RH15 vs RH16: house prices per square metre compared
RH15 (Ditchling Common) has a median of £4,740 per m² against £4,770 in RH16 (Lindfield). RH16 is the more expensive of the two: RH15 is 0.6% cheaper per m². The figures come from 383 and 459 matched sales in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£420,000, the median sale price in RH16, buys about 88 m² there and about 89 m² in RH15, a difference of 1 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, RH15 moved +2.5% a year against RH16 at +2.1% a year, before inflation.
Sales in the last 12 months.
| Measure | RH15High confidence Ditchling Common, Burgess Hill £4,740median per m² | RH16High confidence Lindfield, Haywards Heath £4,770median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £4,740 | £4,770 | +0.6% |
| Median sale price | £398,750 | £420,000 | +5.3% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £4,030–£5,450 | £4,110–£5,650 | |
| Sales (last 12 months) | 404 | 546 | +142 |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 383 | 459 | +76 |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 91 m² | 97 m² | +6.7% |
| Annual change over 9.8 years | +2.5% a year | +2.1% a year | −0.4 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. | |||
| Detached | £4,810n = 93 | £5,500n = 115 | +14.3% |
| Semi-detached | £4,880n = 131 | £5,060n = 123 | +3.7% |
| Terraced | £4,660n = 107 | £5,000n = 93 | +7.3% |
| Flat | £3,880n = 52 | £4,080n = 128 | +5.2% |
| Difference: RH15 minus RH16. | |||
| All RH15 sold prices | All RH16 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 RH15 and RH16 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 RH15 and RH16 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 RH15 and RH16 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