The Poplars, Driffield house prices are built from 77 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 25 Jul 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £99,950. Across the 10 years from 1997 to 2007 the median moved +166.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +118.2%.
Median price paid
£99,950
Change in cash, 1997–2007
+166.1%
Change in real terms
+118.2%
HM Land Registry77 salesLatest sale 25 Jul 2025
Section 01
How The Poplars, Driffield prices moved
The chart tracks the median The Poplars, Driffield house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2007. 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 | 3 | £74,973 | £166,474 |
| 2000s | 2 | £70,000 | £127,519 |
The highest yearly median on record for The Poplars, Driffield is £199,500 in 2007; the lowest is £70,000 in 2001. Across the full 12-year record the cash median has moved from £76,450 to £199,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £165,838, so the real change over the whole record is +109.2% — about +6.94% 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: +166.1% in cash against +118.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 25 Jul 2025 | Detached | £235,000 | £240,109 |
| 18 | 7 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £204,000 | £208,435 |
| 5 | 1 Mar 2024 | Detached | £305,000 | £320,933 |
| 16 | 22 Jul 2022 | Semi-detached | £192,500 | £223,028 |
| 21 | 21 Mar 2022 | Detached | £345,000 | £399,712 |
| 4 | 16 Jul 2020 | Detached | £249,999 | £323,690 |
| 3 | 16 Jul 2020 | Semi-detached | £124,000 | £160,551 |
| 15 | 14 Feb 2020 | Semi-detached | £132,000 | £170,909 |
| 5 | 13 Dec 2019 | Detached | £265,000 | £346,614 |
| 18 | 13 Jun 2019 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £196,197 |
| 24 | 3 Jun 2019 | Detached | £235,000 | £307,375 |
| 8 | 28 Nov 2018 | Detached | £225,000 | £299,858 |
| 11 | 19 May 2017 | Detached | £165,100 | £224,702 |
| 22 | 27 May 2016 | Detached | £165,000 | £230,347 |
| 4 | 8 Apr 2016 | Detached | £210,000 | £293,168 |
| 17 | 19 Dec 2014 | Semi-detached | £120,000 | £172,126 |
| 6 | 5 Apr 2013 | Detached | £160,000 | £233,299 |
| 3 | 2 Apr 2013 | Semi-detached | £135,000 | £196,846 |
| 22 | 4 Aug 2011 | Detached | £160,000 | £245,217 |
| 5 | 27 May 2011 | Detached | £215,000 | £329,511 |
| 16 | 31 Mar 2010 | Semi-detached | £119,000 | £190,023 |
| 3 | 11 Dec 2009 | Semi-detached | £135,000 | £221,853 |
| 16 | 9 Sep 2009 | Semi-detached | £122,000 | £200,490 |
| 19 | 3 Dec 2007 | Detached | £205,000 | £356,412 |
| 36 | 27 Jul 2007 | Semi-detached | £206,500 | £359,020 |
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 The Poplars, Driffield values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 the Poplars | £78,000 (1997) | £235,000 (2025) | +4.0% | +1.3% |
| 18 the Poplars | £56,995 (1998) | £204,000 (2025) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 5 the Poplars | £81,995 (1998) | £305,000 (2024) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| 16 the Poplars | £59,995 (1997) | £192,500 (2022) | +4.8% | +2.3% |
| 21 the Poplars | £92,995 (1998) | £345,000 (2022) | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| 3 the Poplars | £99,950 (2003) | £124,000 (2020) | +1.3% | -1.0% |
| 4 the Poplars | £77,950 (1996) | £249,999 (2020) | +5.0% | +2.7% |
| 15 the Poplars | £57,995 (1998) | £132,000 (2020) | +3.8% | +1.6% |
| 24 the Poplars | £79,950 (1997) | £235,000 (2019) | +5.0% | +2.7% |
| 8 the Poplars | £79,950 (1996) | £225,000 (2018) | +4.8% | +2.5% |
| 11 the Poplars | £74,950 (1996) | £165,100 (2017) | +3.8% | +1.6% |
| 22 the Poplars | £76,995 (1997) | £165,000 (2016) | +4.1% | +1.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. The Poplars, Driffield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 48 | 62.3% | £99,950 | £64,000 – £345,000 |
| Semi-detached | 29 | 37.7% | £99,950 | £55,950 – £206,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in The Poplars, Driffield
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 77 freehold — 0.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 77 | 100.0% | £99,950 |
| New build | 26 | 33.8% | £74,973 |
| Existing home | 51 | 66.2% | £135,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -44.5%. 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 1 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 The Poplars, Driffield
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across East Riding of Yorkshire, 40.2% of 170,039 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 6.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,419 | 0.8% |
| B | 20,904 | 12.3% |
| C | 46,091 | 27.1% |
| D | 64,323 | 37.8% |
| E | 26,206 | 15.4% |
| F | 8,245 | 4.8% |
| G | 2,851 | 1.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in East Riding of Yorkshire at £724 a month as of Jun 2026 — £502 for a one-bedroom home and £799 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £99,950 here, that rent is a gross yield of 8.69% 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 YO25, 53 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 23 violent, 0 burglary, 2 vehicle-related and 9 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 3.2 times quieter.
Against the 342,215 residents the 2021 census counted in East Riding of Yorkshire, that is 0.15 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 The Poplars, Driffield
The 2021 census counted 342,215 residents in East Riding of Yorkshire across 152,066 households. 73.5% of those households own their home and 26.3% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
19 state and independent schools have a YO25 postcode: 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driffield School and Sixth Form | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,414 |
| Driffield Junior School | Primary | Community school | 496 |
| Nafferton Primary School | Primary | Community school | 294 |
| Hutton Cranswick Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 172 |
| Northfield Infant School | Primary | Community school | 158 |
| Driffield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 157 |
| Brandesburton Primary School | Primary | Community school | 136 |
| Kilham Church of England Voluntary Controlled School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 100 |
| Wold Newton Foundation School | Primary | Foundation school | 98 |
| Garton-on-the-Wolds Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 96 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Driffield Rail Station | Rail | 1.2 km |
| Nafferton Rail Station | Rail | 2.1 km |
| Hutton Cranswick Rail Station | Rail | 5.5 km |
| Arram Rail Station | Rail | 13.4 km |
Section 09
How The Poplars, Driffield compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. The Poplars, Driffield sits below that national figure — -36.5%.
Within Driffield the street ranks 470 of 572 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £132,500 (-24.6%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £55,950 to £345,000. 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.
The Poplars, Driffield sits in East Riding of Yorkshire, in the Yorkshire and The Humber.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in East Riding of Yorkshire at 6.4 times median local earnings of £35,020 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
- Main Street£145,000 median
- Auchinleck Close£80,000 median
- Front Street£142,000 median
- Station Road£138,750 median
- York Road£125,000 median
- Bracken Road£121,000 median
- Westgate£91,500 median
- Beverley Road£121,550 median
- The Mount£123,500 median
- Woldholme Avenue£92,500 median
- Southfield Close£95,000 median
- Wansford Road£128,500 median
- Church Lane£165,500 median
- Eastgate South£80,000 median
- Scarborough Road£110,000 median
- Mill Falls£131,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 14 the Poplars5 sales
- 18 the Poplars5 sales
- 5 the Poplars5 sales
- 3 the Poplars5 sales
- 11 the Poplars5 sales
- 16 the Poplars4 sales
- 21 the Poplars4 sales
- 4 the Poplars4 sales
- 24 the Poplars4 sales
- 22 the Poplars4 sales
- 20 the Poplars4 sales
- 6 the Poplars3 sales
- 36 the Poplars3 sales
- 10 the Poplars3 sales
- 15 the Poplars2 sales
- 8 the Poplars2 sales
- 17 the Poplars2 sales
- 19 the Poplars2 sales
- 26 the Poplars2 sales
Back to Driffield house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in The Poplars, Driffield?
The median price paid in The Poplars, Driffield across every sale on the register is £99,950. 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 The Poplars, Driffield?
77 sales are on record for The Poplars, Driffield, the most recent completing on 25 Jul 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have The Poplars, Driffield house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +166.1% between 1997 and 2007. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +118.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were The Poplars, Driffield house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £199,500, set in 2007. 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 The Poplars, Driffield?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 25 Jul 2025. 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, “The Poplars, Driffield 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.