The typical home in the DG8 area, Dumfries and Galloway is valued at £165,196 — 39% below the UK average of £271,295. Over the year to 2025, values rose 7.0%, from £154,384 to £165,196. Since 2004, typical values in DG8 have grown by 100%.
Carrick South is the most expensive neighbourhood in DG8, with a typical value of £220,000. DG8 covers 833 full postcodes, with 5,267 recorded sales since 2004. Nearby districts include DG1, DG10, DG11.
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Safer than 27% of Scottish postcode districts · 301 crimes per 10,000 residents (SIMD 2020)
Deprivation & Affluence
SIMD Decile
4.5 / 10
Less Deprived Than
16%
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 · 10 = least deprived · vs all Scottish postcode districts
Broadband & Connectivity
Availability across the district's postcodes · Ofcom Connected Nations
AVERAGE
54%Gigabit
Superfast (30Mbps+)91.4%
Gigabit (1Gbps+)53.8%
Property Value Trends
Official small-area statistics
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"Typical price" is the sales-weighted average of the median price in each of this district's
official data zones — the small-area statistics Scotland publishes instead of individual sale records.
Market Summary
Typical Price
£165k
YoY Change
↑ 7.0%
Sales in 2025
204
Postcodes
833
Prices vary widely between neighbourhoods, so location within the district matters as much as the district itself.
Neighbourhood Prices
Carrick South£220k
Machars South£172k
Machars North£170k
Newton Stewart£164k
Rhins South£145k
Median sale price by statistical neighbourhood, 2025
Neighbourhoods in DG8
Median sale prices by official statistical neighbourhood, 2025
Registers of Scotland
Neighbourhood
Median Price
Lower Quartile
Sales
Newton Stewart
£164,000
£115,000
87
Carrick South
£220,000
£122,750
86
Machars South
£172,000
£112,250
68
Rhins South
£145,000
£98,500
62
Machars North
£170,000
£110,000
31
Intermediate zones with under 5 sales are excluded; a neighbourhood can extend beyond the district itself.
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Schools in the district
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Streets in DG8
Every property with an Energy Performance Certificate, street by street — type, size, age and energy rating.
Showing the 300 busiest of 596 streets.
The typical sale price in the DG8 postcode district (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) was £165,196 in 2025, across 204 recorded sales. It is the sales-weighted average of the median price in each of the district's official small statistical areas.
Are house prices in DG8 rising or falling?
In 2025 the typical sale price in DG8 was £165,196, up 7.0% on the previous year's £154,384.
Why doesn't this page list individual sold prices in DG8?
Scotland's individual sale records are held by Registers of Scotland and sold commercially rather than published as open data, so this page uses the official free small-area statistics instead. Any Scottish address's last sold price can be checked free on ScotLIS, Registers of Scotland's own service.
Where is the DG8 postcode district?
DG8 covers part of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, with 833 live postcodes. Price statistics come from Registers of Scotland's official small-area house price statistics.
About this data
England & Wales pages on this site are built from individual HM Land Registry sale records.
Scotland publishes those records commercially through Registers of Scotland rather than as open data,
so Scottish pages use the official free small-area statistics instead: median prices and sales volumes
for each small statistical area, aggregated here to the DG8 postcode district. For an individual property's
sale history, use ScotLIS (free).
Council-wide trends: Dumfries and Galloway house prices.
Contains public sector information from Registers of Scotland, the Scottish Government (incl. SIMD 2020) and Ofcom,
licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcode geography: National Records of Scotland.
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