TQ12 vs TQ2: house prices per square metre compared
TQ12 (Kingsteignton) has a median of £3,150 per m² against £3,030 in TQ2 (Barton). TQ12 is the more expensive of the two: TQ2 is 3.8% cheaper per m². The figures come from 441 and 387 matched sales in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£275,000, the median sale price in TQ12, buys about 87 m² there and about 91 m² in TQ2, a difference of 4 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, TQ2 moved +3.7% a year against TQ12 at +3.4% a year, before inflation.
Sales in the last 12 months.
| Measure | TQ12High confidence Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot £3,150median per m² | TQ2High confidence Barton, Torquay £3,030median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £3,150 | £3,030 | −3.8% |
| Median sale price | £275,000 | £245,000 | −10.9% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £2,500–£3,780 | £2,390–£3,670 | |
| Sales (last 12 months) | 719 | 410 | −309 |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 441 | 387 | −54 |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 94 m² | 90 m² | −3.9% |
| Annual change over 9.8 years | +3.4% a year | +3.7% a year | +0.3 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. | |||
| Detached | £3,560n = 143 | £3,640n = 77 | +2.2% |
| Semi-detached | £3,290n = 108 | £3,270n = 118 | −0.6% |
| Terraced | £2,810n = 130 | £2,790n = 123 | −0.7% |
| Flat | £2,390n = 60 | £2,410n = 69 | +0.8% |
| Difference: TQ12 minus TQ2. | |||
| All TQ12 sold prices | All TQ2 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 TQ12 and TQ2 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 TQ12 and TQ2 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 TQ12 and TQ2 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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