The Driveway, Canvey Island house prices are built from 108 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 15 Dec 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £185,500. Across the 11 years from 2014 to 2025 the median moved +35.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -3.7%.
Median price paid
£185,500
Change in cash, 2014–2025
+35.2%
Change in real terms
-3.7%
Median per m²
£2,932
HM Land Registry108 sales22 with floor areaLatest sale 15 Dec 2025
Section 01
How The Driveway, Canvey Island prices moved
The chart tracks the median The Driveway, Canvey Island house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | £71,750 | £159,319 |
| 2000s | 3 | £183,000 | £333,372 |
| 2010s | 3 | £268,000 | £377,880 |
| 2020s | 2 | £315,000 | £321,848 |
The highest yearly median on record for The Driveway, Canvey Island is £325,000 in 2021; the lowest is £56,500 in 1997. Across the full 29-year record the cash median has moved from £56,500 to £315,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £119,796, so the real change over the whole record is +168.7% — about +3.59% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +35.2% in cash against -3.7% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 15 Dec 2025 | Detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 94 | 31 Oct 2025 | Detached | £265,000 | £270,761 |
| 12 | 18 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £440,000 | £449,565 |
| 16 | 9 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £305,000 | £311,630 |
| 73 | 28 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £321,848 |
| 44 | 12 Apr 2024 | Semi-detached | £295,000 | £310,410 |
| 17 | 23 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £378,161 |
| 53 | 20 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £285,000 | £307,931 |
| 50 | 6 Jul 2023 | Semi-detached | £380,000 | £410,575 |
| 33 | 19 Jun 2023 | Detached | £385,000 | £415,977 |
| 45 | 8 Jun 2022 | Semi-detached | £348,000 | £403,188 |
| 55 | 17 Nov 2021 | Semi-detached | £276,000 | £348,710 |
| 49 | 24 Sep 2021 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £410,618 |
| 88 | 3 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £450,000 | £568,548 |
| 20 | 5 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £385,000 | £486,425 |
| 42 | 15 Jan 2021 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £379,032 |
| 29 | 12 Mar 2020 | Semi-detached | £273,000 | £353,471 |
| 92 | 30 Jan 2020 | Detached | £255,000 | £330,165 |
| 31 | 22 Nov 2019 | Semi-detached | £271,000 | £354,462 |
| 3 | 6 Sep 2019 | Detached | £320,000 | £418,553 |
| 47 | 6 Dec 2018 | Semi-detached | £275,000 | £366,493 |
| 38 | 30 Nov 2018 | Detached | £425,000 | £566,399 |
| 41 | 30 Nov 2018 | Detached | £268,000 | £357,164 |
| 67 | 14 Sep 2018 | Semi-detached | £265,000 | £353,166 |
| 58 | 30 Aug 2018 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £313,185 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to The Driveway, Canvey Island values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 the Driveway | £63,000 (1997) | £440,000 (2025) | +7.2% | +4.4% |
| 17 the Driveway | £40,000 (1997) | £350,000 (2023) | +8.7% | +5.9% |
| 50 the Driveway | £73,150 (1999) | £380,000 (2023) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| 45 the Driveway | £152,000 (2012) | £348,000 (2022) | +8.6% | +5.9% |
| 49 the Driveway | £161,500 (2009) | £325,000 (2021) | +6.0% | +3.7% |
| 88 the Driveway | £276,000 (2006) | £450,000 (2021) | +3.3% | +1.0% |
| 20 the Driveway | £262,500 (2007) | £385,000 (2021) | +2.8% | +0.5% |
| 92 the Driveway | £185,000 (2005) | £255,000 (2020) | +2.2% | -0.1% |
| 31 the Driveway | £67,000 (1998) | £271,000 (2019) | +6.9% | +4.6% |
| 3 the Driveway | £220,000 (2008) | £320,000 (2019) | +3.5% | +1.1% |
| 47 the Driveway | £177,500 (2011) | £275,000 (2018) | +6.5% | +4.3% |
| 67 the Driveway | £47,000 (1996) | £265,000 (2018) | +8.2% | +5.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. The Driveway, Canvey Island is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 77 | 71.3% | £180,000 | £40,000 – £450,000 |
| Detached | 29 | 26.9% | £226,000 | £8,000 – £425,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 1 | 0.9% | £290,000 | £290,000 – £290,000 |
| Terraced | 1 | 0.9% | £100,000 | £100,000 – £100,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in The Driveway, Canvey Island
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 108 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 108 | 100.0% | £185,500 |
A further 2 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in The Driveway, Canvey Island
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Castle Point, 27.7% of 34,113 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.7% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 89 | 0.3% |
| B | 1,930 | 5.7% |
| C | 7,443 | 21.8% |
| D | 16,097 | 47.2% |
| E | 6,934 | 20.3% |
| F | 1,349 | 4.0% |
| G | 271 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Castle Point at £1,255 a month as of Jun 2026 — £937 for a one-bedroom home and £1,417 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £185,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 8.12% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of SS8, 238 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 103 violent, 17 burglary, 6 vehicle-related and 45 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.4 times busier.
Against the 89,587 residents the 2021 census counted in Castle Point, that is 2.66 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around The Driveway, Canvey Island
The 2021 census counted 89,587 residents in Castle Point across 37,389 households. 80.4% of those households own their home and 19.5% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
12 state and independent schools have a SS8 postcode: 10 primary, 2 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle View School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,098 |
| Northwick Park Primary and Nursery Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 644 |
| Winter Gardens Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 411 |
| Leigh Beck Infant School and Nursery Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 342 |
| Leigh Beck Junior School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 319 |
| Canvey Junior School | Primary | Community school | 239 |
| Canvey Island Infant School and Nursery | Primary | Community school | 216 |
| St Katherine's Church of England Primary School | Primary | Foundation school | 213 |
| Lubbins Park Primary Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 211 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Nursery | Primary | Academy converter | 200 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Benfleet Rail Station | Rail | 3.1 km |
| Leigh-on-Sea Rail Station | Rail | 4.1 km |
| Chalkwell Rail Station | Rail | 5.9 km |
| Pitsea Rail Station | Rail | 7.2 km |
Section 09
How The Driveway, Canvey Island compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. The Driveway, Canvey Island sits above that national figure — +17.8%.
Within Canvey Island the street ranks 131 of 463 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £159,995 (+15.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,932 per square metre, across 22 of the 108 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £8,000 to £450,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
The Driveway, Canvey Island sits in Castle Point, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Castle Point at 9.8 times median local earnings of £36,715 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- May Avenue£145,250 median
- Hilton Road£130,000 median
- Long Road£192,750 median
- Link Road£142,000 median
- Maurice Road£155,000 median
- High Street£120,500 median
- Church Parade£180,000 median
- Central Avenue£162,500 median
- Furtherwick Road£168,750 median
- Thisselt Road£160,000 median
- Waarden Road£145,000 median
- Western Esplanade£116,500 median
- Thorney Bay Road£246,000 median
- Tilburg Road£140,000 median
- Denham Road£155,750 median
- Urmond Road£152,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 17 the Driveway6 sales
- 50 the Driveway4 sales
- 92 the Driveway4 sales
- 10 the Driveway4 sales
- 12 the Driveway3 sales
- 3 the Driveway3 sales
- 47 the Driveway3 sales
- 67 the Driveway3 sales
- 79 the Driveway3 sales
- 26 the Driveway3 sales
- 19 the Driveway3 sales
- 45 the Driveway2 sales
- 49 the Driveway2 sales
- 88 the Driveway2 sales
- 20 the Driveway2 sales
- 31 the Driveway2 sales
- 58 the Driveway2 sales
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- 61 the Driveway2 sales
- 65 the Driveway2 sales
- 11 the Driveway2 sales
- 70 the Driveway2 sales
- 9 the Driveway2 sales
- 76 the Driveway2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in The Driveway, Canvey Island?
The median price paid in The Driveway, Canvey Island across every sale on the register is £185,500. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in The Driveway, Canvey Island?
108 sales are on record for The Driveway, Canvey Island, the most recent completing on 15 Dec 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have The Driveway, Canvey Island house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +35.2% between 2014 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -3.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were The Driveway, Canvey Island house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £325,000, set in 2021. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in The Driveway, Canvey Island?
£2,932 per square metre, from the 22 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 15 Dec 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “The Driveway, Canvey Island house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.