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New homes in Thurrock

35.9% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
160
Per 1,000 residents
0.9

Homes started in Thurrock

Homes started over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.

  • Thurrock
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodThurrock
Jun 2026160
Mar 2026130
Dec 202590
Sep 202580
Jun 202570
Mar 202560
Dec 202430
Sep 202450
Jun 202460
Mar 2024190
Dec 2023230
Sep 2023250
Jun 2023310
Mar 2023260
Dec 2022240
Sep 2022250
Jun 2022250
Mar 2022200
Dec 2021260
Sep 2021230
Jun 2021180
Mar 2021160
Dec 2020110
Sep 2020130
Jun 2020260
Mar 2020310
Dec 2019410
Sep 2019430
Jun 2019340
Mar 2019570
Dec 2018500
Sep 2018470
Jun 2018470
Mar 2018220
Dec 2017230
Sep 2017260
Jun 2017280
Mar 2017400
Dec 2016430
Sep 2016430
Jun 2016460
Mar 2016570
Dec 2015930
Sep 2015910
Jun 2015890
Mar 2015770
Dec 2014450
Sep 2014430
Jun 2014390
Mar 2014340
Dec 2013290
Sep 2013320
Jun 2013260
Mar 2013190
Dec 2012150
Sep 2012180
Jun 2012250
Mar 2012320
Dec 2011410
Sep 2011360
Jun 2011380
Mar 2011340
Dec 2010250
Sep 2010290
Jun 2010280
Mar 2010270
Dec 2009240
Sep 2009330
Jun 2009280
Mar 2009230
Dec 2008220
Sep 2008120
Jun 2008110
Mar 2008120
Dec 2007210
Sep 2007180
Jun 2007260
Mar 2007270
Dec 2006280
Sep 2006390
Jun 2006300
Mar 2006610
Dec 2005610

A start is the first count of a new home in the UK: no nation counts homes granted planning permission. Most starts are finished one to two years later. England's and Wales's counts come from building control, which misses some homes; Scotland counts housing association approvals as starts; Northern Ireland's begin in 2015.

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Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £288,463 and £325,901 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£307,182
Chance of a rise
19%

At the average sale price, a home costs £319,969. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,476 a month. The UK sets no cap on the payment; no more than 15% of new mortgages may lend over 4.5 times income.

Payment, two incomes
21%
Payment, one income
42%

Renting the average home costs less each month than owning it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average of all private tenancies. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.

Rent per month
£1,389
Owning per month
£1,507

Figures for United Kingdom: Thurrock has no reliable figures of its own.

Buyers living abroad bought 1.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q1 2025.

Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
1.8%

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 9 times since 1995. The deepest began in January 2008.

Deepest fall
−18.4%
Recovery from the low
64 months

In 2025 the population grew by 366 while 170 homes were finished: 2.2 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.2
Population change, 2025
+366

4.4% of the 69,537 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
4.4%
Empty homes
3,075

In 2025, 8% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
8%