Wakefield
WF9 house prices in Wakefield
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Wakefield, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£153,000
Range £85,900–£247,750 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 30 Jan 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in WF9: the typical (median) sold price is £153,000, well below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). WF9 is an active market, with about 37 recorded sales a month. By property type, 43% were semi-detached homes (typically £166,250) and 38% were terraced homes (typically £121,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,297 a year: Wakefield's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Wakefield, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on WF9: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
Roughly 37 homes a month change hands in WF9, enough to learn from, though the year-on-year comparison is too thin to quote, so lean on the recent sold homes.
For sellers, most sales in WF9 fell between £85,900 and £247,750, so the real question is where in it your home sits; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseWhen buying here, typical prices in WF9 sit well below the UK average, so ask what is behind the lower prices before you assume a bargain.
Worth checking before you commit: planning history nearby (20 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,297 a year); your conveyancer should look at the title too.
Prices are only part of the picture: the free WF9 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning, council tax and schools, and the Report says which deserve your attention.
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At a glance
WF9 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£153,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
37.5
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,297
A year
On the map
Where WF9 sits in Wakefield
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in WF9
24, NEWSTEAD GROVE, PONTEFRACT
Terraced · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£144,000
37, LAPWING ROAD, PONTEFRACT
Terraced · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£200,000
3, EAST DALE CLOSE, PONTEFRACT
Detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£172,000
15, CLOCK ROW GROVE, PONTEFRACT
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£150,000
12, ASHWOOD COURT, PONTEFRACT
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£187,500
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). WF9 includes the Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in WF9
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in WF9 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £260,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £88,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 41 | £260,000 | £180,000–£350,000 |
| Semi-detached | 104 | £166,250 | £115,000–£235,000 |
| Terraced | 92 | £121,000 | £66,100–£177,400 |
| Flat / maisonette | 5 | £88,000 | £66,380–£105,500 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 30 Jan 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in WF9
The quarterly typical price fell 4.8%, from £155,000 in Q1 2026 (101 sales) to £147,500 in Q3 2026 (44 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | £155,000 | 101 |
| Q2 2026 | £155,000 | 105 |
| Q3 2026 | £147,500 | 44 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 30 Jan 2026 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of WF9 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most WF9 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £85,900 and £247,750, around a typical £153,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 30 Jan 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in WF9
Semi-detached homes were 43% of recorded sales (104 of 242). 97% of sales were freehold and 3% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached17%
- Semi-detached43%
- Terraced38%
- Flat / maisonette2%
Tenure
- Freehold97%
- Leasehold3%
See the figures
243 freehold (97%) and 7 leasehold (3%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in WF9, including 1 new-build sale. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 30 Jan 2026 and 21 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Wakefield (WF9) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £260,000 against £121,000 for terraced homes: about 2.1 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Nearly all of these sales (97%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 37 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 30 January 2026 and 21 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on WF9
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in WF9
£2,297
Band D a year in Wakefield, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,531 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,786 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,042 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,297 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,807 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,318 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,828 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,594 |
These are Wakefield's charges for 2026-27, the authority WF9 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Wakefield · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near WF9
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Ark Northfield Primary School.
All schools
Ark Northfield Primary School
Primary · Academies · WF9 3LY
1.2 km
Requires improvement · 2022
Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WF9 2BL
1.9 km
Good · 2018
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe
Primary · Academies · WF9 2BP
1.9 km
Good · 2017
Grove Lea Primary School
Primary · Academies · WF9 4BQ
1.9 km
Outstanding · 2017
Minsthorpe Community College
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · WF9 2UJ
2.0 km
Good · 2014
South Kirkby Academy
Primary · Academies · WF9 3DP
2.1 km
Good · 2023
South Kirkby Common Road Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WF9 3EA
2.2 km
Good · 2021
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · WF9 4LJ
2.3 km
Good · 2022
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the WF9 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 8 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near WF9
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around WF9
20
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 5 September 2026.
Recent applications
Wakefield/23/01049/SPNPermitted
475 m
Installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) system upon roof
Received 2023-06-02 · decided 2023-09-13
Wakefield/19/02420/SUB09Conditions
442 m
Discharge of conditions 9 (Verification report), 13 (Electric vehicle charging infrastructure), 16 (Boundary treatment), 30 (Cycle parking) and 32 (Disabled parking) from approved application 19/02420/HYB.
Received 2022-04-01 · decided 2022-06-09
Wakefield/19/02420/SUB08Conditions
442 m
Discharge of conditions 9 (verification report), 13 (EV Charging), 30 (Cycle parking) and 32 (Disabled parking) from approved application 19/02420/HYB.
Received 2022-03-31 · decided 2022-06-08
Wakefield/19/02420/SUB07Conditions
442 m
Discharge id condition 19 (Lighting) for units 9, 10, 11 & 12 from approved application 19/02420/HYB.
Received 2021-10-01 · decided 2022-01-07
Wakefield/19/02420/SUB06Conditions
442 m
Discharge of conditions 11 (CEMP), 18 (Materials), 20 (Renewable energy), 24 (Temporary drainage), 25 (Foul and surface water drainage), 33 (vehicle cleaning), 34 (Control of dust) and 36 (Road safety Audit) from approved application 19/02420/HYB.
Received 2021-08-31 · decided 2022-01-06
Wakefield/19/02420/NMC01Permitted
442 m
Application for non material amendments to approved application 19/02420/REM for "Application for Reserved matters pursuant to application 19/02420/HYB relating to layout, landscaping, scale and appearance for three units used for general industry, light industry and storage and distribution including associated electricity substation, car parking, service yards, landscaping and works". Changes include additional windows at first floor level in unit 11.
Received 2021-08-20 · decided 2021-09-06
Applications are matched within 500 m of the WF9 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for WF9 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 20 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 5 September 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for WF9
Decile 3 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled WF9 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 1 to decile 6, with a median of decile 3 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
WF9 5DS, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 3 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so WF9 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in WF9: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in WF9, band by band
Wakefield's council tax for 2026-27 set against the WF9 median sold price of £153,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearWakefield | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £153,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,531 | £128 | 1.00% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,786 | £149 | 1.17% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,042 | £170 | 1.33% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,297 | £191 | 1.50% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,807 | £234 | 1.83% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,318 | £277 | 2.17% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,828 | £319 | 2.50% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,594 | £383 | 3.00% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the WF9 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Wakefield, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in WF9 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 248 distinct addresses in the records we hold for WF9. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
24, NEWSTEAD GROVE, PONTEFRACT
WF9 5DS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£144,000
2026-08-21
37, LAPWING ROAD, PONTEFRACT
WF9 2FN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-08-17
3, EAST DALE CLOSE, PONTEFRACT
WF9 4JS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£172,000
2026-08-17
15, CLOCK ROW GROVE, PONTEFRACT
WF9 3BB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£150,000
2026-08-14
12, ASHWOOD COURT, PONTEFRACT
WF9 5BJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£187,500
2026-08-14
51, CURLEW VIEW, PONTEFRACT
WF9 2FG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£163,000
2026-08-14
10, HAGUE TERRACE, PONTEFRACT
WF9 4DB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£120,000
2026-08-12
102, VICTORIA STREET, PONTEFRACT
WF9 4BP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£105,000
2026-08-10
66, CROSS STREET, PONTEFRACT
WF9 1EU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-07-31
3, BROOKSIDE TERRACE, PONTEFRACT
WF9 2RS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£86,000
2026-07-31
40, PRIORY ESTATE, PONTEFRACT
WF9 2ST · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£147,000
2026-07-29
6, KEEPERS RISE, PONTEFRACT
WF9 4FL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£205,000
2026-07-29
9, BRIERLEY CRESCENT, PONTEFRACT
WF9 3BS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-07-28
24, WESLEY STREET, PONTEFRACT
WF9 2AQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£115,000
2026-07-24
28, KINGS CROFT, PONTEFRACT
WF9 3NW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£123,000
2026-07-24
10, PEARL COURT, PONTEFRACT
WF9 1FQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£180,000
2026-07-24
NEW BEACONSFIELD COTTAGE, FIELD LANE, PONTEFRACT
WF9 1BH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£92,000
2026-07-24
1, NORTHCROFT AVENUE, PONTEFRACT
WF9 2UW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£280,000
2026-07-23
87, LANGTHWAITE LANE, PONTEFRACT
WF9 2AG · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£109,000
2026-07-22
37, VICTORIA STREET, PONTEFRACT
WF9 4BS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£90,000
2026-07-22
24, CAMBRIDGE STREET, PONTEFRACT
WF9 2AW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£90,000
2026-07-21
10, MOORHOUSE VIEW, PONTEFRACT
WF9 2JL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£150,000
2026-07-20
ROCK MOUNT, WAKEFIELD ROAD, PONTEFRACT
WF9 5BX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-07-20
THE GABLES, MINSTHORPE LANE, PONTEFRACT
WF9 2AU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-07-20
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near WF9
The closest districts to WF9 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in S72 (Barnsley) 3.4 miles
- House prices in WF7 (Pontefract) 4.3 miles
- House prices in WF8 (Pontefract) 5.6 miles
- House prices in DN6 (Doncaster) 5.9 miles
- House prices in S71 (Barnsley) 6 miles
- House prices in S63 (Rotherham) 6 miles
- House prices in S73 (Barnsley) 6.4 miles
- House prices in WF6 (Normanton) 7.6 miles
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Data sources
Every WF9 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.