Living in Durham, County Durham
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Free Durham Area Report
Sold prices, price trends, local rents and house prices against earnings for Durham - compiled from official sources into one report. Enter your email and we will send you your copy.
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Homes in County Durham cost 4.34 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
- County Durham a year earlier: 4.36 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in County Durham over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in County Durham, wherever they live. That is what "workplace-based" means - it is about jobs in the area, not the earnings of people who live there. Earnings come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025). A higher ratio means homes are less affordable for people working locally. The latest year uses provisional earnings, which ONS revises the following year. This is a council-area figure, not a valuation of any home.
Source: Office for National Statistics, House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.
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Local administration around Durham
Boundary data: mySociety MapIt. MP data: UK Parliament Members API. Based on the town-centre postcode, so a larger town may span more than one ward, constituency or MP - check your exact address for certainty.
Recent sold prices near Durham (postcode sector DH1 4)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2, BEECHWAYS | £550,000 | Detached | Sep 2026 |
| 22, GEOFFREY AVENUE | £445,000 | Semi-detached | Aug 2026 |
| 14, ST JOHNS ROAD | £300,000 | Terraced | Aug 2026 |
| 28, MONUMENT COURT | £162,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| DORVILLE, NEVILLES CROSS BANK | £425,000 | Detached | Aug 2026 |
| 4, ALBERT STREET | £500,000 | Terraced | Aug 2026 |
| 11, FIELDHOUSE LANE | £375,000 | Semi-detached | Jul 2026 |
| 6, CROSS VALLEY COURT | £243,000 | Terraced | Jul 2026 |
| 12, NEVILLES CROSS VILLAS | £425,000 | Semi-detached | Jul 2026 |
| 9, FIELD HOUSE TERRACE | £420,000 | Semi-detached | Jul 2026 |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.