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What type of properties are sold in West Dorset? Detached houses

Detached houses are the most common type of property sold in West Dorset, at 35.9% of sales over the past two years. Terraced houses are next, at 29.1%.

Share of sales: 35.9%
Average price: £558,929
Data up to: September 2026

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

All house prices in West Dorset

Which type of property sells most in West Dorset?

Houses make up 85.3% of sales in West Dorset, and flats 14.7%. Shares cover the past two years.

Share of sales by property type in West Dorset
Property type	Share of sales
Detached housesMost common	35.9%
Terraced houses	29.1%
Semi-detached houses	20.3%
Flats	14.7%

How much does each type of property cost in West Dorset?

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

Detached

£558,929

45% above the West Dorset average

35.9% of sales

Semi-detached

£360,271

6% below the West Dorset average

20.3% of sales

Terraced

£301,064

22% below the West Dorset average

29.1% of sales

Flats

£196,856

49% below the West Dorset average

14.7% of sales

What else do people ask about West Dorset?

More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas, green space and crime in West Dorset.

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. 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 West Dorset dataset covers 5,361 postcodes.

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