The typical home in the BT8 area, Belfast · Lisburn and Castlereagh is valued at £242,973 — 10% below the UK average of £271,295. Over the year to 2024, values rose 9.3%, from £222,229 to £242,973. Since 2005, typical values in BT8 have grown by 57%.
Knockbracken is the most expensive ward in BT8, with a typical value of £345,500. BT8 has 11,966 recorded sales since 2005. Nearby districts include BT4, BT5, BT6.
Properties
LPS domestic valuation list
Land & Property Services
Capital values are LPS rates valuations as at 1 January 2005 — not what a property would
sell for today.
Looking for a specific address?
Land & Property Services publishes statistics for Northern Ireland rather than individual
transactions, so we can't show per-address sale history. Search a full BT8 postcode on our
property search to list its addresses and rates valuations, and see
quarterly council-level trends on our
Belfast page.
NI Multiple Deprivation Measure 2017 · 10 = least deprived · vs all NI postcode districts
Broadband & Connectivity
Availability across the district's postcodes · Ofcom Connected Nations
EXCELLENT
93%Gigabit
Superfast (30Mbps+)99.6%
Gigabit (1Gbps+)92.7%
Property Value Trends
Official ward-level statistics
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"Typical price" is the sales-weighted average of the median price in each electoral ward this
district's postcodes fall within — the ward statistics LPS publishes instead of individual
sale records. A ward can extend beyond the district itself.
Market Summary
Typical Price
£243k
YoY Change
↑ 9.3%
Sales in 2024
743
Wards
11
Prices vary widely between wards, so location within the district matters as much as the district itself.
Ward Prices
Knockbracken£346k
Carryduff West£253k
Cairnshill£247k
Ballymacbrennan£245k
Moneyreagh£240k
Median sale price by electoral ward, 2024
Electoral wards in BT8
Median sale prices by ward, 2024
LPS / NISRA
Ward
Median Price
Lower Quartile
Sales
Knockbracken
£345,500
£245,000
68
Carryduff West
£252,959
£225,000
130
Cairnshill
£247,000
£200,000
58
Ballymacbrennan
£245,000
£204,000
40
Moneyreagh
£240,000
£169,950
43
Galwally
£237,500
£213,000
40
Carryduff East
£235,000
£188,000
71
Rosetta
£222,000
£164,950
92
Hillfoot
£215,000
£187,000
65
Newtownbreda
£215,000
£182,500
40
Belvoir
£213,750
£139,000
96
Wards this district's postcodes fall within; a ward can extend beyond the district itself.
Neighbourhood Demographics
Census 2021 · 115,804 residents across the Balmoral and Castlereagh East and Castlereagh South and Downshire East and Lisnasharragh electoral areas
60%
Working Age
28%
Households with Children
82%
Good Health
Age Profile
Under 18
21.1%
18–29
12.4%
30–44
20.6%
45–64
27.3%
65+
18.6%
Ethnic Group
White
94.9%
Mixed
1.1%
Indian
1.1%
Chinese
1%
Filipino
0.5%
NISRA Census 2021, aggregated over the electoral areas this district's wards belong to —
an electoral area can extend beyond the district itself.
Local Education Hub
Schools in the district
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Streets in BT8
Every street in the district from the OSNI gazetteer — each page lists its properties
and rates valuations from the LPS valuation list.
Showing 300 of 379 streets.
The typical sale price in the BT8 postcode district (Belfast · Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland) was £242,973 in 2024, across 743 verified sales in its electoral wards. It is the sales-weighted average of the median price in each ward the district's postcodes fall within.
Are house prices in BT8 rising or falling?
In 2024 the typical sale price in BT8 was £242,973, up 9.3% on the previous year's £222,229.
Why doesn't this page list individual sold prices in BT8?
Land & Property Services publishes statistics for Northern Ireland rather than individual transactions, so there is no open per-address sale history to show. This page uses the official annual descriptive house price statistics for the district's electoral wards, published by LPS and NISRA under the Open Government Licence.
Where is the BT8 postcode district?
BT8 covers part of Belfast · Lisburn and Castlereagh in Northern Ireland. Price statistics come from the LPS/NISRA annual descriptive house price statistics at electoral ward level.
About this data
England & Wales pages on this site are built from individual HM Land Registry sale records.
Northern Ireland publishes statistics rather than individual transactions, so this page uses
the official annual descriptive house price statistics for electoral wards, published by Land
& Property Services and NISRA, aggregated here to the BT8 postcode district. Quarterly
council-level trends: Belfast house prices.
Contains public sector information from Land & Property Services / NISRA (incl. the NI
Multiple Deprivation Measure 2017) and Ofcom, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime data from police.uk. Ward composition of postcode districts via postcodes.io (ONS Open
Geography).
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