Highfield Road, Birkenhead house prices are built from 122 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 16 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £89,950. Across the 13 years from 2011 to 2024 the median moved +85.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +27.5%.
Median price paid
£89,950
Change in cash, 2011–2024
+85.7%
Change in real terms
+27.5%
Median per m²
£1,068
HM Land Registry122 sales40 with floor areaLatest sale 16 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Highfield Road, Birkenhead prices moved
The chart tracks the median Highfield Road, Birkenhead house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2024. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | £30,000 | £66,614 |
| 2000s | 5 | £89,950 | £163,862 |
| 2010s | 3 | £96,950 | £136,700 |
| 2020s | 2 | £126,625 | £129,378 |
The highest yearly median on record for Highfield Road, Birkenhead is £130,000 in 2024; the lowest is £30,000 in 1998. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £31,000 to £130,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £65,729, so the real change over the whole record is +108.1% — about +2.75% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +85.7% in cash against +27.5% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141a | 16 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| 15 | 24 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £176,000 | £179,826 |
| 29 | 20 Sep 2024 | Semi-detached | £157,000 | £165,201 |
| 135 | 3 May 2024 | Terraced | £177,500 | £186,772 |
| 36 | 23 Apr 2024 | Terraced | £130,000 | £136,791 |
| 17 | 9 Feb 2024 | Semi-detached | £120,000 | £126,269 |
| Flat 2 145 | 19 Jan 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £89,000 | £93,649 |
| 59 | 29 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £123,500 | £133,437 |
| 81 | 11 Aug 2023 | Semi-detached | £159,433 | £172,261 |
| 61 | 5 Apr 2023 | Semi-detached | £140,000 | £151,264 |
| 98 | 10 Feb 2023 | Terraced | £135,000 | £145,862 |
| 71 | 11 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £160,000 | £185,374 |
| 107 | 7 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £175,000 | £202,753 |
| 63 | 29 Nov 2021 | Semi-detached | £80,100 | £101,202 |
| 31 | 29 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £147,000 | £185,726 |
| Flat 3 145 | 27 Aug 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £75,500 | £95,390 |
| 119 | 8 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £127,000 | £160,457 |
| 109 | 30 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £130,000 | £164,247 |
| 71 | 15 Jan 2021 | Semi-detached | £126,250 | £159,509 |
| 139 | 6 Aug 2020 | Terraced | £87,500 | £113,292 |
| 111 | 11 Dec 2019 | Semi-detached | £141,500 | £185,079 |
| 135 | 14 Oct 2019 | Terraced | £90,000 | £117,718 |
| 44 | 23 Sep 2019 | Terraced | £90,000 | £117,718 |
| 23 | 24 May 2019 | Semi-detached | £100,000 | £130,798 |
| 31 | 2 Feb 2019 | Terraced | £96,950 | £126,808 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Highfield Road, Birkenhead values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141A Highfield Road | £70,000 (2012) | £80,000 (2026) | +1.0% | -1.9% |
| 135 Highfield Road | £99,000 (2004) | £177,500 (2024) | +3.0% | +0.1% |
| 36 Highfield Road | £25,000 (1996) | £130,000 (2024) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| FLAT 2 145 Highfield Road | £94,950 (2004) | £89,000 (2024) | -0.3% | -3.1% |
| 59 Highfield Road | £30,000 (1997) | £123,500 (2023) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 81 Highfield Road | £115,000 (2017) | £159,433 (2023) | +5.6% | +1.6% |
| 61 Highfield Road | £63,000 (2011) | £140,000 (2023) | +6.9% | +3.8% |
| 98 Highfield Road | £87,000 (2007) | £135,000 (2023) | +2.8% | -0.2% |
| 71 Highfield Road | £63,000 (2017) | £160,000 (2022) | +20.5% | +16.7% |
| 107 Highfield Road | £115,000 (2017) | £175,000 (2022) | +8.8% | +5.3% |
| 31 Highfield Road | £37,500 (2002) | £147,000 (2021) | +7.5% | +5.1% |
| FLAT 3 145 Highfield Road | £84,950 (2004) | £75,500 (2021) | -0.7% | -2.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Highfield Road, Birkenhead is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 62 | 50.8% | £83,000 | £12,320 – £177,500 |
| Semi-detached | 48 | 39.3% | £104,000 | £30,000 – £176,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 12 | 9.8% | £89,000 | £30,000 – £110,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Highfield Road, Birkenhead
12 of the sales on record are leasehold and 110 freehold — 9.8% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £89,475 and the median freehold sale £89,975 — a gap of +0.6%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 12 | 9.8% | £89,475 |
| Freehold | 110 | 90.2% | £89,975 |
| New build | 3 | 2.5% | £94,950 |
| Existing home | 119 | 97.5% | £89,500 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +6.1%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 18 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Highfield Road, Birkenhead
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Wirral, 37.1% of 163,066 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 419 | 0.3% |
| B | 10,871 | 6.7% |
| C | 49,164 | 30.1% |
| D | 68,077 | 41.7% |
| E | 27,066 | 16.6% |
| F | 5,564 | 3.4% |
| G | 1,905 | 1.2% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Wirral at £845 a month as of Jun 2026 — £563 for a one-bedroom home and £890 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £89,950 here, that rent is a gross yield of 11.27% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of CH42, 377 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 165 violent, 12 burglary, 15 vehicle-related and 40 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.3 times busier.
Against the 320,199 residents the 2021 census counted in Wirral, that is 1.18 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Highfield Road, Birkenhead
The 2021 census counted 320,199 residents in Wirral across 143,252 households. 65.6% of those households own their home and 34.3% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
8 state and independent schools have a CH42 postcode: 7 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prenton High School for Girls | Secondary | Academy converter | 770 |
| Mersey Park Primary School | Primary | Community school | 452 |
| Devonshire Park Primary School | Primary | Community school | 413 |
| Bedford Drive Primary School | Primary | Community school | 406 |
| Rock Ferry Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 301 |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 247 |
| Well Lane Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 187 |
| Woodchurch Road Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 171 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Rock Ferry Rail Station | Rail | 0.8 km |
| Green Lane Rail Station | Rail | 1.1 km |
| Birkenhead Central Rail Station | Rail | 1.6 km |
| Conway Park Rail Station | Rail | 2.2 km |
Section 09
How Highfield Road, Birkenhead compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Highfield Road, Birkenhead sits below that national figure — -42.9%.
Within Birkenhead the street ranks 164 of 478 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £70,000 (+28.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,068 per square metre, across 40 of the 122 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £12,320 to £177,500. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Highfield Road, Birkenhead sits in Wirral, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Wirral at 6.1 times median local earnings of £35,483 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Old Chester Road£79,950 median
- Woodchurch Road£86,250 median
- Harrowby Road£35,000 median
- Egerton Park£86,000 median
- Mount Road£119,000 median
- Bebington Road£90,000 median
- Borough Road£91,750 median
- Elmswood Road£51,250 median
- Merlin Road£129,950 median
- Woodville Road£41,000 median
- Singleton Avenue£90,000 median
- Raffles Road£53,000 median
- Maybank Road£40,000 median
- Briardale Road£58,000 median
- Willmer Road£50,000 median
- Gorsefield Road£105,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 135 Highfield Road5 sales
- 59 Highfield Road5 sales
- 71 Highfield Road4 sales
- 41 Highfield Road4 sales
- 31 Highfield Road3 sales
- FLAT 3, 145 Highfield Road3 sales
- 119 Highfield Road3 sales
- 113 Highfield Road3 sales
- 46 Highfield Road3 sales
- 73 Highfield Road3 sales
- 141A Highfield Road2 sales
- 36 Highfield Road2 sales
- FLAT 2, 145 Highfield Road2 sales
- 81 Highfield Road2 sales
- 61 Highfield Road2 sales
- 98 Highfield Road2 sales
- 107 Highfield Road2 sales
- 139 Highfield Road2 sales
- 111 Highfield Road2 sales
- 44 Highfield Road2 sales
- 23 Highfield Road2 sales
- 27 Highfield Road2 sales
- 21 Highfield Road2 sales
- 143 Highfield Road2 sales
Back to Birkenhead house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Highfield Road, Birkenhead?
The median price paid in Highfield Road, Birkenhead across every sale on the register is £89,950. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Highfield Road, Birkenhead?
122 sales are on record for Highfield Road, Birkenhead, the most recent completing on 16 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Highfield Road, Birkenhead house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +85.7% between 2011 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +27.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Highfield Road, Birkenhead house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £130,000, set in 2024. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Highfield Road, Birkenhead?
£1,068 per square metre, from the 40 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 16 Apr 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Highfield Road, Birkenhead house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.