Property searches in Dorset

England · figures updated 2026-10-29

Type any address in Dorset for a free report: flood risk, planning constraints, listed buildings, radon, ground and mining, old landfill, noise, sold prices, council tax band and more, with links and ready-made letters for the searches that are not free.

House prices

The average home in Dorset cost £328,589 in August 2026. Prices have barely moved in the last year.

Type	Average	Last 12 months
All homes	£328,589	-0.4%
Detached	£519,998	-0.2%
Semi-detached	£333,127	+0.5%
Terraced	£267,978	+0.2%
Flat or maisonette	£169,474	-3.0%
First-time buyers	£257,241	-0.4%

UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry.

Council tax 2026-27

A band D home in Dorset pays £2,765 a year including parish charges (council average). A single adult gets 25% off.

Band	A year	A month (10 payments)
A	£1,843	£184
B	£2,151	£215
C	£2,458	£246
D	£2,765	£277
E	£3,379	£338
F	£3,994	£399
G	£4,608	£461
H	£5,530	£553

Renting

The average private rent is £1,059 a month (+4.2% in a year). Against the average price, that is a gross yield of about 3.9% a year before costs.

Bedrooms	A month
1	£733
2	£969
3	£1,194
4 or more	£1,688

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026.

Neighbourhoods

Dorset is split into 224 small neighbourhoods. 4% of them are among the most deprived 20% in England and 17% among the least deprived 20% (English Indices of Deprivation 2025). On average across them, 71% of homes are owned, 16% privately rented and 12% socially rented; 30% of people are 65 or over and 13% of households have no car (Census 2021). Search an address to see its own neighbourhood.

Mobile signal

99.3% of homes get 4G indoors from at least one network and 81.7% from all four; 94.2% get 5G outdoors (Ofcom, January 2026).

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