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Swanage

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Swanage typically sold for £368,125. Half of the 549 sales were between £270k and £525k, against a typical £345,000 across Dorset.

Postcode BH19

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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £368k half sold for £270k to £525k
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 549 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +14.2% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 8% of sales · 39% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Dorset.

  • Detached £590,000 typical
    Half between £480k and £735k · 169 sales · Dorset £482k
  • Semi-detached £395,000 typical
    Half between £344k and £465k · 80 sales · Dorset £328k
  • Terraced £349,000 typical
    Half between £309k and £388k · 87 sales · Dorset £275k
  • Flat £258,000 typical
    Half between £210k and £330k · 213 sales · Dorset £187k

Since 1995

Each year in Swanage

This neighbourhood Dorset Homes sold
£0£200k£400k 1995: £59,3001996: £65,0001997: £69,9501998: £78,0001999: £82,4502000: £105,0002001: £116,7502002: £150,0002003: £177,0002004: £199,9752005: £213,0002006: £219,9752007: £240,0002008: £230,0002009: £211,5002010: £238,5002011: £240,0002012: £238,0002013: £250,0002014: £250,0002015: £270,0002016: £293,0002017: £295,0002018: £285,0002019: £310,0002020: £332,5002021: £345,0002022: £385,0002023: £381,0002024: £371,0502025: £350,000 1995: 188 sold1996: 299 sold1997: 321 sold1998: 361 sold1999: 406 sold2000: 355 sold2001: 354 sold2002: 345 sold2003: 305 sold2004: 328 sold2005: 301 sold2006: 398 sold2007: 315 sold2008: 195 sold2009: 197 sold2010: 209 sold2011: 225 sold2012: 203 sold2013: 212 sold2014: 251 sold2015: 271 sold2016: 236 sold2017: 219 sold2018: 219 sold2019: 211 sold2020: 204 sold2021: 295 sold2022: 198 sold2023: 194 sold2024: 179 sold2025: 184 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£200k£400k 1995: £59,3001996: £65,0001997: £69,9501998: £78,0001999: £82,4502000: £105,0002001: £116,7502002: £150,0002003: £177,0002004: £199,9752005: £213,0002006: £219,9752007: £240,0002008: £230,0002009: £211,5002010: £238,5002011: £240,0002012: £238,0002013: £250,0002014: £250,0002015: £270,0002016: £293,0002017: £295,0002018: £285,0002019: £310,0002020: £332,5002021: £345,0002022: £385,0002023: £381,0002024: £371,0502025: £350,000 1995: 188 sold1996: 299 sold1997: 321 sold1998: 361 sold1999: 406 sold2000: 355 sold2001: 354 sold2002: 345 sold2003: 305 sold2004: 328 sold2005: 301 sold2006: 398 sold2007: 315 sold2008: 195 sold2009: 197 sold2010: 209 sold2011: 225 sold2012: 203 sold2013: 212 sold2014: 251 sold2015: 271 sold2016: 236 sold2017: 219 sold2018: 219 sold2019: 211 sold2020: 204 sold2021: 295 sold2022: 198 sold2023: 194 sold2024: 179 sold2025: 184 sold 199520102025

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

  • Flat39% · Dorset 15%
  • Detached31% · Dorset 39%
  • Terraced16% · Dorset 24%
  • Semi-detached15% · Dorset 21%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales8% · Dorset 7%
Leaseholds, share of sales39% · Dorset 16%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

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Neighbourhoods around Swanage

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.