HouseMarketBook

WF9, South Elmsall and Hemsworth, Wakefield

Postcode district in Wakefield · 1,262 sales in the last 24 months, 950 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£2,130950 sales · £198 per sq ft · up 5.3% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in WF9 are up 5.3% on a year ago, at a median of £2,130 (£198 per sq ft).

Half of the 950 counted sales were between £1,650 and £2,540 per square metre, and the median price paid was £172,000. HM Land Registry records 19,070 sales in this postcode district since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£172,000
£ per m², middle half£1,650 to £2,540
Sales, 24 months1,262950 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area83 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached220£2,690£2,370–2,980£261,600
Flat or maisonette21£1,400£970–1,630£75,000
Semi-detached438£2,180£1,810–2,500£175,000
Terraced271£1,610£1,280–2,010£127,000
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 WF9 by quarter, up 5.3% on a year ago
1,9502,1002,250£2,1302024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
4301,2952,160£2,13019952026
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 WF9

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
2026237£165,000£2,130
2025589£175,000£2,160
2024416£160,000£2,000
2023399£160,000£1,950
2022582£155,000£1,870
2021639£150,000£1,770
2020467£129,000£1,590
2019576£125,000£1,560
2018555£122,000£1,520
2017585£117,500£1,430
2016634£120,500£1,400
2015522£110,000£1,330
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 83 m² · change on a year ago +5.3% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.