That is the middle of 550 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.
Half of Gorseinon’s sales are semi-detached houses
550 homes sold in three years: 134 detached houses, 253 semi-detached houses, 107 terraced houses and 56 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£280K
median sale · 134 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£248K–£355K
Last 12 months
£290K40 sold
New build
£348K
Semi-detached houses£190K
median sale · 253 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£165K–£224K
Last 12 months
£205K78 sold
New build
£280K
Terraced houses£155K
median sale · 107 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£139K–£180K
Last 12 months
£160K29 sold
New build
£255K
Flats and maisonettes£102K
median sale · 56 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£90K–£114K
Last 12 months
£106K19 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 46% of sales
Detached houses24%
Semi-detached houses46%
Terraced houses19%
Flats and maisonettes10%
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 Gorseinon’s homes sold for between £150K and £250K
One sale in ten was under £112K and one in ten over £300K. 75% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £190,000, sits in the £150–200K band
550 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, in step with Wales
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £41,000 in 1995 to £200,000 in the last 12 months (£140,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
166 sales in the last 12 months, against 373 in 2007, the busiest year, and 147 in 2009. Sales fell by 61% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 74% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against Wales
Gorseinon costs about what Wales does
Median sale price each calendar year: Gorseinon, every standard sale in Wales, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£59K
£79K
£188K
£172K
£198K
£218K
£290K
Semi-detached houses
£42K
£51K
£123K
£120K
£122K
£152K
£205K
Terraced houses
£34K
£38K
£92K
£100K
£122K
£127K
£160K
Flats and maisonettes
—
—
£109K
£100K
£82K
£86K
£106K
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
936 new homes have been sold in Gorseinon since 1995; the share peaked at 29% in 2009.
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 £281,000
against £185,000 for a home sold on, 52% 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.
16% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 6.7% sold leasehold in Gorseinon. 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
Alexandra Road is Gorseinon’s busiest street, with 33 sales in three years
35 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 12 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
Alexandra Road
SA4
33
£110,000
Mostly flats
2
Cwm Y Lladron
SA4
23
£299,995
Mixed · new builds
3
Frampton Road
SA4
23
£190,000
Mixed
4
Six Mills Avenue
SA4
18
£120,000
Mostly flats
5
Moorland Green
SA4
14
£100,000
Mixed
6
Lime Street
SA4
13
£150,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Llys Gwyn Faen
SA4
12
£262,500
Mixed
8
Beauchamp Walk
SA4
12
£245,000
Mixed
9
Brynteg Road
SA4
12
£185,500
Mixed
10
West Street
SA4
12
£163,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
Ffordd Yr Afon
SA4
12
£115,000
Mostly flats
12
Heol Y Pibydd
SA4
11
£190,000
Mixed
13
Swansea Road
SA4
9
£275,000
Mixed
14
Heol Pentre Bach
SA4
9
£225,000
Mixed
15
Pontardulais Road
SA4
9
£205,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Horizon Way: £415,000
Gorseinon median£190K
Horizon Way£415K
Cwm Y Lladron£300K
Golwg Gwynfaen£282K
Princess Street£281K
Pen Y Morfa Heli£280K
Cheapest streets
Moorland Green: £100,000
Gorseinon median£190K
Moorland Green£100K
Alexandra Road£110K
Ffordd Yr Afon£115K
Six Mills Avenue£120K
Loughor Road£134K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.2 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 West Glamorgan
Gorseinon is the 10th most expensive of 19 towns in West Glamorgan
Gorseinon is in the middle of West Glamorgan’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 Gorseinon
What is the average house price in Gorseinon?
The median home in Gorseinon sold for £190,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 550 standard sales (£200,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £280,000, semi-detached houses £190,000, terraced houses £155,000 and flats and maisonettes £102,250.
Are house prices going up in Gorseinon?
The median was £200,000 in 2025, up 11% on 2024 (£180,000), and £200,000 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 Gorseinon each year?
166 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 222 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Gorseinon?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Horizon Way (SA4, £415,000), Cwm Y Lladron (SA4, £299,995) and Golwg Gwynfaen (SA4, £282,000).
How much does a new build cost in Gorseinon?
New homes sold for a median £281,000 over three years, against £185,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 6.9% of sales.
Is Gorseinon expensive for West Glamorgan?
Gorseinon is the 8th most expensive of 19 towns of 2,500 or more in West Glamorgan 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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