Highertown, Truro house prices are built from 99 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 20 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £160,000. Across the 11 years from 2010 to 2021 the median moved +27.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +0.6%.
Median price paid
£160,000
Change in cash, 2010–2021
+27.2%
Change in real terms
+0.6%
Median per m²
£1,979
HM Land Registry99 sales29 with floor areaLatest sale 20 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Highertown, Truro prices moved
The chart tracks the median Highertown, Truro house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2021. 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 | 2 | £44,000 | £97,701 |
| 2000s | 3 | £115,000 | £209,496 |
| 2010s | 1 | £230,000 | £324,300 |
| 2020s | 1 | £292,500 | £298,859 |
The highest yearly median on record for Highertown, Truro is £292,500 in 2021; the lowest is £44,000 in 1996. Across the full 26-year record the cash median has moved from £44,000 to £292,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £95,446, so the real change over the whole record is +287.2% — about +5.56% 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: +27.2% in cash against +0.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 20 Mar 2026 | Detached | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 34 | 5 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £223,000 | £227,848 |
| 78 | 30 Aug 2024 | Detached | £250,000 | £263,060 |
| Restormel, 27 | 30 Nov 2022 | Detached | £311,000 | £360,320 |
| 32 | 17 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £290,000 | £335,990 |
| Foxwood 12 | 29 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £295,000 | £372,715 |
| Pencarrick 12 | 29 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £295,000 | £372,715 |
| 44 | 9 Jul 2021 | Terraced | £180,000 | £227,419 |
| 14 | 8 Jun 2021 | Detached | £340,000 | £429,570 |
| 20 | 16 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £290,000 | £366,398 |
| 54 | 12 Jan 2021 | Terraced | £210,000 | £265,323 |
| 16 | 15 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £549,950 | £712,056 |
| 33 | 9 Sep 2020 | Detached | £225,000 | £291,322 |
| 45 | 28 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £200,000 | £258,953 |
| 41 | 15 Apr 2019 | Detached | £250,000 | £326,994 |
| 78 | 30 Apr 2018 | Detached | £310,000 | £413,138 |
| Restormel, 27 | 15 Mar 2018 | Detached | £222,500 | £296,526 |
| 72 | 29 Jun 2017 | Detached | £280,000 | £381,081 |
| 70 | 20 Jan 2017 | Detached | £280,000 | £381,081 |
| 14 | 7 Oct 2016 | Detached | £267,500 | £373,441 |
| 78 | 12 Jul 2016 | Detached | £275,000 | £383,911 |
| Restormel, 27 | 2 Dec 2015 | Detached | £222,000 | £313,020 |
| 35 | 28 May 2015 | Detached | £185,000 | £260,850 |
| 34 | 1 Dec 2014 | Terraced | £170,950 | £245,208 |
| Restormel, 27 | 29 Aug 2014 | Detached | £158,000 | £226,633 |
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 Highertown, Truro values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Highertown | £125,000 (1997) | £375,000 (2026) | +3.9% | +1.2% |
| 34 Highertown | £72,000 (2001) | £223,000 (2025) | +4.8% | +2.0% |
| 78 Highertown | £275,000 (2016) | £250,000 (2024) | -1.2% | -4.6% |
| RESTORMEL, 27 Highertown | £125,000 (2013) | £311,000 (2022) | +10.7% | +7.9% |
| 32 Highertown | £133,500 (2002) | £290,000 (2022) | +4.0% | +1.3% |
| 44 Highertown | £40,000 (1997) | £180,000 (2021) | +6.5% | +4.2% |
| 54 Highertown | £60,000 (2004) | £210,000 (2021) | +7.6% | +5.2% |
| 16 Highertown | £144,000 (1999) | £549,950 (2020) | +6.6% | +4.3% |
| 45 Highertown | £110,000 (2000) | £200,000 (2020) | +3.0% | +0.8% |
| 41 Highertown | £163,746 (2011) | £250,000 (2019) | +5.4% | +3.4% |
| 72 Highertown | £87,000 (1996) | £280,000 (2017) | +5.7% | +3.4% |
| 70 Highertown | £73,000 (1996) | £280,000 (2017) | +6.6% | +4.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Highertown, Truro 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 | 47 | 47.5% | £205,000 | £36,500 – £500,000 |
| Terraced | 42 | 42.4% | £132,500 | £39,000 – £549,950 |
| Semi-detached | 7 | 7.1% | £185,000 | £42,000 – £290,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 3 | 3.0% | £295,000 | £160,000 – £295,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Highertown, Truro
3 of the sales on record are leasehold and 96 freehold — 3.0% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £295,000 and the median freehold sale £157,000 — a gap of -46.8%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 3 | 3.0% | £295,000 |
| Freehold | 96 | 97.0% | £157,000 |
A further 4 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 Highertown, Truro
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Cornwall, 37.4% of 321,040 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 14.2% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 3,287 | 1.0% |
| B | 36,937 | 11.5% |
| C | 79,827 | 24.9% |
| D | 92,894 | 28.9% |
| E | 62,653 | 19.5% |
| F | 32,170 | 10.0% |
| G | 13,272 | 4.1% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Cornwall at £1,005 a month as of Jun 2026 — £692 for a one-bedroom home and £1,082 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £160,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 7.54% 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 TR1, 194 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 76 violent, 3 burglary, 3 vehicle-related and 32 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.2 times busier.
Against the 570,305 residents the 2021 census counted in Cornwall, that is 0.34 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 Highertown, Truro
The 2021 census counted 570,305 residents in Cornwall across 250,533 households. 67.4% of those households own their home and 32.5% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
8 state and independent schools have a TR1 postcode: 5 primary, 1 nursery, 1 16 plus, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penair School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,223 |
| Archbishop Benson CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 421 |
| Bosvigo School | Primary | Community school | 317 |
| Tregolls Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 220 |
| St Mary's CofE School, Truro | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 203 |
| Truro Learning Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 190 |
| Truro Nursery School | Nursery | Local authority nursery school | 77 |
| Truro and Penwith College | 16 plus | Further education | — |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Truro Rail Station | Rail | 0.8 km |
| Ferry Landing | Ferry | 2.9 km |
| Tolverne Ferry Landing | Ferry | 5.0 km |
| Trelissick Ferry Landing | Ferry | 5.4 km |
Section 09
How Highertown, Truro compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Highertown, Truro sits above that national figure — +1.6%.
Within Truro the street ranks 698 of 916 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £197,500 (-19.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,979 per square metre, across 29 of the 99 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 £36,500 to £549,950. 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.
Highertown, Truro sits in Cornwall, in the South West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Cornwall at 8.6 times median local earnings of £33,889 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
- Treffry Road£290,000 median
- Tinney Drive£250,000 median
- College Way£218,530 median
- Station Road£159,000 median
- Chyvelah Vale£193,000 median
- Tregolls Road£245,000 median
- Daniell Road£249,998 median
- Falmouth Road£268,500 median
- Carrine Road£142,125 median
- Agar Road£167,750 median
- Kenwyn Street£109,975 median
- Halbullock View£172,000 median
- Penhaligon Court£145,000 median
- Quay Street£141,000 median
- Redannick Lane£101,250 median
- Bodmin Road£235,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 34 Highertown6 sales
- 58 Highertown6 sales
- RESTORMEL, 27 Highertown5 sales
- 14 Highertown4 sales
- 44 Highertown4 sales
- 54 Highertown4 sales
- 18 Highertown4 sales
- 56 Highertown4 sales
- 78 Highertown3 sales
- 32 Highertown3 sales
- 70 Highertown3 sales
- 30 Highertown3 sales
- 39 Highertown3 sales
- 49 Highertown3 sales
- 21 Highertown3 sales
- 16 Highertown2 sales
- 45 Highertown2 sales
- 41 Highertown2 sales
- 72 Highertown2 sales
- MEADOW LODGE Highertown2 sales
- 3 Highertown2 sales
- 37 Highertown2 sales
- ROSE COTTAGE, 15 Highertown2 sales
- 26 Highertown2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Highertown, Truro?
The median price paid in Highertown, Truro across every sale on the register is £160,000. 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 Highertown, Truro?
99 sales are on record for Highertown, Truro, the most recent completing on 20 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Highertown, Truro house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +27.2% between 2010 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +0.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Highertown, Truro house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £292,500, 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 Highertown, Truro?
£1,979 per square metre, from the 29 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 20 Mar 2026. 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, “Highertown, Truro 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.