B94 vs ST5: house prices per square metre compared
B94 (Hockley Heath) has a median of £5,100 per m² against £2,420 in ST5 (Silverdale). B94 is the more expensive of the two: ST5 is 52.5% cheaper per m². The figures come from 32 and 774 matched sales in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£575,000, the median sale price in B94, buys about 113 m² there and about 238 m² in ST5, a difference of 125 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, ST5 moved +4.1% a year against B94 at +3.9% a year, before inflation.
Sales in the last 12 months.
| Measure | B94Medium confidence Hockley Heath, Solihull £5,100median per m² | ST5High confidence Silverdale, Newcastle £2,420median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £5,100 | £2,420 | −52.5% |
| Median sale price | £575,000 | £196,750 | −65.8% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | Too few matched sales | £1,820–£3,040 | |
| Sales (last 12 months) | 70 | 878 | +808 |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 32 | 774 | +742 |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 130 m² | 90 m² | −30.8% |
| Annual change over 9.7–9.8 years | +3.9% a year | +4.1% a year | +0.2 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. | |||
| Detached | no sales | £3,050n = 189 | n/a |
| Semi-detached | no sales | £2,460n = 364 | n/a |
| Terraced | no sales | £1,820n = 188 | n/a |
| Flat | no sales | £1,800n = 33 | n/a |
| Difference: B94 minus ST5. | |||
| All B94 sold prices | All ST5 sold prices |
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Frequently asked questions
Why compare B94 and ST5 on price per square metre rather than price?
A raw sale price mostly reflects how big homes are; price per square metre corrects for size, so B94 and ST5 can be compared on what a buyer actually gets for the money. Both figures here are medians of sold price divided by EPC floor area, from HM Land Registry sales, computed the same way for both areas.
Why do B94 and ST5 show different numbers of sales?
The two districts are different sizes and trade at different rates, and each figure is computed over the matched sales its own area produced in its stated window. The matched-sale count is printed beside each median because it is that median's own denominator.
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 · Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 · Floor areas from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register · how these figures are made