WA3 house prices are built from 24,490 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 24 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £125,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +61.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +15.4%.
Median price paid
£125,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+61.2%
Change in real terms
+15.4%
Median per m²
£2,821
HM Land Registry24,490 sales149 with floor areaLatest sale 24 Jun 2026
Section 01
How WA3 prices moved
The chart tracks the median WA3 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. 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 | 5 | £55,000 | £122,126 |
| 2000s | 10 | £120,000 | £218,605 |
| 2010s | 10 | £142,500 | £200,925 |
| 2020s | 7 | £247,500 | £252,880 |
The highest yearly median on record for WA3 is £255,000 in 2025; the lowest is £52,998 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £52,998 to £250,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £117,679, so the real change over the whole record is +112.4% — about +2.46% 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: +61.2% in cash against +15.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mckenna Close | 24 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £257,000 | £257,000 |
| 1 Park Avenue | 18 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 4 Branson Close | 16 Jun 2026 | Detached | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 38 Gawsworth Road | 15 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £217,500 | £217,500 |
| 115 Stone Pit Lane | 12 Jun 2026 | Detached | £774,800 | £774,800 |
| 458 Warrington Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| FLAT 10 CHATBURN COURT Warrington Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £155,000 |
| 49 Woolmer Close | 10 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 31 Whinchat Close | 9 Jun 2026 | Detached | £430,000 | £430,000 |
| 2 Stirrups Meadow | 8 Jun 2026 | Detached | £368,000 | £368,000 |
| 4 Broughton Avenue | 8 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £256,700 | £256,700 |
| 128 Church Lane | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| 10 Alfred Road | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £199,950 | £199,950 |
| 9 Pheasant Close | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| 49 Brookfield Road | 4 Jun 2026 | Detached | £880,000 | £880,000 |
| FLAT 31 CHATBURN COURT Warrington Road | 4 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| 4 Paddock Green Close | 2 Jun 2026 | Detached | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 48 Bridge Street | 1 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £178,000 | £178,000 |
| 1 Plover Way | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 71 Browmere Drive | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 3 Reeve Street | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £164,000 | £164,000 |
| 105 Legh Street | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £163,000 | £163,000 |
| 84 Newsholme Close | 29 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £94,500 | £94,500 |
| 12 Hazel Grove | 27 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 61 Heath Street | 27 May 2026 | Terraced | £133,000 | £133,000 |
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 WA3 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mckenna Close | £239,995 (2023) | £257,000 (2026) | +2.3% | -0.3% |
| 4 Branson Close | £77,950 (2001) | £300,000 (2026) | +5.5% | +2.7% |
| 38 Gawsworth Road | £37,000 (1996) | £217,500 (2026) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| 27 Golborne Road | £37,500 (1996) | £262,500 (2026) | +6.7% | +4.0% |
| FLAT 10 CHATBURN COURT Warrington Road | £125,000 (2009) | £155,000 (2026) | +1.3% | -1.6% |
| 458 Warrington Road | £140,000 (2016) | £290,000 (2026) | +7.6% | +4.0% |
| 115 Stone Pit Lane | £465,000 (2018) | £774,800 (2026) | +6.6% | +2.8% |
| 49 Woolmer Close | £197,000 (2020) | £280,000 (2026) | +6.0% | +1.6% |
| 31 Whinchat Close | £136,950 (2001) | £430,000 (2026) | +4.7% | +1.9% |
| 4 Broughton Avenue | £40,000 (1999) | £256,700 (2026) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| 2 Stirrups Meadow | £249,950 (2020) | £368,000 (2026) | +6.7% | +2.2% |
| 9 Pheasant Close | £35,400 (2004) | £175,000 (2026) | +7.5% | +4.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. WA3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 10,195 | 41.6% | £120,000 | £1.00 – £770,000 |
| Detached | 8,155 | 33.3% | £205,000 | £125 – £1,750,000 |
| Terraced | 4,993 | 20.4% | £90,000 | £6,000 – £675,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 1,147 | 4.7% | £85,000 | £11,160 – £540,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in WA3
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 4,824 certificates cover WA3, and their median floor area is 80 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +5.3%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 80 m² | about 861 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 63 m² | about 678 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 103 m² | about 1,109 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 21.1% | 1,019 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 6.6% | 319 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in WA3
10,787 of the sales on record are leasehold and 13,703 freehold — 44.0% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £107,500 and the median freehold sale £145,000 — a gap of +34.9%. 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 | 10,787 | 44.0% | £107,500 |
| Freehold | 13,703 | 56.0% | £145,000 |
| New build | 3,344 | 13.7% | £149,950 |
| Existing home | 21,146 | 86.3% | £124,950 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +20.0%. 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 1,281 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 WA3
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Salford, 62.1% of 178,561 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.2% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 681 | 0.4% |
| B | 33,286 | 18.6% |
| C | 76,847 | 43.0% |
| D | 47,980 | 26.9% |
| E | 15,851 | 8.9% |
| F | 2,927 | 1.6% |
| G | 989 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Salford at £1,164 a month as of Jun 2026 — £884 for a one-bedroom home and £1,280 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £125,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 11.17% 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 WA3, 8 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 5 violent, 1 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 2 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 20.9 times quieter.
Against the 269,923 residents the 2021 census counted in Salford, that is 0.03 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 WA3
The 2021 census counted 269,923 residents in Salford across 115,117 households. 47.5% of those households own their home and 52.2% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
22 state and independent schools have a WA3 postcode: 18 primary, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culcheth High School | Secondary | Community school | 1,164 |
| Golborne High School | Secondary | Foundation school | 1,144 |
| Birchwood Community High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 875 |
| Lowton Church of England High School | Secondary | Foundation school | 814 |
| Lowton West Primary School | Primary | Community school | 428 |
| Locking Stumps Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 376 |
| Golborne Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 373 |
| Croft Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 253 |
| All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 250 |
| Lowton St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 229 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Newton-le-Willows Rail Station | Rail | 4.4 km |
| Birchwood Rail Station | Rail | 5.1 km |
| Padgate Rail Station | Rail | 5.7 km |
| Earlestown Rail Station | Rail | 6.0 km |
Section 09
How WA3 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. WA3 sits below that national figure — -20.6%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,821 per square metre, across 149 of the 24,490 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 £1.00 to £1,750,000. 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.
WA3 sits in Salford, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Salford at 6.0 times median local earnings of £38,492 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
Sectors inside WA3
- WA3 1£140,000 median
- WA3 2£135,000 median
- WA3 3£94,000 median
- WA3 4£225,000 median
- WA3 5£150,000 median
- WA3 6£105,000 median
- WA3 7£155,000 median
The closest districts
- WN75.0 km · £84,950
- WA25.5 km · £100,000
- WA125.7 km · £114,995
- WA17.2 km · £116,500
- WN47.6 km · £103,000
- M298.3 km · £114,000
- M468.5 km · £102,500
- WA58.8 km · £130,000
This district mostly covers Warrington.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in WA3?
The median price paid in WA3 across every sale on the register is £125,000. 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 WA3?
24,490 sales are on record for WA3, the most recent completing on 24 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have WA3 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +61.2% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +15.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were WA3 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £255,000, set in 2025. 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 WA3?
£2,821 per square metre, from the 149 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 24 Jun 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, “WA3 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.