Postcode sector

WF8 2 · Pontefract North East

Wakefield · district WF8 · 325 postcodes

Median £/m²£2,400/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−2.5%
Sales, 24 months356with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£1,050/m² to £1,180/m²: 9 sales£1,180/m² to £1,300/m²: 5 sales£1,300/m² to £1,430/m²: 3 sales£1,430/m² to £1,550/m²: 11 sales£1,550/m² to £1,680/m²: 17 sales£1,680/m² to £1,800/m²: 19 sales£1,800/m² to £1,930/m²: 22 sales£1,930/m² to £2,050/m²: 22 sales£2,050/m² to £2,180/m²: 18 sales£2,180/m² to £2,300/m²: 21 sales£2,300/m² to £2,430/m²: 36 sales£2,430/m² to £2,550/m²: 22 sales£2,550/m² to £2,680/m²: 29 sales£2,680/m² to £2,810/m²: 28 sales£2,810/m² to £2,930/m²: 26 sales£2,930/m² to £3,060/m²: 23 sales£3,060/m² to £3,180/m²: 15 sales£3,180/m² to £3,310/m²: 15 sales£3,310/m² to £3,430/m²: 5 sales£3,430/m² to £3,560/m²: 10 salesWF8 2WF8£1k£2k£3k£4k
WF8 2
£2,400/m² middle · £1,960–£2,840/m² middle half · 356 sales
District WF8
£2,580/m² middle · £2,060–£3,000/m² middle half · 863 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)

5010015020020052010201520202025WF8 2, 2026: 99WF8, 2026: 101Wakefield houses, 2026: 108
  • WF8 2
  • WF8
  • 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
OverWF8 2District WF8
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−2.5%+0.7%−3.5%−0.3%
5 years−2.0%+2.9%−1.8%+3.1%
10 years+0.9%+4.3%−0.2%+3.3%
20 years−0.4%+2.4%−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. EN6 5Chase & Crews Hill£5,180–£6,370/m²
  2. WF8 3Ackworth & Darrington£2,350–£3,310/m²
  3. WF8 4Pontefract North West£2,260–£3,110/m²
  4. WF8 1Pontefract North West£1,690–£2,960/m²
  5. WF11 0Ferrybridge & West Knottingley£1,980–£2,830/m²
  6. WF8 2Pontefract North East£1,960–£2,840/m²
  7. WF10 3Airedale£1,850–£2,880/m²
  8. WF11 8Ferrybridge & West Knottingley£1,830–£2,500/m²
  9. WF8 9Pontefract North 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
Broughton Road27114 m²£2,190/m²
Conqueror Way2587 m²£2,640/m²
Ellercroft Way25113 m²£2,350/m²
Bexhill Close2271 m²£2,560/m²
Wellhams Road21120 m²£2,190/m²
Castle Way2080 m²£2,500/m²
Holmfield Close1978 m²£1,740/m²
Rookhill Road1986 m²£1,800/m²
Castle Crescent17105 m²£2,430/m²
Heather Drive1780 m²£2,450/m²
Willow Park1689 m²£1,690/m²
Hawthorne Close1560 m²£2,500/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.