The Drive, Hockley house prices are built from 64 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2025 and the most recent on 12 Sep 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £258,500.
Median price paid
£258,500
HM Land Registry64 salesLatest sale 12 Sep 2025
Section 01
How The Drive, Hockley prices moved
There are too few years of sales in The Drive, Hockley to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 12 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £362,000 | £369,870 |
| 73 | 7 Mar 2025 | Detached | £730,000 | £745,870 |
| 60 | 22 Mar 2024 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £368,284 |
| 9 | 28 Feb 2024 | Detached | £650,000 | £683,955 |
| 95 | 16 Dec 2022 | Detached | £685,000 | £793,632 |
| 31 | 11 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £401,000 | £464,593 |
| 46 | 27 May 2022 | Semi-detached | £390,000 | £451,849 |
| 43 | 25 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £375,000 | £434,470 |
| 1 | 12 Mar 2021 | Detached | £265,755 | £335,766 |
| 51 | 11 Mar 2021 | Detached | £645,000 | £814,919 |
| 34 | 2 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £357,500 | £451,680 |
| 65 | 1 Oct 2020 | Detached | £612,500 | £793,044 |
| 14 | 18 May 2020 | Detached | £370,000 | £479,063 |
| 32 | 23 Aug 2019 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £425,093 |
| 38 | 12 Jul 2019 | Semi-detached | £308,000 | £402,857 |
| 8 | 8 Mar 2019 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £457,792 |
| 15 | 5 Nov 2018 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £399,811 |
| 77 | 22 Oct 2018 | Detached | £665,000 | £886,248 |
| 74 | 17 Sep 2018 | Detached | £460,000 | £613,043 |
| 10 | 23 Jul 2018 | Detached | £460,000 | £613,043 |
| 28 | 28 Apr 2017 | Semi-detached | £306,000 | £416,467 |
| 30 | 2 Dec 2016 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £453,713 |
| 26 | 15 Jul 2016 | Semi-detached | £295,000 | £411,832 |
| 59 | 6 Jun 2016 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £362,970 |
| 2 | 28 Apr 2016 | Semi-detached | £257,000 | £358,782 |
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 Drive, Hockley values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 the Drive | £112,500 (1995) | £730,000 (2025) | +6.4% | +3.7% |
| 9 the Drive | £196,000 (2002) | £650,000 (2024) | +5.6% | +2.7% |
| 31 the Drive | £182,500 (2013) | £401,000 (2022) | +9.1% | +6.4% |
| 46 the Drive | £193,000 (2007) | £390,000 (2022) | +4.8% | +2.0% |
| 1 the Drive | £76,000 (1996) | £265,755 (2021) | +5.1% | +2.9% |
| 51 the Drive | £325,000 (2012) | £645,000 (2021) | +7.9% | +5.9% |
| 14 the Drive | £172,500 (2012) | £370,000 (2020) | +10.0% | +8.1% |
| 32 the Drive | £207,000 (2004) | £325,000 (2019) | +3.1% | +0.7% |
| 38 the Drive | £63,950 (1997) | £308,000 (2019) | +7.4% | +5.1% |
| 8 the Drive | £182,000 (2003) | £350,000 (2019) | +4.2% | +1.8% |
| 77 the Drive | £265,000 (2010) | £665,000 (2018) | +12.2% | +9.7% |
| 33 the Drive | £91,000 (1998) | £297,500 (2015) | +7.2% | +4.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. The Drive, Hockley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 31 | 48.4% | £265,000 | £60,000 – £730,000 |
| Semi-detached | 27 | 42.2% | £260,000 | £59,995 – £401,000 |
| Terraced | 6 | 9.4% | £91,000 | £59,950 – £375,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in The Drive, Hockley
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 64 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 | 64 | 100.0% | £258,500 |
| New build | 1 | 1.6% | £485,000 |
| Existing home | 63 | 98.4% | £257,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +88.7%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
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 Drive, Hockley
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Rochford, 41.9% of 33,916 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.3% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 320 | 0.9% |
| B | 4,695 | 13.8% |
| C | 9,211 | 27.2% |
| D | 12,865 | 37.9% |
| E | 5,370 | 15.8% |
| F | 1,203 | 3.5% |
| G | 252 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Rochford at £1,297 a month as of Jun 2026 — £888 for a one-bedroom home and £1,424 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £258,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.02% 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 SS5, 36 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 14 violent, 1 burglary, 2 vehicle-related and 8 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 4.6 times quieter.
Against the 85,661 residents the 2021 census counted in Rochford, that is 0.42 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 Drive, Hockley
The 2021 census counted 85,661 residents in Rochford across 35,558 households. 81.2% of those households own their home and 18.8% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
5 state and independent schools have a SS5 postcode: 4 primary, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lift Greensward | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,605 |
| Lift Plumberow | Primary | Academy converter | 633 |
| Riverside Primary School | Primary | Community school | 422 |
| Lift Westerings | Primary | Academy converter | 417 |
| Lift Hockley | Primary | Academy converter | 331 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hockley Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Rayleigh Rail Station | Rail | 3.8 km |
| Rochford Rail Station | Rail | 4.9 km |
| North Fambridge Rail Station | Rail | 5.1 km |
Section 09
How The Drive, Hockley compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. The Drive, Hockley sits above that national figure — +64.1%.
Within Hockley the street ranks 109 of 263 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £241,000 (+7.3%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £59,950 to £730,000. 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 Drive, Hockley sits in Rochford, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Rochford at 11.1 times median local earnings of £36,625 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
- Main Road£249,998 median
- Ferry Road£195,000 median
- Plumberow Avenue£286,250 median
- Lower Road£263,000 median
- Rectory Road£210,000 median
- Barnwell Drive£155,000 median
- Greensward Lane£235,000 median
- Burnham Road£235,000 median
- Southend Road£187,500 median
- Broad Walk£228,000 median
- Sudeley Gardens£114,998 median
- Cornhill Avenue£188,500 median
- Grasmere Avenue£222,500 median
- Orchard Avenue£240,000 median
- Hawkwell Chase£204,000 median
- Hamilton Gardens£260,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 1 the Drive3 sales
- 32 the Drive3 sales
- 66 the Drive3 sales
- 73 the Drive2 sales
- 9 the Drive2 sales
- 31 the Drive2 sales
- 46 the Drive2 sales
- 51 the Drive2 sales
- 14 the Drive2 sales
- 38 the Drive2 sales
- 8 the Drive2 sales
- 77 the Drive2 sales
- 33 the Drive2 sales
- 72 the Drive2 sales
- 83 the Drive2 sales
- 48 the Drive2 sales
- 41 the Drive2 sales
- 12 the Drive2 sales
- 54 the Drive2 sales
Back to Hockley house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in The Drive, Hockley?
The median price paid in The Drive, Hockley across every sale on the register is £258,500. 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 Drive, Hockley?
64 sales are on record for The Drive, Hockley, the most recent completing on 12 Sep 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
What is the price per square metre in The Drive, Hockley?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 12 Sep 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 Drive, Hockley 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.