House prices in Dorset
Median value — June 2026
£365,043
Modelled from 170,556 properties Stede tracks in Dorset
Market snapshot
£365,043
Median value
£421,836
Average value
4,550
Sales in the last 12 months
+2%
Change over the past year
Value over time
- Modelled value
Modelled month by month from the UK House Price Index, averaged across every property type Stede tracks here.
View as a table
| Year | Modelled value |
|---|---|
| 2000 | £119,952 |
| 2001 | £137,164 |
| 2002 | £172,997 |
| 2003 | £193,350 |
| 2004 | £217,122 |
| 2005 | £223,786 |
| 2006 | £242,328 |
| 2007 | £266,218 |
| 2008 | £226,282 |
| 2009 | £233,326 |
| 2010 | £241,143 |
| 2011 | £242,253 |
| 2012 | £241,729 |
| 2013 | £248,847 |
| 2014 | £265,454 |
| 2015 | £281,511 |
| 2016 | £291,123 |
| 2017 | £311,182 |
| 2018 | £308,493 |
| 2019 | £312,259 |
| 2020 | £329,717 |
| 2021 | £353,397 |
| 2022 | £386,444 |
| 2023 | £372,042 |
| 2024 | £371,298 |
| 2025 | £368,172 |
| 2026 | £365,043 |
Property types
- Detached house42%£491,521
- Mid-terrace house22%£282,418
- Semi-detached house18%£342,198
- Flat / Maisonette15%£186,259
- Property3%£334,451
Towns and cities in Dorset
- CityCoventry1 properties£405,657
- CitySalisbury496 properties£400,126
- CitySouthampton1 properties£377,702
- TownAxminster8 properties£765,048
- TownBeaminster2,480 properties£375,802
- TownBlandford Forum10,242 properties£357,226
- TownBournemouth25 properties£335,222
- TownBraunton1 properties£103,783
- TownBridport10,049 properties£372,160
- TownBroadstone309 properties£528,484
- TownChard221 properties£454,816
- TownChristchurch15,716 properties£411,923
- TownCrewkerne23 properties£335,882
- TownDorchester19,082 properties£361,946
- TownFerndown12,442 properties£421,258
- TownFordingbridge1,175 properties£406,156
- TownGillingham6,726 properties£296,328
- TownLyme Regis2,362 properties£400,459
- TownPoole4,712 properties£340,610
- TownPortland5,370 properties£235,059
- TownRingwood3,032 properties£633,158
- TownShaftesbury5,505 properties£318,024
- TownSherborne6,753 properties£374,817
- TownSturminster Newton4,830 properties£354,032
- TownSwanage6,384 properties£376,672
- TownTemplecombe1 properties£518,277
- TownVerwood6,100 properties£417,461
- TownWareham6,387 properties£385,388
- TownWarminster1 properties£561,327
- TownWaterlooville1 properties£368,094
- TownWeymouth26,517 properties£295,607
- TownWimborne13,617 properties£421,993
- TownYeovil205 properties£405,454
About this area
Dorset is a county. Stede can model 170,556 properties there, from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index.
As of June 2026, Dorset has a median estimated value of £365,043 and an average of £421,836.
Modelled values in Dorset are +2% over the past year and +9% over five years.
The market here is mostly detached houses, which make up 42% of the properties Stede tracks in Dorset.
4,550 sales were recorded in Dorset over the past 12 months.
Common questions
What is the average house price in Dorset?
As of June 2026, the average estimated value is £421,836 and the median is £365,043 across 170,556 properties Stede tracks in Dorset. This is not a formal market valuation.
Are house prices in Dorset going up or down?
Modelled values in Dorset are +2% over the past year and +9% over five years, based on the UK House Price Index.
What types of property are in Dorset?
42% of the properties Stede tracks in Dorset are detached houses. mid-terrace houses are next most common, at 22%.
How many properties are in Dorset?
Stede can model 170,556 properties in Dorset, with 4,550 recorded sales in the past 12 months.
How does Stede calculate house prices for Dorset?
These figures are modelled from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index — the same sources used for every individual property valuation on Stede. Full detail is on the methodology page.
How we calculate this
These figures are modelled from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index — the same sources behind every individual property valuation on Stede.
Read the full methodology and data sources →