Northern Ireland House Price Statistics by Local Government District, 2005–2024

Annual descriptive price statistics for 11 Local Government Districts in Northern Ireland from 2005 to 2024. The dataset includes minimum, lower quartile, median, mean, upper quartile, and maximum sale prices, along with the number of verified sales, published by the Government Digital Service. Data is filtered to include only arms-length sales of properties with habitable space between 30m2 and 1000m2 and a sale price over £20,000.

Use Cases

• Compare housing affordability across different Local Government Districts based on the provided quartile and median prices.
• Analyze the distribution of property sale prices within a district for a given year using the minimum, maximum, and quartile values.
• Track the annual volume of verified property transactions in Northern Ireland based on the number of sales statistic.
• Identify potential outliers or market extremes in a district's housing market using the reported minimum and maximum sale prices.

Strengths

• Covers a 20-year time range from 2005 to 2024, providing a long-term view of the housing market.
• Includes seven key descriptive statistics per district per year, offering a multi-faceted view of price distribution.
• Applies consistent data filters (e.g., arms-length sales, price > £20,000) to improve comparability.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description explicitly warns that the median and mean prices are not standardised and should not be used to calculate pure price change over time.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from verified property sales records and a regression model.

Time Range

2005–2024

Freshness

Data is updated annually, covering up to the 2024 calendar year.

Geography

Northern Ireland, specifically 11 Local Government Districts