The cheapest places to buy a house in England

The 15 lowest average house prices by local authority area, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics

Transcript

00:00Buying a house in the cheapest part of England will cost you less than a tenth on average

00:05what it would in the most expensive area. The average home in the London Borough of

00:09Kensington and Chelsea costs £1.2 million, according to the latest data from the Office

00:14for National Statistics. But at the other end of the scale, the average price paid for

00:19a house in England's cheapest local authority area is just £116,500.

00:26We've analysed the ONS figures showing the median price paid during the year ending in

00:29September 2024, the latest period to which figures are available, by local authority

00:34area across England. Here are the 15 cheapest places in England

00:39to buy a house based on that data, in order of descending price. In every one of these

00:44places the average house price is less than £160,000, in some cases considerably so.

00:51The cheapest areas include locations around the North East and North West, as well as

00:55Yorkshire and the Humber, with Darlington, Middlesbrough, Blackburn, Blackpool, Sunderland,

01:01Hartlepool and Burnley among the towns and cities featured in this list.