Homes in South Ockendon sell for a median £345,000
That is the middle of 645 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 6.7 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.
Half of South Ockendon’s sales are terraced houses
645 homes sold in three years: 47 detached houses, 145 semi-detached houses, 312 terraced houses and 141 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£505K
median sale · 47 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£467K–£590K
Last 12 months
£540K17 sold
Semi-detached houses£400K
median sale · 145 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£363K–£440K
Last 12 months
£400K39 sold
New build
£420K
Terraced houses£341K
median sale · 312 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£315K–£375K
Last 12 months
£340K91 sold
New build
£515K
Flats and maisonettes£205K
median sale · 141 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£170K–£256K
Last 12 months
£220K40 sold
The mix
A terraced town: half of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses7%
Semi-detached houses22%
Terraced houses48%
Flats and maisonettes22%
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 South Ockendon’s homes sold for between £279K and £398K
One sale in ten was under £195K and one in ten over £467K. 17% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £345,000, sits in the £300–400K band
645 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.7 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £51,812 in 1995 to £345,000 in the last 12 months (£282,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
187 sales in the last 12 months, against 556 in 1997, the busiest year, and 153 in 2009. Sales fell by 62% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
South Ockendon costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: South Ockendon, 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
£93K
£152K
£250K
£289K
£338K
£451K
£540K
Semi-detached houses
£69K
£89K
£169K
£180K
£268K
£335K
£400K
Terraced houses
£46K
£68K
£150K
£155K
£226K
£295K
£340K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£43K
£98K
£95K
£145K
£225K
£220K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
1,808 new homes have been sold in South Ockendon since 1995; the share peaked at 65% in 1996.
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 £453,495
against £340,000 for a home sold on, 33% 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.
23% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.2% sold leasehold in South Ockendon. 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
Arisdale Avenue is South Ockendon’s busiest street, with 26 sales in three years
51 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 14 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
Arisdale Avenue
RM15
26
£400,000
Mixed
2
Danbury Crescent
RM15
20
£205,000
Mixed
3
Broxburn Drive
RM15
19
£348,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Windstar Drive
RM15
18
£275,000
Mostly flats
5
Daiglen Drive
RM15
17
£350,000
Mixed
6
Orchard Road
RM15
16
£410,000
Mixed
7
Cruick Avenue
RM15
16
£342,500
Mostly terraced houses
8
South Road
RM15
14
£375,000
Mixed
9
Falcon Way
RM15
14
£283,750
Mostly flats
10
Fullarton Crescent
RM15
13
£340,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Mollands Lane
RM15
12
£442,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Cherwell Grove
RM15
11
£340,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Anglia Way
RM15
10
£263,000
Mostly flats
14
Fairlane Drive
RM15
10
£260,000
Mostly flats
15
Humber Avenue
RM15
9
£465,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Medlar Drive: £575,000
South Ockendon median£345K
Medlar Drive£575K
Birch Crescent£523K
Poplar Close£500K
Humber Avenue£465K
Mollands Lane£443K
Cheapest streets
Avontar Road: £87,500
South Ockendon median£345K
Avontar Road£88K
Eden Green£160K
Peartree Close£205K
Danbury Crescent£205K
Viola Close£250K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.6 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 Essex
South Ockendon is the 56th most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
South Ockendon is in the middle of Essex’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 South Ockendon
What is the average house price in South Ockendon?
The median home in South Ockendon sold for £345,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 645 standard sales (£345,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £505,000, semi-detached houses £400,000, terraced houses £340,500 and flats and maisonettes £205,000.
Are house prices going up in South Ockendon?
The median was £347,250 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£340,000), and £345,000 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 South Ockendon each year?
187 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 298 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in South Ockendon?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Medlar Drive (RM15, £575,000), Birch Crescent (RM15, £522,500) and Poplar Close (RM15, £500,000).
How much does a new build cost in South Ockendon?
New homes sold for a median £453,495 over three years, against £340,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.1% of sales.
Is South Ockendon expensive for Essex?
South Ockendon is the 55th most expensive of 81 towns of 2,500 or more in Essex 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.