HouseMarketBook

WF17, Batley and Birstall, Kirklees

Postcode district in Kirklees · 1,045 sales in the last 24 months, 794 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£2,350794 sales · £219 per sq ft · up 1.3% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in WF17 are up 1.3% on a year ago, at a median of £2,350 (£219 per sq ft).

Half of the 794 counted sales were between £1,950 and £2,800 per square metre, and the median price paid was £185,000. HM Land Registry records 17,743 sales in this postcode district since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£185,000
£ per m², middle half£1,950 to £2,800
Sales, 24 months1,045794 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area79 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached125£2,920£2,450–3,310£322,000
Flat or maisonette28£1,410£1,070–1,800£80,000
Semi-detached337£2,610£2,250–2,940£217,500
Terraced304£2,020£1,640–2,300£141,000
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in WF17 by quarter, up 1.3% on a year ago
2,2402,3702,500£2,3002024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
4801,4502,420£2,29019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in WF17

By sales in the last 24 months
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
2026238£183,500£2,290
2025453£185,000£2,420
2024400£185,000£2,300
2023414£164,500£2,070
2022443£157,500£2,060
2021537£146,000£1,870
2020436£136,300£1,750
2019449£125,000£1,640
2018436£120,000£1,540
2017524£120,500£1,560
2016440£124,000£1,490
2015378£110,800£1,450
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 79 m² · change on a year ago +1.3% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.