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HP6 (Amersham) area guide
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Postcode District:
HP6
Postcode District Name:
Amersham
Location:
The HP6 postcode district lies within or includes part of the following towns, counties, localities, electoral wards and stations: Amersham, Amersham Common, Amersham Station, Amersham-on-the-Hill, Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge, Buckinghamshire, Chesham Bois, Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill, Hyde Heath, Little Chalfont, Little Missenden.
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Present Day:
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Notes:
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A Mouseprice property guide for HP6 Amersham is coming soon. In the meantime, please have a look at the raw data and statistics about HP6 that can be found by click the relevant links on the left hand side.
Old area guide:
The commentary below was written for the mouseprice.com website in 2006, please be aware that the comments below might be out of date. We recommend disregarding these comments in favour of the data that can be found either above or in the other sections of this website.
Market trends:
 The size of the property market in HP6 is 5483 homes.
When compared against a national average compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the last 5 years of 12.5%, the growth in this postcode district has been 12.6%. This could well be because this is a dynamic local economy and housing market. Property price growth in this area has significantly exceeded growth in earnings and the national average house price growth, and so the likelihood of it continuing will be dependent upon price earnings ratio, as well as investment by developers and local authorities in continually upgrading local infrastructure, schools, in addition to the continued strength of the local and national economies and any other economies upon which the area depends.
Over the last 3 months, the average property value for this postcode district has been £388527.
When examining the ability of consumers to further extend themselves in the face of increasing property prices, many commentators pay close attention to the price earnings ratio. Price Earnings Ratio in this postcode district is 17.8.
New transactions as a percentage of overall sales are 2.9%.
Housing stock:
The most readily available type of property in the area are Detached Houses, making up 44.9% of the total.
Terraced Houses account for the lowest percentage of the housing stock in this district, at only 12.1%.
This is an area with a high proportion of property suitable for families with children.
Socially rented accommodation represents 13.1% of the total rented accommodation in the area.
The majority of property in this area is owner occupied.
The average price of a two bed property in this area is higher than the national average of £187894 at £260375.
Who lives here:
Total population in this area is 13276.
The average age in this area is 42.
This area has a high percentage of married people at 22.2%.
Average working hours in this area for men are 43 and for women are 30.
This area has 13.3 people per square kilometre.
Job prospects in this area are good with low unemployment (1.8%). Most jobs are found in the Real Estate and Wholesale & Retail sectors.
This area has one of the highest proportions of degree educated people in the country, at 36.9%.
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