LE4 vs S32: house prices per square metre compared
LE4 (Birstall) has a median of £3,220 per m² against £4,350 in S32 (Hathersage). S32 is the more expensive of the two: LE4 is 26.0% cheaper per m². The figures come from 584 and 37 matched sales in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£426,500, the median sale price in S32, buys about 98 m² there and about 132 m² in LE4, a difference of 34 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, LE4 moved +5.9% a year against S32 at +3.6% a year, before inflation.
Sales in the last 12 months.
| Measure | LE4High confidence Birstall, Leicester £3,220median per m² | S32Medium confidence Hathersage, Hope Valley £4,350median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £3,220 | £4,350 | +35.1% |
| Median sale price | £265,000 | £426,500 | +60.9% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £2,710–£3,740 | Too few matched sales | |
| Sales (last 12 months) | 681 | 60 | −621 |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 584 | 37 | −547 |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 87 m² | 129 m² | +49.0% |
| Annual change over 9.8 years | +5.9% a year | +3.6% a year | −2.3 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. | |||
| Detached | £3,470n = 87 | no sales | n/a |
| Semi-detached | £3,260n = 255 | no sales | n/a |
| Terraced | £3,130n = 205 | no sales | n/a |
| Flat | £2,230n = 37 | no sales | n/a |
| Difference: LE4 minus S32. | |||
| All LE4 sold prices | All S32 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 LE4 and S32 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 LE4 and S32 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 LE4 and S32 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