That is the middle of 6,747 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 5.2 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.
6,747 homes sold in three years: 1,197 detached houses, 1,712 semi-detached houses, 2,822 terraced houses and 1,016 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£392K
median sale · 1,197 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£335K–£465K
Last 12 months
£400K343 sold
New build
£683K
Semi-detached houses£290K
median sale · 1,712 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£329K
Last 12 months
£292K510 sold
New build
£375K
Terraced houses£240K
median sale · 2,822 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£210K–£278K
Last 12 months
£241K825 sold
New build
£295K
Flats and maisonettes£146K
median sale · 1,016 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£126K–£170K
Last 12 months
£145K306 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 42% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses18%
Semi-detached houses25%
Terraced houses42%
Flats and maisonettes15%
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 Swindon’s homes sold for between £208K and £325K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £405K. 45% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
6,747 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £50,350 in 1995 to £260,000 in the last 12 months (£214,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,984 sales in the last 12 months, against 5,439 in 2007, the busiest year, and 2,153 in 2010. Sales fell by 57% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 59% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Swindon costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Swindon, 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
£84K
£138K
£220K
£230K
£285K
£349K
£400K
Semi-detached houses
£56K
£91K
£153K
£160K
£206K
£250K
£292K
Terraced houses
£43K
£75K
£120K
£128K
£155K
£190K
£241K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£55K
£123K
£105K
£117K
£135K
£145K
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: 0.9% of sales in the last 12 months
16,033 new homes have been sold in Swindon since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 2008.
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 £310,000
against £257,500 for a home sold on, 20% 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.
18% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 4.6% sold leasehold in Swindon. 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
Ferndale Road is Swindon’s busiest street, with 55 sales in three years
500 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 135 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
Ferndale Road
SN2
55
£230,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Marlborough Road
SN3
51
£360,847
Mixed
3
Fire Fly Avenue
SN2
44
£165,000
Mostly flats
4
Cricklade Road
SN2
36
£250,000
Mixed
5
Redcliffe Street
SN2
31
£207,500
Mostly terraced houses
6
Cheney Manor Road
SN2
31
£197,000
Mixed
7
Prospero Way
SN25
31
£157,000
Mostly flats
8
Oakfield Avenue
SN3
29
£310,000
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
9
Homington Avenue
SN3
26
£337,500
Mixed
10
Kingshill Road
SN1
23
£245,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Lynmouth Road
SN2
23
£157,000
Mostly flats
12
Welcombe Avenue
SN3
22
£219,500
Mostly terraced houses
13
Whitworth Road
SN25
20
£280,000
Mixed
14
Goddard Avenue
SN1
19
£428,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Eastlake
SN25
19
£362,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Carlton Gate: £650,000
Swindon median£260K
Carlton Gate£650K
Westlecot Road£650K
Southall Close£610K
Biddestone Avenue£558K
Corby Avenue£530K
Cheapest streets
Speedwell Close: £95,000
Swindon median£260K
Speedwell Close£95K
Cricklade Street£99K
Farnsby Street£100K
Grovelands Avenue£101K
Clarence Street£104K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.8 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 Wiltshire
Swindon is the 30th most expensive of 33 towns in Wiltshire
Swindon is one of Wiltshire’s cheapest 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 Swindon
What is the average house price in Swindon?
The median home in Swindon sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 6,747 standard sales (£260,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £392,000, semi-detached houses £290,000, terraced houses £240,000 and flats and maisonettes £146,000.
Are house prices going up in Swindon?
The median was £265,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£255,000), and £260,000 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 Swindon each year?
1,984 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 2,980 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Swindon?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Carlton Gate (SN3, £650,000), Westlecot Road (SN1, £650,000) and Southall Close (SN25, £610,000).
How much does a new build cost in Swindon?
New homes sold for a median £310,000 over three years, against £257,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 2% of sales.
Is Swindon expensive for Wiltshire?
Swindon is the 30th most expensive of 33 towns of 2,500 or more in Wiltshire 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.