Property market | £354,566 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Bristol (38.4 miles) | |
Broadband | 39.9mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 220 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 530 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (North Dorset level) | |
Crime | 4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Dorset) | |
Commute (approx) | - Reading (118 mins) - Bristol Temple Meads (127 mins) - London Waterloo (134 mins) - Vauxhall (150 mins) - Paddington (157 mins) - Cardiff Central (183 mins) - Birmingham New Street (219 mins) - Manchester Piccadilly (314 mins) - Leeds (360 mins) - York (365 mins)... (view more here) | |
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£354,566 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Bristol (38.4 miles) | |
39.9mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ranked 220 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 530 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (North Dorset level) | |
4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Dorset) | |
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The property market in Wonston has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £540,136, which is down -2.1% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £354,566 (down -2.2% on last year) , a terraced house £282,447 (down -3.2% on last year) and a flat £189,690. Property prices in Wonston are similar to the average property prices across Dorset 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 Wonston, prices have had a greater decrease than the annual average price decrease seen across the Dorset region.
Property data is based on Dorset level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
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 Wonston, or click here to browse the longer list of Wonston property transactions from 2023.
Address | Details |
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MEDDO HOUSE, , Sturminster Newton, Dorset , DT10 2EE | Detached - Sold for £1,040,000 on 08/08/2023 |
THE BYRE, , Sturminster Newton, Dorset , DT10 2EE | Detached - Sold for £540,000 on 05/26/2023 |
7, The Orchard, Sturminster Newton, Dorset , DT10 2ER | Detached - Sold for £520,000 on 08/08/2023 |
Wonston has one school nearby: Hazelbury Bryan Primary School (Maintained school) which is a primary school based in Droop, Sturminster Newton. 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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Hazelbury Bryan Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (1/23/2014) | Ofsted Report Link | Sturminster Newton |
School | Type |
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Hazelbury Bryan Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (1/23/2014) |
Station | Distance from Wonston | Commute options |
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Sherborne A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -7% from the previous year. | 10 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 118 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 127 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - London Waterloo (1 change(s) - 144 mins - South Western Railway - £717 monthly fare) View details - Vauxhall (1 change(s) - 150 mins - South Western Railway - £717 monthly fare) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 157 mins - Great Western Railway - £717 monthly fare) View details |
Templecombe A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed -13% from the previous year. | 12 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 110 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 119 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - London Waterloo (1 change(s) - 134 mins - South Western Railway - £666 monthly fare) View details - Vauxhall (1 change(s) - 142 mins - South Western Railway - £666 monthly fare) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 164 mins - Great Western Railway - £666 monthly fare) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 175 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
Dorchester West A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed -38% from the previous year. | 15 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 120 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (148 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 159 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
Gillingham (Dorset) A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -7% from the previous year. | 15 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 103 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 112 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - London Waterloo (1 change(s) - 127 mins - South Western Railway - £636 monthly fare) View details - Vauxhall (1 change(s) - 135 mins - South Western Railway - £636 monthly fare) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 168 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 171 mins - Great Western Railway - £636 monthly fare) View details |
Dorchester South A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +7% from the previous year. | 15 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 140 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 173 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Vauxhall (1 change(s) - 173 mins - South Western Railway) View details |
Yeovil Junction A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -10% from the previous year. | 15 miles |
- Reading (100 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 123 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (136 mins - Great Western Railway - £728 monthly fare) View details - London Waterloo (1 change(s) - 152 mins - South Western Railway - £728 monthly fare) View details - Vauxhall (1 change(s) - 158 mins - South Western Railway - £728 monthly fare) View details |
Yeovil Pen Mill A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +2% from the previous year. | 15 miles |
- Reading (95 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (111 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (131 mins - Great Western Railway - £1218 monthly fare) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 159 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - London Waterloo (1 change(s) - 173 mins - South Western Railway - £1218 monthly fare) View details |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the North Dorset 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 | 12.0% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 15.2% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 13.2% | 220 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 22.1% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 5.9% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 11.2% | |
Routine occupations | 10.8% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 5.1% | 530 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 4.6% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Dorset is average (49mbps). Wonston is slower than this, with average download speeds of 39.9mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the North Dorset level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 39.9 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 89.6% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.7% |
Crime stats were found at the Dorset level:
Type | Dorset | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 66 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 4 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 5 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 26 | 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 Wonston.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The 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.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Wessex | River Stour, River Lodden, River Shreen | Tributaries between Gillingham and Sturminster Newton |
Wessex | Groundwater | Bridport, Chideock, Martinstown, Milborne St. Andrew, Nottington, Piddlehinton, Piddletrenthide, Upwey, Winterborne Abbas, Winterborne Kingston, Winterborne Steepleton, Winterborne Stickland, Winterborne Whitechurch and Winterborne Zelston |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Wonston, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness Very High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 13.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.1% residents long-term unemployed |
Abbotsbury, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: Secondary: | 13.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Ashmore, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness Very High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: Secondary: | 13.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.1% residents long-term unemployed |
Dorchester, Dorset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 8Secondary: 4 | 13.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Lyme Regis, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 | 13.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Sherborne, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 3Secondary: 5 | 13.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Southbourne, Dorset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 | 13.0% residents in higher managerial positions 6.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Ferndown, Dorset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Local M&S Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 4Secondary: 2 | 14.2% residents in higher managerial positions 6.1% residents long-term unemployed |
Wimborne Minster, Dorset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 7Secondary: 5 | 14.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.1% residents long-term unemployed |
Swanage, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 4Secondary: 2 | 10.5% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Weymouth, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local M&S Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 9Secondary: 2 | 10.5% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Shaftesbury, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness Very High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 4Secondary: 2 | 13.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.1% residents long-term unemployed |
Charminster, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 5Secondary: 3 | 13.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Canford Cliffs, Dorset Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 | 14.0% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Studland, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: Secondary: | 10.5% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Beaminster, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: Secondary: | 13.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Wonston, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness Very High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Abbotsbury, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: Secondary: |
Ashmore, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness Very High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: Secondary: |
Dorchester, Dorset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 8Secondary: 4 |
Lyme Regis, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
Sherborne, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 3Secondary: 5 |
Southbourne, Dorset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 |
Ferndown, Dorset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Local M&S Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 4Secondary: 2 |
Wimborne Minster, Dorset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 7Secondary: 5 |
Swanage, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 4Secondary: 2 |
Weymouth, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local M&S Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 9Secondary: 2 |
Shaftesbury, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness Very High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 4Secondary: 2 |
Charminster, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 5Secondary: 3 |
Canford Cliffs, Dorset Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 |
Studland, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: Secondary: |
Beaminster, Dorset Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £354,566 Detached: £540,136 | 66 | Primary: Secondary: |
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