ME4 vs ME8: house prices per square metre compared
ME4 (St Marys Island) has a median of £3,280 per m² against £4,030 in ME8 (Rainham). ME8 is the more expensive of the two: ME4 is 18.6% cheaper per m². The figures come from 198 and 557 matched sales in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£340,000, the median sale price in ME8, buys about 84 m² there and about 104 m² in ME4, a difference of 20 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, ME4 moved +4.0% a year against ME8 at +3.6% a year, before inflation.
Sales in the last 12 months.
| Measure | ME4High confidence St Marys Island, Chatham £3,280median per m² | ME8High confidence Rainham, Gillingham £4,030median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £3,280 | £4,030 | +22.9% |
| Median sale price | £250,000 | £340,000 | +36.0% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £2,810–£3,820 | £3,420–£4,640 | |
| Sales (last 12 months) | 264 | 604 | +340 |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 198 | 557 | +359 |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 83 m² | 91 m² | +10.1% |
| Annual change over 9.8 years | +4.0% a year | +3.6% a year | −0.4 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. | |||
| Detached | no sales | £4,370n = 108 | n/a |
| Semi-detached | no sales | £4,200n = 218 | n/a |
| Terraced | £3,210n = 122 | £3,860n = 204 | +20.2% |
| Flat | £3,000n = 45 | no sales | n/a |
| Difference: ME4 minus ME8. | |||
| All ME4 sold prices | All ME8 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 ME4 and ME8 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 ME4 and ME8 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 ME4 and ME8 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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