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Whitegates, Benfleet is recorded publicly as a modern freehold house across 2,938 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 7,621 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 5 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of Whitegates, Benfleet is £1,058,831 and its rental estimate is £3,675 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Goldfinch Lane, Benfleet, SS7 falls within the SS7 postal district, in the borough of Castle Point.
Whitegates, Benfleet has a single entry in the Land Registry from November 2014 and a single entry in the EPC database dated February 2017.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 1 out of 5 and is considered of low accuracy.
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For Whitegates, Benfleet, we estimate a market value of £1,111,773 and a rental value of £3,859 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £984,713 and £3,418 per month respectively.
Over the last year, Whitegates, Benfleet has seen its estimated sale value decline by £18,823 (1.8%) and its estimated rental value climb by £77 per month (2.1%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 4.2%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for Whitegates, Benfleet as measuring 7,621 m2.
That makes it the largest plot in the postcode, where 7 of the 8 other houses have recorded plot data.
Whitegates, Benfleet has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of B. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 21 Feb 2017.
The property is not connected to mains gas and has high performance glazing. It is heated using Boiler.
The most recent sale of Whitegates, Benfleet completed on 4th November 2014 at £865,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 this is the property's only sale.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 42.1% over the period since November 2014.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to Whitegates, Benfleet have sold within a radius of 820 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 16th October 2025, was 46, Common Approach, Benfleet, SS7 3RX, a freehold house which sold for £977,000.
Read more about house prices in SS7.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 27 addresses on Goldfinch Lane, Benfleet, SS7, Whitegates, Benfleet comes out as the 7th largest and the 4th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £640k more expensive than the average property across the SS7 district.
From Whitegates, Benfleet, the nearest station is Rayleigh, 1.9 kilometres away.
Broadband here reaches superfast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast broadband is available in the area.
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around Whitegates, Benfleet, 61.5% of property is privately owned outright and 34.1% is privately owned with a mortgage.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around Whitegates, Benfleet, 16.8% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 25.8% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around Whitegates, Benfleet, the average age was 44.7 and the most common age was 57.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around Whitegates, Benfleet, 0.9% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for East of England and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around Whitegates, Benfleet, there are an average of 1.8 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.