What type of properties are sold in Somerset? Detached houses

Detached houses are the most common type of property sold in Somerset, at 31.1% of sales over the past two years. Terraced houses are next, at 29.2%.

Share of sales
31.1%
Average price
£471,986
Data up to
September 2026

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

All house prices in Somerset

Which type of property sells most in Somerset?

Houses make up 89.0% of sales in Somerset, and flats 11.0%. Shares cover the past two years.

Share of sales by property type in Somerset
Property typeShare of sales
Detached housesMost common31.1%
Terraced houses29.2%
Semi-detached houses28.7%
Flats11.0%

How much does each type of property cost in Somerset?

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

Detached house illustration

Detached

£471,986

50% above the Somerset average

31.1% of sales

Semi-detached house illustration

Semi-detached

£286,822

9% below the Somerset average

28.7% of sales

Terraced house illustration

Terraced

£245,822

22% below the Somerset average

29.2% of sales

Flats house illustration

Flats

£150,394

52% below the Somerset average

11.0% of sales

What else do people ask about Somerset?

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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. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk. Listed buildings and scheduled monuments are from Historic England and Cadw, and conservation areas from planning.data.gov.uk. © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Air quality is from Defra modelled background pollution maps. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Defra modelled background pollution, 2025.

Last updated 11 November 2026 at 00:28 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The Somerset dataset covers 25,200 postcodes.

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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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