henstridge

    £372,519

    Change over one year: +9.6%

  73. 73
    Curry Rivel

    £372,135

    Change over one year: +0.0%

  74. 74
    Mudford

    £370,124

    Change over one year: −7.5%

  75. 75
    Sparkford

    £366,659

    Change over one year: −5.3%

  76. 76
    Lovington

    £365,593

    Change over one year: −46.2%

  77. 77
    South Cadbury and Sutton Montis

    £359,375

    Change over one year: −41.3%

  78. 78
    West Coker

    £349,629

    Change over one year: +10.8%

  79. 79
    Somerton

    £345,572

    Change over one year: +8.5%

  80. 80
    Shepton Beauchamp

    £344,400

    Change over one year: −26.8%

  81. 81
    Dowlish Wake

    £340,833

    Change over one year: −12.8%

  82. 82
    Alford

    £340,000

    Change over one year: −46.9%

  83. 83
    Stoke sub Hamdon

    £333,948

    Change over one year: +6.0%

  84. 84
    Ilton

    £332,250

    Change over one year: +4.3%

  85. 85
    West Camel

    £330,333

    Change over one year: −5.7%

  86. 86
    Misterton

    £327,078

    Change over one year: +26.2%

  87. 87
    Isle Brewers

    £326,500

    Change over one year: −62.9%

  88. 88
    Odcombe

    £325,291

    Change over one year: −2.0%

  89. 89
    Isle Abbotts

    £312,500

    Change over one year: +25.0%

  90. 90
    Tatworth and Forton

    £312,119

    Change over one year: −8.1%

  91. 91
    Beercrocombe

    £305,000

    Change over one year: −37.1%

  92. 92
    Donyatt

    £304,312

    Change over one year: −36.8%

  93. 93
    Muchelney

    £299,600

    Change over one year: −62.3%

  94. 94
    Montacute

    £292,158

    Change over one year: −39.7%

  95. 95
    Milborne Port

    £287,753

    Change over one year: −2.6%

  96. 96
    Castle Cary

    £286,031

    Change over one year: −7.8%

  97. 97
    Huish Episcopi

    £281,428

    Change over one year: −15.6%

  98. 98
    Merriott

    £281,237

    Change over one year: −18.3%

  99. 99
    Chilthorne Domer

    £279,250

    Change over one year: −4.0%

  100. 100
    Curry Mallet

    £278,666

    Change over one year: −34.5%

  101. 101
    Chiselborough

    £277,600

    Change over one year: −29.7%

  102. 102
    Barwick

    £273,093

    Change over one year: +16.2%

  103. 103
    Ash

    £271,333

    Change over one year: −22.5%

  104. 104
    Wincanton

    £268,760

    Change over one year: −2.2%

  105. 105
    Ilminster

    £268,193

    Change over one year: −2.2%

  106. 106
    Martock

    £267,636

    Change over one year: −13.0%

  107. 107
    Ansford

    £266,460

    Change over one year: −28.1%

  108. 108
    Yeovil Without

    £258,966

    Change over one year: −2.3%

  109. 109
    Yarlington

    £252,500

    Change over one year: −14.7%

  110. 110
    West and Middle Chinnock

    £248,269

    Change over one year: −28.2%

  111. 111
    Abbas and Templecombe

    £247,839

    Change over one year: +1.8%

  112. 112
    Chard Town

    £245,209

    Change over one year: −0.3%

  113. 113
    Wayford

    £244,000

    Change over one year: −20.0%

  114. 114
    Brympton

    £241,191

    Change over one year: −7.3%

  115. 115
    Crewkerne

    £241,011

    Change over one year: −2.6%

  116. 116
    Langport

    £228,055

    Change over one year: −7.9%

  117. 117
    Yeovil

    £226,798

    Change over one year: −1.5%

  118. 118
    Bratton Seymour

    £200,000

    Change over one year: −42.2%

  119. 119
    Ilchester

    £196,804

    Change over one year: −0.8%

  120. 120
    Seavington St Michael

    £184,000

    Change over one year: −53.6%

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Where does this data come from?

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.

Last updated 7 October 2026 at 02:33 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The South Somerset dataset covers 7,607 postcodes.

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