That is the middle of 3,162 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 4.9 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
42% of Chesterfield’s sales are semi-detached houses
3,162 homes sold in three years: 937 detached houses, 1,338 semi-detached houses, 650 terraced houses and 237 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£335K
median sale · 937 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£275K–£408K
Last 12 months
£330K299 sold
New build
£399K
Semi-detached houses£197K
median sale · 1,338 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£165K–£235K
Last 12 months
£200K389 sold
New build
£272K
Terraced houses£145K
median sale · 650 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£124K–£175K
Last 12 months
£148K203 sold
Flats and maisonettes£118K
median sale · 237 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£104K–£145K
Last 12 months
£116K77 sold
New build
£119K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 42% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses42%
Terraced houses21%
Flats and maisonettes7%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Chesterfield’s homes sold for between £150K and £285K
One sale in ten was under £119K and one in ten over £385K. 66% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £200,000, sits in the £200–250K band
3,162 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £42,000 in 1995 to £205,000 in the last 12 months (£160,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
968 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,847 in 2002, the busiest year, and 758 in 2009. Sales fell by 55% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 44% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Chesterfield costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Chesterfield, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£72K
£97K
£199K
£213K
£225K
£296K
£330K
Semi-detached houses
£42K
£49K
£115K
£120K
£133K
£164K
£200K
Terraced houses
£30K
£34K
£90K
£94K
£99K
£120K
£148K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£50K
£126K
£100K
£102K
£100K
£116K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
3,622 new homes have been sold in Chesterfield since 1995; the share peaked at 17% in 2002.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £277,497
against £200,000 for a home sold on, 39% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.5% sold leasehold in Chesterfield. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Chatsworth Road is Chesterfield’s busiest street, with 43 sales in three years
219 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 69 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Chatsworth Road
S40
43
£152,500
Mixed
2
West Street
S40
29
£115,500
Mostly flats · new builds
3
Newbold Road
S41
25
£365,000
Mostly detached houses
4
Burlington Street
S40
25
£144,995
Mostly flats · new builds
5
Whinfell Road
S41
24
£344,750
Mixed · new builds
6
Woodyard Avenue
S41
24
£269,000
Mixed
7
Old Road
S40
23
£210,000
Mixed
8
Archdale Close
S40
23
£110,000
Mostly flats
9
Walton Road
S40
22
£294,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Old Hall Road
S40
22
£186,250
Mixed
11
Derby Road
S40
22
£117,500
Mixed
12
Hawkshead Way
S41
20
£377,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
13
Mansfield Road
S41
20
£289,975
Mostly detached houses
14
Wain Avenue
S41
20
£135,000
Mixed
15
Ashgate Road
S40
19
£335,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Oakfield Avenue: £570,000
Chesterfield median£200K
Oakfield Avenue£570K
Whitebank Close£553K
Somersall Lane£535K
Acorn Ridge£460K
Hulford Street£445K
Cheapest streets
Tapton Terrace: £70,000
Chesterfield median£200K
Tapton Terrace£70K
Alma Street West£80K
Lindisfarne Court£97K
Spinner Croft£106K
Archdale Close£110K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8.1 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Derbyshire
Chesterfield is the 38th most expensive of 59 towns in Derbyshire
Chesterfield is in the middle of Derbyshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Chesterfield
What is the average house price in Chesterfield?
The median home in Chesterfield sold for £200,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,162 standard sales (£205,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £335,000, semi-detached houses £197,000, terraced houses £145,000 and flats and maisonettes £118,000.
Are house prices going up in Chesterfield?
The median was £208,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£200,000), and £205,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Chesterfield each year?
968 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,205 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Chesterfield?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Oakfield Avenue (S40, £570,000), Whitebank Close (S41, £552,500) and Somersall Lane (S40, £535,000).
How much does a new build cost in Chesterfield?
New homes sold for a median £277,497 over three years, against £200,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.7% of sales.
Is Chesterfield expensive for Derbyshire?
Chesterfield is the 38th most expensive of 59 towns of 2,500 or more in Derbyshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.