That is the middle of 289 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 5.7 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.
289 homes sold in three years: 68 detached houses, 87 semi-detached houses, 98 terraced houses and 36 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£387K
median sale · 68 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£350K–£440K
Last 12 months
£395K28 sold
Semi-detached houses£290K
median sale · 87 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£330K
Last 12 months
£291K24 sold
Terraced houses£270K
median sale · 98 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£300K
Last 12 months
£269K34 sold
Flats and maisonettes£166K
median sale · 36 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£150K–£190K
Last 12 months
£168K11 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses24%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses34%
Flats and maisonettes12%
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 Paulton’s homes sold for between £248K and £343K
One sale in ten was under £180K and one in ten over £416K. 26% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £287,000, sits in the £250–300K band
289 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.7 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £50,000 in 1995 to £285,000 in the last 12 months (£234,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
97 sales in the last 12 months, against 159 in 2021, the busiest year, and 61 in 2008. Sales fell by 21% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 71% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Paulton costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Paulton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£80K
£108K
£220K
£250K
£260K
£330K
£395K
Semi-detached houses
£47K
£84K
£158K
£168K
£186K
£247K
£291K
Terraced houses
£45K
£70K
£149K
£185K
£215K
£230K
£269K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£42K
£102K
£131K
£123K
£120K
£168K
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
517 new homes have been sold in Paulton since 1995; the share peaked at 39% in 2012.
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 £299,995
against £285,000 for a home sold on, 5% 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.
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.2% sold leasehold in Paulton. 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
Oxleaze Way is Paulton’s busiest street, with 24 sales in three years
18 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 4 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
Oxleaze Way
BS39
24
£271,000
Mixed
2
Somerset Way
BS39
11
£322,000
Mixed
3
Hallatrow Road
BS39
11
£277,500
Mixed
4
Mendip Close
BS39
10
£218,500
Mixed
5
Shoe Lane
BS39
9
£318,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Gregorys Tyning
BS39
8
£265,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Clifford Drive
BS39
8
£222,000
Mixed
8
Brookside
BS39
7
£218,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
High Street
BS39
7
£189,950
Mixed
10
Farrington Road
BS39
6
£327,500
Mixed
11
Valley View Road
BS39
6
£318,725
Mixed
12
Clandown Road
BS39
6
£305,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Ham Lane
BS39
5
£365,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Purnell Way
BS39
5
£330,000
Mixed
15
Twelve Acres Close
BS39
5
£310,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Ham Lane: £365,000
Paulton median£287K
Ham Lane£365K
Purnell Way£330K
Farrington Road£328K
Somerset Way£322K
Valley View Road£319K
Cheapest streets
High Street: £189,950
Paulton median£287K
High Street£190K
Brookside£218K
Mendip Close£219K
Clifford Drive£222K
Plumptre Road£245K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is twice 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 Somerset
Paulton is the 25th most expensive of 49 towns in Somerset
Paulton is in the middle of Somerset’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 Paulton
What is the average house price in Paulton?
The median home in Paulton sold for £287,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 289 standard sales (£285,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £387,000, semi-detached houses £290,000, terraced houses £269,750 and flats and maisonettes £166,250.
Are house prices going up in Paulton?
The median was £290,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£282,250), and £285,000 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 Paulton each year?
97 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 119 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Paulton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Ham Lane (BS39, £365,000), Purnell Way (BS39, £330,000) and Farrington Road (BS39, £327,500).
How much does a new build cost in Paulton?
New homes sold for a median £299,995 over three years, against £285,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.1% of sales.
Is Paulton expensive for Somerset?
Paulton is the 25th most expensive of 49 towns of 2,500 or more in Somerset 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.