HouseMarketBook

BL5 3, Bolton

Postcode sector in Bolton · 646 sales in the last 24 months, 483 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£2,950483 sales · £274 per sq ft · down 0.5% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in BL5 3 are down 0.5% on a year ago, at a median of £2,950 (£274 per sq ft).

Half of the 483 counted sales were between £2,270 and £3,470 per square metre, and the median price paid was £245,000. HM Land Registry records 8,804 sales in this postcode sector since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£245,000
£ per m², middle half£2,270 to £3,470
Sales, 24 months646483 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area84 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached169£3,390£3,150–3,560£365,000
Flat or maisonette42£2,020£1,850–2,350£116,500
Semi-detached135£3,030£2,530–3,530£235,000
Terraced137£2,280£1,940–2,730£175,000
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 BL5 3 by quarter, down 0.5% on a year ago
2,6202,8853,150£2,9302024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
5301,7452,960£2,80019952026
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 BL5 3

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
202698£235,000£2,800
2025303£245,000£2,960
2024267£247,000£2,950
2023260£227,300£2,820
2022393£250,000£2,880
2021375£197,500£2,360
2020225£177,000£2,050
2019238£162,500£1,950
2018210£160,800£1,870
2017231£142,500£1,660
2016196£139,000£1,680
2015197£132,000£1,570
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Postcodes in BL5 3

317 · median £ / m² where there are 12 counted sales

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 84 m² · change on a year ago −0.5% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.