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Downend market report BS16 1, Bristol
The BS16 1 (Downend) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Underneath every chart here sit 7,407 registered sales in BS16 1 (Bristol) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.
Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: the 2026 median for BS16 1 (Bristol) is £362,500, from 61 registered sales, up 9% on five years earlier; the mean is £407,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,130 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 7,407 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
BS16 1 is one sector of BS16 (Bristol): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.
Where BS16 1 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
Today's BS16 1 prices, from the sold record
61 sales were registered in BS16 1 in 2026, and the middle one of them, the median, went for £362,500. The mean works out at £407,200, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
BS16 1 prices by floor area
Measured by floor area, the last five years of BS16 1 sales average about £4,130 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.
Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, BS16 1 sits 27% above the national market.
A typical BS16 1 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
Year by year: the median as it was recorded, and the same figure brought into today's money with ONS CPIH, which is where "did homes get dearer" actually gets answered. Hover shows each year; the legend isolates a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £362,500 | £362,500 | 61 |
| 2025 | £342,500 | £350,690 | 184 |
| 2024 | £379,000 | £402,955 | 206 |
| 2023 | £341,200 | £374,895 | 171 |
| 2022 | £342,500 | £401,620 | 199 |
| 2021 | £331,500 | £419,722 | 297 |
| 2020 | £330,000 | £428,182 | 238 |
| 2019 | £325,000 | £425,997 | 327 |
| 2018 | £337,500 | £449,894 | 344 |
| 2017 | £315,000 | £429,628 | 321 |
| 2016 | £270,500 | £378,432 | 252 |
| 2015 | £200,000 | £282,600 | 270 |
| 2014 | £220,000 | £312,108 | 264 |
| 2013 | £199,000 | £286,341 | 307 |
| 2012 | £221,000 | £325,284 | 280 |
| 2011 | £180,000 | £271,731 | 228 |
| 2010 | £188,500 | £295,617 | 196 |
| 2009 | £175,000 | £281,314 | 168 |
| 2008 | £196,000 | £321,285 | 117 |
| 2007 | £210,000 | £356,218 | 220 |
| 2006 | £195,000 | £338,495 | 250 |
| 2005 | £170,000 | £302,531 | 230 |
| 2004 | £176,800 | £321,103 | 266 |
| 2003 | £157,000 | £289,232 | 217 |
| 2002 | £132,500 | £249,298 | 328 |
| 2001 | £113,500 | £218,198 | 411 |
| 2000 | £103,000 | £202,138 | 278 |
| 1999 | £87,000 | £173,386 | 176 |
| 1998 | £78,000 | £157,449 | 208 |
| 1997 | £63,000 | £129,200 | 157 |
| 1996 | £58,200 | £122,741 | 148 |
| 1995 | £52,200 | £113,475 | 88 |
In cash terms the typical BS16 1 home went from £52,200 in 1995 to £362,500 in 2026, roughly 7 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 219%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2018, and today's median remains roughly 19% under it: a 2018 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the BS16 1 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2016 (+35.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−10.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Annualised returns
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +5.8% | +3.4% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.8% | −2.9% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.0% | −0.4% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.1% | +0.3% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
How many homes change hands in BS16 1
How many homes change hands
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
Over the last twelve months of data, 61 sales completed in BS16 1. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 275 sales a year before the financial crisis and 164 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.
What tenants pay around BS16 1
BS16 1 falls under South Gloucestershire, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,450 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £989 a month for a typical one-bed to £2,208 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, South Gloucestershire
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £362,500 median purchase price, a rent of £1,450 a month (£17,400 a year) works out at a 4.8% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
Common questions on BS16 1 (Downend)
Are property prices falling in BS16 1 (Downend)?
Is BS16 1 (Downend) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in BS16 1 (Downend)?
What happens to BS16 1 prices now?
Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is up 9% over five years in cash but down 14% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.
BS16's current homes for sale
This is what you could actually buy today: 550 homes currently on the market from 10 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole BS16 district, not just BS16 1: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 25% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
- Heathcote Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16
- Colston Close, Soundwell, Bristol, BS16
- Frenchay Park Road, Bristol, Somerset...
"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every BS16 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
The price of an extra bedroom in BS
What homes of each size actually sold for across the BS area, from the Land Registry record. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £360,000 | £480,000 (+33%) | £710,000 (+48%) | £960,000 (+35%) |
| Semi-detached | £267,000 | £310,000 (+16%) | £372,000 (+20%) | £500,000 (+34%) | £857,110 (+71%) |
| Terraced | £253,750 | £299,000 (+18%) | £367,500 (+23%) | £500,000 (+36%) | £757,500 (+51%) |
| Flat | £200,000 | £268,450 (+34%) | £415,000 (+55%) | £582,500 (+40%) | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the BS area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Five-year change in the median, BS area districts
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Other sectors in BS16
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are BS16's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| BS16 2 | £377,500 | 62 |
| BS16 3 | £335,000 | 33 |
| BS16 4 | £325,000 | 54 |
| BS16 5 | £368,000 | 55 |
| BS16 6 | £452,500 | 46 |
| BS16 7 | £375,000 | 97 |
| BS16 9 | £350,000 | 61 |
Zoom out to the full BS16 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how BS16 compares with its neighbours.
Selling a home in BS16 1? Price it on the evidence
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in BS16 1, open the average prices map and zoom from the BS16 1 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded BS16 1 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim BS16 1.
Dig further
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about BS16 1. Free, with a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every BS16 1 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.