Parkinson Close, Wakefield house prices are built from 135 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 20 Sep 2024. The median price paid across the whole record is £105,000. Across the 12 years from 2007 to 2019 the median moved +15.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -12.8%.
Median price paid
£105,000
Change in cash, 2007–2019
+15.9%
Change in real terms
-12.8%
Median per m²
£1,635
HM Land Registry135 sales29 with floor areaLatest sale 20 Sep 2024
Section 01
How Parkinson Close, Wakefield prices moved
The chart tracks the median Parkinson Close, Wakefield house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2019. 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 | £52,500 | £116,575 |
| 2000s | 5 | £73,000 | £132,984 |
| 2010s | 5 | £135,000 | £190,350 |
The highest yearly median on record for Parkinson Close, Wakefield is £152,000 in 2018; the lowest is £51,725 in 1995. Across the full 25-year record the cash median has moved from £51,725 to £144,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £114,854, so the real change over the whole record is +64.0% — about +2.08% 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: +15.9% in cash against -12.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 20 Sep 2024 | Semi-detached | £158,000 | £166,254 |
| 91 | 30 Aug 2024 | Detached | £237,000 | £249,381 |
| 61 | 22 Jun 2023 | Detached | £250,000 | £270,115 |
| 51 | 24 Feb 2023 | Semi-detached | £165,000 | £178,276 |
| 9 | 2 Dec 2022 | Semi-detached | £191,000 | £221,290 |
| 62 | 21 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £181,500 | £210,283 |
| 69 | 8 Apr 2022 | Semi-detached | £180,000 | £208,546 |
| 47 | 22 Feb 2022 | Detached | £180,000 | £208,546 |
| 3 | 7 May 2021 | Semi-detached | £165,000 | £208,468 |
| 23 | 29 Jan 2021 | Semi-detached | £181,000 | £228,683 |
| 81 | 21 Aug 2020 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £220,110 |
| 36 | 25 Mar 2020 | Detached | £171,000 | £221,405 |
| 58 | 20 Aug 2019 | Detached | £225,000 | £294,295 |
| 61 | 25 Jul 2019 | Detached | £110,000 | £143,878 |
| 38 | 14 Jun 2019 | Semi-detached | £144,000 | £188,349 |
| 42 | 5 Jun 2019 | Semi-detached | £165,000 | £215,816 |
| 53 | 18 Apr 2019 | Semi-detached | £119,000 | £155,649 |
| 85 | 5 Oct 2018 | Detached | £160,000 | £213,233 |
| 87 | 7 Aug 2018 | Detached | £167,000 | £222,561 |
| 3 | 3 Aug 2018 | Semi-detached | £131,000 | £174,584 |
| 19 | 24 Jul 2018 | Detached | £144,000 | £191,909 |
| 51 | 23 Apr 2018 | Semi-detached | £97,500 | £129,939 |
| 89 | 28 Feb 2018 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £226,560 |
| 22 | 31 Oct 2017 | Semi-detached | £93,000 | £126,573 |
| 91 | 1 Sep 2017 | Detached | £151,000 | £205,512 |
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 Parkinson Close, Wakefield values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Parkinson Close | £49,000 (1999) | £158,000 (2024) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 91 Parkinson Close | £134,000 (2006) | £237,000 (2024) | +3.2% | +0.2% |
| 61 Parkinson Close | £161,000 (2017) | £250,000 (2023) | +7.6% | +3.5% |
| 51 Parkinson Close | £45,000 (1999) | £165,000 (2023) | +5.6% | +2.8% |
| 9 Parkinson Close | £110,000 (2017) | £191,000 (2022) | +11.7% | +8.1% |
| 62 Parkinson Close | £50,500 (1999) | £181,500 (2022) | +5.7% | +3.2% |
| 47 Parkinson Close | £95,000 (2003) | £180,000 (2022) | +3.4% | +0.8% |
| 3 Parkinson Close | £56,000 (1998) | £165,000 (2021) | +4.8% | +2.6% |
| 23 Parkinson Close | £72,950 (2001) | £181,000 (2021) | +4.6% | +2.4% |
| 81 Parkinson Close | £124,995 (2009) | £170,000 (2020) | +2.8% | +0.6% |
| 36 Parkinson Close | £66,500 (1999) | £171,000 (2020) | +4.6% | +2.4% |
| 58 Parkinson Close | £55,000 (1999) | £225,000 (2019) | +7.3% | +4.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Parkinson Close, Wakefield 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 | 84 | 62.2% | £99,000 | £42,000 – £191,000 |
| Detached | 50 | 37.0% | £110,000 | £49,950 – £250,000 |
| Terraced | 1 | 0.7% | £48,000 | £48,000 – £48,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Parkinson Close, Wakefield
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 135 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 | 135 | 100.0% | £105,000 |
| New build | 3 | 2.2% | £72,950 |
| Existing home | 132 | 97.8% | £105,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -30.5%. 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 5 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 Parkinson Close, Wakefield
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Wakefield, 42.4% of 207,299 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,703 | 0.8% |
| B | 21,377 | 10.3% |
| C | 64,757 | 31.2% |
| D | 92,936 | 44.8% |
| E | 21,178 | 10.2% |
| F | 4,191 | 2.0% |
| G | 1,157 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Wakefield at £797 a month as of Jun 2026 — £570 for a one-bedroom home and £859 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £105,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.11% 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 WF1, 629 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 244 violent, 16 burglary, 21 vehicle-related and 69 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 3.8 times busier.
Against the 353,368 residents the 2021 census counted in Wakefield, that is 1.78 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 Parkinson Close, Wakefield
The 2021 census counted 353,368 residents in Wakefield across 153,075 households. 63.4% of those households own their home and 36.5% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
15 state and independent schools have a WF1 postcode: 10 primary, 2 16 plus, 2 secondary, 1 nursery. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outwood Grange Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,900 |
| Outwood Academy City Fields | Secondary | Academy converter | 928 |
| CAPA College | 16 plus | Free schools 16 to 19 | 502 |
| Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane | Primary | Academy converter | 456 |
| Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 452 |
| Rooks Nest Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 368 |
| Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School | Primary | Community school | 359 |
| Newton Hill Community School | Primary | Community school | 338 |
| St Austin's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 306 |
| Sandal Magna Community Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 255 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Wakefield Westgate Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Wakefield Kirkgate Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Sandal & Agbrigg Rail Station | Rail | 2.8 km |
| Outwood Rail Station | Rail | 3.3 km |
Section 09
How Parkinson Close, Wakefield compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Parkinson Close, Wakefield sits below that national figure — -33.3%.
Within Wakefield the street ranks 1445 of 2147 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £123,000 (-14.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,635 per square metre, across 29 of the 135 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 £42,000 to £250,000. 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.
Parkinson Close, Wakefield sits in Wakefield, in the Yorkshire and The Humber.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Wakefield at 5.6 times median local earnings of £35,838 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
- Bradford Road£139,950 median
- Howden Way£57,750 median
- George Street£94,000 median
- Park Avenue£95,000 median
- Ings Road£151,250 median
- Tuke Grove£124,000 median
- Chaloner Grove£106,000 median
- Woodlands Village£110,000 median
- Agbrigg Road£85,000 median
- Rooks Nest Road£125,000 median
- Meadow Vale£135,500 median
- Coach Road£100,000 median
- Regent Street£80,000 median
- Royal Troon Mews£120,000 median
- St Johns Square£131,250 median
- First Avenue£140,250 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 51 Parkinson Close5 sales
- 39 Parkinson Close5 sales
- 62 Parkinson Close4 sales
- 3 Parkinson Close4 sales
- 53 Parkinson Close4 sales
- 19 Parkinson Close4 sales
- 16 Parkinson Close4 sales
- 75 Parkinson Close4 sales
- 20 Parkinson Close4 sales
- 77 Parkinson Close4 sales
- 31 Parkinson Close3 sales
- 91 Parkinson Close3 sales
- 61 Parkinson Close3 sales
- 47 Parkinson Close3 sales
- 58 Parkinson Close3 sales
- 85 Parkinson Close3 sales
- 46 Parkinson Close3 sales
- 56 Parkinson Close3 sales
- 44 Parkinson Close3 sales
- 5 Parkinson Close3 sales
- 9 Parkinson Close2 sales
- 23 Parkinson Close2 sales
- 81 Parkinson Close2 sales
- 36 Parkinson Close2 sales
Back to Wakefield house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Parkinson Close, Wakefield?
The median price paid in Parkinson Close, Wakefield across every sale on the register is £105,000. 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 Parkinson Close, Wakefield?
135 sales are on record for Parkinson Close, Wakefield, the most recent completing on 20 Sep 2024. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Parkinson Close, Wakefield house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +15.9% between 2007 and 2019. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -12.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Parkinson Close, Wakefield house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £152,000, set in 2018. 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 Parkinson Close, Wakefield?
£1,635 per square metre, from the 29 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 20 Sep 2024. 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, “Parkinson Close, Wakefield 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.