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Sector WF5 8 house prices

Ossett West · Wakefield · district WF5 · 195 postcodes

Median £2,760 per m² over 173 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 0.8% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£2,760/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−0.8%
Sales, 24 months173with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£1,340/m² to £1,520/m²: 4 sales£1,520/m² to £1,710/m²: 4 sales£1,710/m² to £1,890/m²: 11 sales£1,890/m² to £2,080/m²: 4 sales£2,080/m² to £2,260/m²: 16 sales£2,260/m² to £2,450/m²: 13 sales£2,450/m² to £2,640/m²: 20 sales£2,640/m² to £2,820/m²: 21 sales£2,820/m² to £3,010/m²: 18 sales£3,010/m² to £3,190/m²: 14 sales£3,190/m² to £3,380/m²: 13 sales£3,380/m² to £3,560/m²: 13 sales£3,560/m² to £3,750/m²: 3 sales£3,750/m² to £3,930/m²: 9 sales£3,930/m² to £4,120/m²: 4 sales£4,120/m² to £4,310/m²: 3 sales£4,860/m² to £5,050/m²: 3 salesWF5 8WF5£1k£2k£3k£4k£5k£6k
WF5 8
£2,760/m² middle · £2,280–£3,250/m² middle half · 173 sales
District WF5
£2,690/m² middle · £2,210–£3,170/m² middle half · 527 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020020052010201520202025WF5 8, 2026: 100WF5, 2026: 100Wakefield houses, 2026: 108
  • WF5 8
  • WF5
  • Wakefield houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverWF5 8District WF5
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−0.8%+2.5%−1.3%+2.0%
5 years−0.6%+4.4%−0.6%+4.4%
10 years+1.3%+4.7%+1.1%+4.6%
20 years−0.3%+2.5%−0.4%+2.4%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£0–£8,000/m²
  1. UB9 6Harefield£4,860–£6,320/m²
  2. WF5 0Ossett South East & Horbury Bridge£2,460–£3,350/m²
  3. WF5 8Ossett West£2,280–£3,250/m²
  4. WF4 5Horbury£2,140–£3,200/m²
  5. WF5 9Ossett North£2,000–£2,890/m²
  6. WF12 0Thornhill£1,960–£2,710/m²
  7. WF12 8Earlsheaton & Chickenley£1,700–£2,380/m²
  8. WF5 5Ossett WestToo few sales

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
New Street5368 m²£3,380/m²
Kingsway26103 m²£2,770/m²
Healey Road1680 m²£2,340/m²
Millfields1650 m²£2,830/m²
Kingsway Close1397 m²£2,300/m²
Broomcroft Road1168 m²£2,280/m²
Deneside1173 m²£3,290/m²
Nettleton Street1077 m²£2,470/m²
Southdale Road1088 m²£2,440/m²
Constable Drive962 m²£2,290/m²
Westfield Street979 m²£1,760/m²
Wobourn Court963 m²£2,050/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.