That is the middle of 2,061 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 6.1 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.
2,061 homes sold in three years: 866 detached houses, 458 semi-detached houses, 358 terraced houses and 379 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£567K
median sale · 866 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£475K–£710K
Last 12 months
£603K220 sold
New build
£515K
Semi-detached houses£380K
median sale · 458 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£335K–£440K
Last 12 months
£383K125 sold
New build
£400K
Terraced houses£322K
median sale · 358 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£287K–£365K
Last 12 months
£325K109 sold
New build
£339K
Flats and maisonettes£245K
median sale · 379 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£171K–£288K
Last 12 months
£232K106 sold
New build
£234K
The mix
Mostly detached: 42% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses42%
Semi-detached houses22%
Terraced houses17%
Flats and maisonettes18%
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 Rustington’s homes sold for between £310K and £550K
One sale in ten was under £240K and one in ten over £735K. 12% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £407,500, sits in the £400–500K band
2,061 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.1 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £65,000 in 1995 to £395,000 in the last 12 months (£325,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
560 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,217 in 2002, the busiest year, and 540 in 2008. Sales fell by 38% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 24% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Rustington costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Rustington, 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
£99K
£178K
£310K
£330K
£420K
£500K
£603K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£105K
£200K
£215K
£270K
£315K
£383K
Terraced houses
£52K
£90K
£168K
£191K
£226K
£275K
£325K
Flats and maisonettes
£42K
£78K
£146K
£166K
£185K
£222K
£232K
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
2,214 new homes have been sold in Rustington since 1995; the share peaked at 23% in 2003.
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 £457,500
against £390,000 for a home sold on, 17% 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.
19% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.8% sold leasehold in Rustington. 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
The Street is Rustington’s busiest street, with 38 sales in three years
142 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 45 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 Street
BN16
38
£245,000
Mostly flats
2
Worthing Road
BN16
34
£160,000
Mixed
3
Avocet Drive
BN16
31
£450,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Station Road
BN16
30
£277,000
Mostly flats
5
Holmwood Way
BN16
29
£474,996
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Sea Lane (BN16)
BN16
29
£270,000
Mixed
7
Long Lakes Way
BN12
24
£500,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Woodlands Avenue
BN16
24
£242,000
Mostly flats
9
Barncroft Gardens
BN12
21
£510,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Palmer Road
BN16
19
£318,000
Mixed
11
Sea Road
BN16
18
£288,250
Mostly flats
12
North Lane
BN16
16
£483,750
Mostly detached houses
13
Downs Way
BN16
16
£316,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Dinsdale Gardens
BN16
16
£296,250
Mostly terraced houses
15
Ferringham Lane
BN12
16
£262,500
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Coastal Road: £1,818,750
Rustington median£408K
Coastal Road£1.8M
Sea Avenue£925K
East Drive£900K
Bushby Avenue£875K
South Strand£871K
Cheapest streets
Copper Hall Close: £145,000
Rustington median£408K
Copper Hall Close£145K
Wakehurst Place£151K
Worthing Road£160K
Montpelier Road£177K
Ash Lane£201K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 12.5 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 Sussex
Rustington is the 19th most expensive of 40 towns in West Sussex
Rustington is in the middle of West Sussex’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 Rustington
What is the average house price in Rustington?
The median home in Rustington sold for £407,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,061 standard sales (£395,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £567,248, semi-detached houses £380,005, terraced houses £322,250 and flats and maisonettes £245,000.
Are house prices going up in Rustington?
The median was £420,500 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£400,000), 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 Rustington each year?
560 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 766 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Rustington?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Coastal Road (BN16, £1,818,750), Sea Avenue (BN16, £925,000) and East Drive (BN16, £900,000).
How much does a new build cost in Rustington?
New homes sold for a median £457,500 over three years, against £390,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 12% of sales.
Is Rustington expensive for West Sussex?
Rustington is the 19th most expensive of 40 towns of 2,500 or more in West Sussex 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.