WN5 house prices are built from 17,810 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 4 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £105,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +45.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +4.3%.
Median price paid
£105,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+45.6%
Change in real terms
+4.3%
Median per m²
£1,074
HM Land Registry17,810 sales1,889 with floor areaLatest sale 4 Jun 2026
Section 01
How WN5 prices moved
The chart tracks the median WN5 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 | £42,500 | £94,370 |
| 2000s | 10 | £94,500 | £172,151 |
| 2010s | 10 | £120,000 | £169,200 |
| 2020s | 7 | £168,000 | £171,652 |
The highest yearly median on record for WN5 is £191,500 in 2025; the lowest is £39,065 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £39,065 to £182,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £86,743, so the real change over the whole record is +109.8% — about +2.42% 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: +45.6% in cash against +4.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 Church Street | 4 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £237,000 | £237,000 |
| 201 Billinge Road | 4 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £132,500 | £132,500 |
| 1 Lilac Grove | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 82 Edinburgh Drive | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £192,000 | £192,000 |
| 12 Arundel Street | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £117,000 | £117,000 |
| 98 Victoria Street | 28 May 2026 | Detached | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| 15 Winstanley Street | 27 May 2026 | Detached | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 52 New Street | 27 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 25 More Street | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £179,950 | £179,950 |
| 106 Sherwood Drive | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £147,000 | £147,000 |
| 246 Billinge Road | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £128,500 | £128,500 |
| 33 Naburn Drive | 20 May 2026 | Detached | £460,000 | £460,000 |
| 17 Stuart Crescent | 20 May 2026 | Detached | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 16 Primrose Grove | 19 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £148,000 | £148,000 |
| 3 Moorfield Meadow | 15 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £410,000 | £410,000 |
| 6 Sefton Avenue | 15 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| 38 More Street | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £190,000 | £190,000 |
| 198 Ormskirk Road | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 7 Hartley Grove | 15 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 14 Winstanley Street | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £92,500 | £92,500 |
| 120A Orrell Road | 12 May 2026 | Terraced | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 3 Holt Crescent | 12 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 1 Windermere Road | 12 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £182,000 | £182,000 |
| 4 Winchester Close | 8 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 384 Gathurst Road | 8 May 2026 | Terraced | £165,000 | £165,000 |
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 WN5 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 Church Street | £56,000 (1999) | £237,000 (2026) | +5.5% | +2.7% |
| 201 Billinge Road | £40,000 (2000) | £132,500 (2026) | +4.7% | +2.0% |
| 12 Arundel Street | £14,500 (1996) | £117,000 (2026) | +7.2% | +4.5% |
| 1 Lilac Grove | £141,000 (2004) | £245,000 (2026) | +2.5% | -0.3% |
| 82 Edinburgh Drive | £137,000 (2018) | £192,000 (2026) | +4.3% | +0.6% |
| 98 Victoria Street | £140,000 (2003) | £340,000 (2026) | +3.9% | +1.1% |
| 15 Winstanley Street | £169,995 (2016) | £280,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +1.7% |
| 246 Billinge Road | £52,950 (2003) | £128,500 (2026) | +3.9% | +1.1% |
| 106 Sherwood Drive | £65,950 (2002) | £147,000 (2026) | +3.4% | +0.6% |
| 25 More Street | £118,995 (2013) | £179,950 (2026) | +3.2% | +0.3% |
| 33 Naburn Drive | £247,000 (2004) | £460,000 (2026) | +2.9% | +0.0% |
| 17 Stuart Crescent | £159,950 (2004) | £310,000 (2026) | +3.1% | +0.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. WN5 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 | 7,335 | 41.2% | £115,500 | £650 – £790,000 |
| Terraced | 6,640 | 37.3% | £79,950 | £1,195 – £367,000 |
| Detached | 3,289 | 18.5% | £186,950 | £7,000 – £960,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 546 | 3.1% | £82,350 | £7,000 – £245,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in WN5
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 4,930 certificates cover WN5, and their median floor area is 77 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are about the same size than average — +1.3%. 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 | 77 m² | about 829 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 63 m² | about 678 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 89 m² | about 958 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 20.3% | 1,000 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 2.9% | 145 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in WN5
8,824 of the sales on record are leasehold and 8,986 freehold — 49.5% 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 £99,000 and the median freehold sale £112,500 — a gap of +13.6%. 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 | 8,824 | 49.5% | £99,000 |
| Freehold | 8,986 | 50.5% | £112,500 |
| New build | 1,748 | 9.8% | £146,123 |
| Existing home | 16,062 | 90.2% | £100,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +46.1%. 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 1,329 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 WN5
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across St. Helens, 45.4% of 92,985 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 254 | 0.3% |
| B | 8,496 | 9.1% |
| C | 33,448 | 36.0% |
| D | 37,715 | 40.6% |
| E | 10,397 | 11.2% |
| F | 1,997 | 2.1% |
| G | 678 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in St. Helens at £798 a month as of Jun 2026 — £587 for a one-bedroom home and £890 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £105,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.12% 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.
No street-level crime was published for WN5 in Jun 2026 by Greater Manchester. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around WN5
The 2021 census counted 183,248 residents in St. Helens across 81,013 households. 65.0% of those households own their home and 34.9% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
17 state and independent schools have a WN5 postcode: 12 primary, 3 secondary, 2 16 plus. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter's Catholic High School | Secondary | Voluntary aided school | 1,026 |
| Up Holland High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 874 |
| Dean Trust Wigan | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 715 |
| Westfield Community School | Primary | Community school | 450 |
| Orrell Newfold Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 447 |
| Orrell Lamberhead Green Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 408 |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School Wigan | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 384 |
| Marsh Green Primary School | Primary | Community school | 371 |
| St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 347 |
| St Mark's CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 240 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Orrell Rail Station | Rail | 1.4 km |
| Gathurst Rail Station | Rail | 3.1 km |
| Upholland Rail Station | Rail | 3.6 km |
| Wigan North Western Rail Station | Rail | 3.8 km |
Section 09
How WN5 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. WN5 sits below that national figure — -33.3%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,074 per square metre, across 1,889 of the 17,810 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 £650 to £960,000. 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.
WN5 sits in St. Helens, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in St. Helens at 5.7 times median local earnings of £33,379 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 WN5
The closest districts
- WN32.8 km · £102,000
- WN65.0 km · £125,000
- WN45.1 km · £103,000
- WN85.9 km · £99,000
- WA116.3 km · £105,000
- WN27.0 km · £94,000
- WA129.4 km · £114,995
- WA109.7 km · £91,500
This district mostly covers Wigan.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in WN5?
The median price paid in WN5 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 WN5?
17,810 sales are on record for WN5, the most recent completing on 4 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have WN5 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +45.6% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +4.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were WN5 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £191,500, 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 WN5?
£1,074 per square metre, from the 1,889 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 4 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, “WN5 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.