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Property market | £420,589 for a semi-detached property |
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Airport access | Closest airport is Southampton (32.0 miles) |
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Broadband | 54.9mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) |
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Ethnic diversity | White: 91.9% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 8.1% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) |
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Socio-economic status | Ranked 89 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 544 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Newbury level) |
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Community | Median age is 43.5 | Population of 5,767 | Happiness is Above Average for Berkshire, High for UK |
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Crime | 2.0 burglaries per 1k people (West Berkshire) |
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Commute (approx) | - Reading (35 mins) - Paddington (54 mins) - Bristol Temple Meads (79 mins) |
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£420,589 for a semi-detached property |
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Closest airport is Southampton (32.0 miles) |
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54.9mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) |
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Median age is 43.5 | 5,767 | Happiness is Above Average for Berkshire, High for UK |
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Ranked 89 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 544 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Newbury level) |
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2.0 burglaries per 1k people (West Berkshire) |
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- Reading (35 mins) - Paddington (54 mins) - Bristol Temple Meads (79 mins) |
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Hungerford has one main store nearby, Tesco Hungerford Superstore. There are a few pubs and bars nearby, including: Borough Arms, Downgate, The, John O'Gaunt, The, Plume Of Feathers,The, Railway Tavern, Tutti Pole, The. Regarding restaurants and other types of eateries, there are a few nearby, including: Amore Italian Restaurant, Audley Inglewood, Eliane, Moonlight Restaurant, Redwood Restaurant. There are a few cafes and coffee shops nearby, including: Coffee #1, Costa, Cosy Coffee.
The property market in Hungerford has had an average increase over the last few years and accelerating growth. Based on data published on 14 August 2024, on average a detached house costs £690,148, which is up 4.3% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £420,589 (up 5.4% on last year) , a terraced house £333,444 (up 4.5% on last year) and a flat £222,098. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £931 per month. Property prices in Hungerford are similar to the average property prices across Berkshire and are a little higher compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Hungerford, prices have risen a little quicker than the annual average price change seen across the Berkshire region.
Property data is based on West Berkshire level pricing data and is as at June 2024 (publicised 14 August 2024)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to June 2024
| County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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| Northumberland | £341,537 | +9.1% | £193,799 | +9.1% |
| Oxfordshire | £681,167 | +7.2% | £446,842 | +8.5% |
| Warwickshire | £497,044 | +5.4% | £296,606 | +4.9% |
| Lancashire | £327,674 | +5.0% | £202,231 | +4.7% |
| Staffordshire | £368,206 | +4.6% | £231,129 | +5.4% |
| Buckinghamshire | £827,077 | +4.6% | £460,901 | +6.3% |
| Derbyshire | £337,829 | +4.5% | £211,624 | +3.9% |
| West Northamptonshire | £468,120 | +4.2% | £282,342 | +5.3% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £330,614 | +4.2% | £211,375 | +4.4% |
| Nottinghamshire | £339,334 | +4.2% | £214,324 | +4.5% |
| Leicestershire | £411,159 | +3.8% | £258,580 | +4.0% |
| Worcestershire | £449,059 | +3.7% | £281,497 | +4.8% |
| West Yorkshire | £351,674 | +3.7% | £216,569 | +4.4% |
| South Yorkshire | £291,325 | +3.7% | £192,231 | +4.7% |
| North Yorkshire | £413,652 | +3.6% | £267,964 | +4.5% |
| Greater Manchester | £405,945 | +3.6% | £266,387 | +3.8% |
| Shropshire | £395,032 | +3.3% | £256,716 | +5.5% |
| Gloucestershire | £525,561 | +3.1% | £333,967 | +3.5% |
| Herefordshire | £432,901 | +2.8% | £285,029 | +5.2% |
| West Sussex | £651,933 | +2.8% | £426,962 | +3.6% |
| Merseyside | £340,799 | +2.6% | £220,544 | +2.5% |
| Cambridgeshire | £468,546 | +2.2% | £329,883 | +4.2% |
| Hertfordshire | £909,469 | +2.0% | £535,434 | +2.5% |
| Devon | £483,813 | +1.7% | £334,482 | +4.3% |
| Essex | £566,401 | +1.4% | £375,725 | +2.5% |
| West Midlands | £407,451 | +1.2% | £251,243 | +2.2% |
| North Northamptonshire | £411,956 | +1.2% | £254,927 | +2.6% |
| Somerset | £440,632 | +0.9% | £290,138 | +3.0% |
| Suffolk | £432,182 | +0.6% | £274,497 | +0.9% |
| Wiltshire | £494,939 | +0.6% | £322,678 | +2.7% |
| Kent | £582,570 | +0.3% | £371,997 | +1.2% |
| Dorset | £512,149 | +0.2% | £345,395 | +2.6% |
| Hampshire | £605,590 | +0.2% | £380,521 | +1.3% |
| Norfolk | £385,381 | 0.0% | £261,753 | +2.2% |
| East Sussex | £567,509 | -0.2% | £375,770 | +1.6% |
| London | £1,032,371 | -0.7% | £680,157 | +2.6% |
| Surrey | £916,153 | -0.8% | £535,732 | +1.0% |
| Cornwall | £432,953 | -1.1% | £293,238 | +1.3% |
| Lincolnshire | £294,743 | -1.3% | £201,941 | +1.1% |
| Isle of Wight | £412,903 | -3.6% | £289,954 | -1.5% |
| Rutland | £496,567 | -5.6% | £313,758 | -3.6% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Hungerford, or click here to browse the longer list of Hungerford property transactions from 2023.
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Hungerford has a few schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including John O'Gaunt School (Academy) which is a secondary school based in Priory Road, Hungerford. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
| School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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| Hungerford Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (1/22/2020) | Ofsted Report Link | Hungerford | |
| John O'Gaunt School Save school | Secondary school Academy sponsor led - Mixed | 2: Good (6/12/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Hungerford | |
| Inkpen Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 4: Inadequate (7/20/2022) | 23 submissions 96.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Hungerford |
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| Hungerford Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (1/22/2020) |
| John O'Gaunt School Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 2: Good (6/12/2019) |
| Inkpen Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 4: Inadequate (7/20/2022) 23 submissions 96.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
| Station | Distance from Hungerford | Commute options |
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| Hungerford A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +11% from the previous year. | Nearby |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 44 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 70 mins - Great Western Railway - £532 monthly fare) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 91 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 143 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 148 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
| Kintbury A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +16% from the previous year. | 3 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 39 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 65 mins - Great Western Railway - £532 monthly fare) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 108 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 138 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 147 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
| Bedwyn A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +18% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 34 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 66 mins - Great Western Railway - £532 monthly fare) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 79 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 131 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 136 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
| Newbury A relatively busy station. Station footfall changed +9% from the previous year. | 10 miles |
- Reading (23 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (54 mins - Great Western Railway - £504 monthly fare) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 91 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 121 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 130 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
| Newbury Racecourse A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +20% from the previous year. | 11 miles |
- Reading (31 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 62 mins - Great Western Railway - £454 monthly fare) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 108 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 138 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 147 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (West Berkshire) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
| Ethnicity | % of West Berkshire residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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| White | 91.9% | 81.7% |
| Asian | 3.7% | 9.3% |
| Mixed | 2.4% | 2.9% |
| Black | 1.3% | 4.0% |
| Other | 0.7% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Newbury consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
| Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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| Intermediate occupations | 12.1% | |
| Small employers and own account workers | 11.3% | |
| Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 19.3% | 89 out of 573 |
| Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 21.9% | |
| Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 5.2% | |
| Semi-routine occupations | 10.5% | |
| Routine occupations | 9.8% | |
| Never worked / long-term unemployed | 4.9% | 544 out of 573 |
| Full-time students | 5.1% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Berkshire is fast (77mbps). Hungerford is slower than this, with average download speeds of 54.9mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Hungerford level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
| Average speed | 54.9 mbps |
| % households with superfast broadband access | 99.2% |
| % households unable to access decent broadband | 0.4% |
Crime stats were found at the West Berkshire level:
| Type | West Berkshire | UK |
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| Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 61 | 93 |
| Burglaries (per thousand people) | 2 | 5 |
| Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 9 | 10 |
| Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
| Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 22 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Hungerford.
Flood warningsThere are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
Flood areasThe areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
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| Thames | River Kennet, River Og, River Aldbourne, Froxfield Stream, River Dun, River Shalbourne | River Kennet from Berwick Bassett to Newbury including Winterbourne Monkton, Marlborough, Ramsbury, Hungerford, Denford, Kintbury and Newbury; also the River Og, the River Aldbourne, the Froxfield Stream, the River Dun and the River Shalbourne |
| Thames | River Kennet | River Kennet from Denford down to Marsh Benham including Kintbury |
| Thames | River Lambourn, Great Shefford Stream, Winterbourne Stream | River Lambourn from Lambourn to the Shaw area in Newbury including Eastbury, East Garston, Welford, Easton, Boxford, Woodspeen, Bagnor, Donnington, Great Shefford on the Great Shefford Stream and Winterbourne on the Winterbourne Stream |
| Thames | River Kennet, River Dun, River Shalbourne | River Kennet, the River Dun and the River Shalbourne at Hungerford and Eddington |
| Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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| Hungerford, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £420,589 Detached: £690,148 | 61 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 | 19.3% residents in higher managerial positions 4.9% residents long-term unemployed |
| Windsor, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Hot property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £609,545 Detached: £1,045,771 | 68 | Primary: 14Secondary: 10 | N/A |
| Cookham, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Affluent Hot property market | Semi-detached: £609,545 Detached: £1,045,771 | 68 | Primary: 7Secondary: 2 | 23.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.8% residents long-term unemployed |
| Hurley, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Affluent Hot property market | Semi-detached: £609,545 Detached: £1,045,771 | 68 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 23.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.8% residents long-term unemployed |
| Maidenhead, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Affluent Hot property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £609,545 Detached: £1,045,771 | 68 | Primary: 16Secondary: 5 | 23.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.8% residents long-term unemployed |
| Wargrave, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £461,766 Detached: £725,950 | 44 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 | 23.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.8% residents long-term unemployed |
| Wokingham, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £461,766 Detached: £725,950 | 44 | Primary: 15Secondary: 8 | 24.3% residents in higher managerial positions 4.4% residents long-term unemployed |
| Twyford, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £461,766 Detached: £725,950 | 44 | Primary: 8Secondary: 3 | 23.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.8% residents long-term unemployed |
| Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £420,589 Detached: £690,148 | 61 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 24.3% residents in higher managerial positions 4.4% residents long-term unemployed |
| Pangbourne, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £420,589 Detached: £690,148 | 61 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 | 14.9% residents in higher managerial positions 7.7% residents long-term unemployed |
| Bucklebury, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £420,589 Detached: £690,148 | 61 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 19.3% residents in higher managerial positions 4.9% residents long-term unemployed |
| Caversham, Berkshire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £416,058 Detached: £659,817 | 118 | Primary: 27Secondary: 11 | 19.0% residents in higher managerial positions 6.7% residents long-term unemployed |
| Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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| Hungerford, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £420,589 Detached: £690,148 | 61 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 |
| Windsor, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Hot property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £609,545 Detached: £1,045,771 | 68 | Primary: 14Secondary: 10 |
| Cookham, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Affluent Hot property market | Semi-detached: £609,545 Detached: £1,045,771 | 68 | Primary: 7Secondary: 2 |
| Hurley, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Affluent Hot property market | Semi-detached: £609,545 Detached: £1,045,771 | 68 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
| Maidenhead, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Affluent Hot property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £609,545 Detached: £1,045,771 | 68 | Primary: 16Secondary: 5 |
| Wargrave, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £461,766 Detached: £725,950 | 44 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 |
| Wokingham, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £461,766 Detached: £725,950 | 44 | Primary: 15Secondary: 8 |
| Twyford, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £461,766 Detached: £725,950 | 44 | Primary: 8Secondary: 3 |
| Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £420,589 Detached: £690,148 | 61 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
| Pangbourne, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £420,589 Detached: £690,148 | 61 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
| Bucklebury, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £420,589 Detached: £690,148 | 61 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
| Caversham, Berkshire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £416,058 Detached: £659,817 | 118 | Primary: 27Secondary: 11 |
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