BS16 vs BS5: house prices per square metre compared

BS5 (St George) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £4,138 per against £4,020 in BS16 (Emersons Green)BS16 is 3% cheaper per . The figures come from 554 and 619 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

BS16

Emersons Green, Bristol

High confidence

£4,020median per

Median sale price
£350,750
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£3,457 – £4,668
Sales (last 12 months)
922
With a matched floor area
619
Mean floor area (matched sales)
95 m²
Change over 10 years
+35.4%
All BS16 sold prices

BS5

St George, Bristol

High confidence

£4,138median per

Median sale price
£340,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£3,580 – £4,671
Sales (last 12 months)
603
With a matched floor area
554
Mean floor area (matched sales)
82 m²
Change over 10 years
+44.0%
All BS5 sold prices

Side by side

Every figure covers sales in the last 12 months, on the same dataset and the same method for both areas.

BS16 compared with BS5
MeasureBS16BS5Difference
Median price per m²£4,020£4,138+3%
Median sale price£350,750£340,000−3%
Sales (last 12 months)922603−319
Change over 10 years+35.4%+44.0%+8.6 pts

By property type

Median price per for each property type sold in the last 12 months. Only types with matched sales are listed, and a dash means too few sales to publish.

Property typeBS16BS5
Detached£4,343n = 88£4,460n = 13
Semi-detached£4,205n = 181£4,175n = 62
Terraced£3,956n = 229£4,154n = 363
Flat£3,690n = 121£4,000n = 116

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