Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 4.0The median home in Sutton Courtenay sells for £462,500
That is the middle of 138 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 5 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 Sutton Courtenay’s sales are detached houses
138 homes sold in three years: 69 detached houses, 37 semi-detached houses, 25 terraced houses and 7 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 69 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £547K–£840K
- Last 12 months
- £597K10 sold
- New build
- £630K
median sale · 37 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £345K–£470K
- Last 12 months
- £351K10 sold
- New build
- £470K
median sale · 25 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £320K–£395K
- Last 12 months
- £385K5 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 7 sold, median £195K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
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.
Half of Sutton Courtenay’s homes sold for between £360K and £650K
One sale in ten was under £295K and one in ten over £915K. 6% sold for under £250K.
The median, £462,500, sits in the £400–500K band
138 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £79,600 in 1995 to £395,000 in the last 12 months (£319,247 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
29 sales in the last 12 months, against 82 in 2016, the busiest year, and 20 in 2009. Sales fell by 55% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 21%.
Sutton Courtenay costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Sutton Courtenay, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £125K | £420K | £435K | £425K | £443K | £530K | £597K |
| Semi-detached houses | £64K | — | £226K | £250K | £275K | £308K | £351K |
| Terraced houses | — | £219K | £220K | — | £331K | £319K | £385K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 65% in 2016
257 new homes have been sold in Sutton Courtenay since 1995; the share peaked at 65% in 2016.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £625,000
against £435,000 for a home sold on, 44% 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.
6% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.8% sold leasehold in Sutton Courtenay. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
The Hawthorns is Sutton Courtenay’s busiest street, with 18 sales in three years
11 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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 | The Hawthorns | OX14 | 18 | £525,997 | Mixed · new builds |
| 2 | Milton Road | OX14 | 14 | £460,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 3 | Asquith Park | OX14 | 8 | £573,750 | Mostly detached houses |
| 4 | High Street | OX14 | 8 | £432,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 5 | Drayton Road | OX14 | 7 | £915,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 6 | Appleford Road | OX14 | 7 | £700,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 7 | Willow Pike | OX14 | 7 | £470,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds |
| 8 | Bradstocks Way | OX14 | 7 | £272,000 | Mixed |
| 9 | Chapel Lane | OX14 | 5 | £542,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 10 | Spring Field Way | OX14 | 5 | £345,000 | Mixed |
| 11 | Tyrrells Way | OX14 | 5 | £330,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
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.
Sutton Courtenay is the 12th most expensive of 40 towns in Oxfordshire
Sutton Courtenay is in the middle of Oxfordshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Oxfordshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Sutton Courtenay’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Didcot and Abingdon-on-Thames.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton Courtenay | — | £463K | 29 | +8% |
| Drayton | 1.6 | £464K | 25 | +32% |
| Steventon | 2.3 | £435K | 18 | −1% |
| Didcot | 2.6 | £350K | 405 | +15% |
| Abingdon-on-Thames | 2.7 | £344K | 376 | +17% |
| Harwell | 2.7 | £480K | 36 | +19% |
| Shippon | 3.4 | £558K | 2 | — |
| Marcham | 3.6 | £431K | 25 | +12% |
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 Sutton Courtenay
What is the average house price in Sutton Courtenay?
The median home in Sutton Courtenay sold for £462,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 138 standard sales (£395,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £650,000, semi-detached houses £390,000, terraced houses £370,000 and flats and maisonettes £195,000.
Are house prices going up in Sutton Courtenay?
The median was £435,000 in 2025, down 6% on 2024 (£463,750), and £395,000 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 Sutton Courtenay each year?
29 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 58 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Sutton Courtenay?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Drayton Road (OX14, £915,000), Appleford Road (OX14, £700,000) and Asquith Park (OX14, £573,750).
How much does a new build cost in Sutton Courtenay?
New homes sold for a median £625,000 over three years, against £435,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 18% of sales.
Is Sutton Courtenay expensive for Oxfordshire?
Sutton Courtenay is the 12th most expensive of 40 towns of 2,500 or more in Oxfordshire 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.
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