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Bishopston market report SA3, Swansea
The SA3 (Bishopston) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. The raw material for this page is 14,436 HM Land Registry entries for SA3 (Swansea), going back to 1995: each an actual purchase at an actual price. Rents come from the ONS. Valuations, estimates and asking prices appear nowhere in it.
Sales recorded to July 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: the typical home in SA3 (Swansea) sold for £342,500 in 2026, the median of 144 registered sales, up 0% on five years earlier. The mean was £377,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,500 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 14,436 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
The postcode district SA3 covering Bishopston, Blackpill, Caswell sits in Swansea. A district is the workhorse unit for reading a market: local enough to be meaningful, busy enough that the medians rest on a steady flow of sales.
Where SA3 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 SA3 prices, from the sold record
Across 144 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) SA3 home went for £342,500. The mean is £377,200, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
SA3 prices by floor area
The last five years of sales put SA3 at roughly £3,500 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts SA3 20% above the country at large.
SA3's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
Two lines: the median in the money of its day, and the same years restated by ONS CPIH into today's money, which is the truer test of getting dearer. Hover for exact figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £342,500 | £342,500 | 144 |
| 2025 | £370,000 | £378,848 | 417 |
| 2024 | £385,000 | £409,334 | 375 |
| 2023 | £349,500 | £384,015 | 348 |
| 2022 | £367,000 | £430,349 | 447 |
| 2021 | £342,500 | £433,649 | 603 |
| 2020 | £295,000 | £382,769 | 395 |
| 2019 | £272,200 | £356,789 | 420 |
| 2018 | £272,000 | £362,581 | 443 |
| 2017 | £260,000 | £354,614 | 482 |
| 2016 | £255,000 | £356,748 | 494 |
| 2015 | £247,000 | £349,011 | 459 |
| 2014 | £236,200 | £335,091 | 466 |
| 2013 | £232,700 | £334,832 | 407 |
| 2012 | £230,000 | £338,531 | 339 |
| 2011 | £215,000 | £324,567 | 349 |
| 2010 | £240,000 | £376,382 | 335 |
| 2009 | £216,200 | £347,543 | 410 |
| 2008 | £246,000 | £403,246 | 310 |
| 2007 | £244,500 | £414,740 | 518 |
| 2006 | £235,000 | £407,930 | 543 |
| 2005 | £225,000 | £400,409 | 440 |
| 2004 | £206,000 | £374,136 | 403 |
| 2003 | £160,000 | £294,759 | 529 |
| 2002 | £125,000 | £235,186 | 627 |
| 2001 | £104,000 | £199,935 | 573 |
| 2000 | £92,000 | £180,550 | 570 |
| 1999 | £79,500 | £158,439 | 555 |
| 1998 | £82,000 | £165,523 | 551 |
| 1997 | £80,000 | £164,064 | 606 |
| 1996 | £70,500 | £148,681 | 506 |
| 1995 | £71,800 | £156,082 | 372 |
In cash terms the typical SA3 home went from £71,800 in 1995 to £342,500 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 119%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. The real-terms peak came in 2021, and today's median remains roughly 21% under it: a 2021 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the SA3 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 2004 (+28.7% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−12.1%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What SA3 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −7.4% | −9.6% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | 0.0% | −4.6% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.0% | −0.4% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +1.9% | −0.9% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of detached houses dominate the record here, 41% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £470,000 against £179,800 for a flat, 2.6 times the price.
Median by property type, SA3
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £470,000 | 57 | 5,966 |
| Semi-detached | £325,000 | 41 | 3,850 |
| Terraced | £297,500 | 30 | 2,530 |
| Flats | £179,800 | 16 | 2,090 |
Transaction volumes
Sales per year, counted
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.
Month by month, five years back
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
The register shows 322 SA3 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 525 sales a year before the financial crisis and 346 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
What kind of market SA3 is
SA3 sits 2 of 51 in its area's price order, well inside the expensive end.
The rental side of SA3
SA3 falls under Swansea, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £838 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £677 a month here against £1,257 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Swansea
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £342,500 median sold price, £838 a month is £10,056 a year, a gross yield of 2.9%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.
SA3 (Bishopston): the questions that come up
Is SA3 (Bishopston) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in SA3 (Bishopston)?
Are property prices falling in SA3 (Bishopston)?
Are SA3 prices heading up or down?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 21% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.
On the market in SA3 today
Everything above is what homes in SA3 sold for. This is what you could actually buy today: 72 homes currently on the market from 4 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 31% above the SA3 median sold price.
Of everything listed here, 28% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
- Reynoldston, Swansea, SA3
- Clyne Common, Clyne Common, Swansea
- Eastlands Park, Bishopston, Swansea, SA3, Swansea
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every SA3 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
What another bedroom costs in SA
What homes of each size actually sold for across the SA area, from the Land Registry record. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £225,000 | £300,000 (+33%) | £420,000 (+40%) | £518,750 (+24%) |
| Semi-detached | £152,000 | £168,000 (+11%) | £190,000 (+13%) | £268,000 (+41%) | £350,000 (+31%) |
| Terraced | £132,500 | £130,000 (-2%) | £148,670 (+14%) | £185,000 (+24%) | £270,000 (+46%) |
| Flat | £107,500 | £145,000 (+35%) | £222,500 (+53%) | — | — |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.
The risers and the fallers
SA3 ranks 39 of 51 in the SA area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
SA area districts: five years of change
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Inside SA3, sector by sector
The next slice down is the postcode sector: a group of streets, each with its own report. Two sectors a short walk apart can trade at sharply different prices.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| SA3 1 | £447,500 | 10 |
| SA3 2 | £360,000 | 9 |
| SA3 3 | £327,500 | 21 |
| SA3 4 | £330,000 | 48 |
| SA3 5 | £330,000 | 56 |
How SA3 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the SA area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| SA42 | £345,000 | -6% |
| SA3 (this report) | £342,500 | +0% |
| SA36 | £316,200 | +44% |
| SA41 | £300,000 | +40% |
| SA69 | £295,200 | -5% |
| SA39 | £295,000 | +56% |
| SA32 | £292,500 | -2% |
| SA63 | £290,000 | +3% |
| SA45 | £289,000 | +9% |
| SA67 | £288,500 | +22% |
| SA62 | £275,000 | +10% |
| SA68 | £270,000 | +15% |
| SA35 | £268,500 | +21% |
| SA34 | £268,000 | +3% |
| SA19 | £265,800 | +13% |
| SA33 | £263,500 | +12% |
| SA40 | £250,000 | +49% |
| SA44 | £246,800 | +7% |
| SA2 | £240,000 | +6% |
| SA46 | £238,000 | +6% |
| SA38 | £235,000 | -15% |
| SA37 | £230,000 | -26% |
| SA70 | £230,000 | -10% |
| SA43 | £220,000 | -7% |
Thinking of selling in SA3? Get a rough value first
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in SA3, open the average prices map and zoom from the SA3 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded SA3 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
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Take it further
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to SA3. Free after a one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual SA3 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on 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.