Neighbourhood in Wakefield

Pontefract North West

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Pontefract North West typically sold for £205,000. Half of the 429 sales were between £131k and £267k, against a typical £200,000 across Wakefield.

Postcode WF8

All of Wakefield

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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £205k half sold for £131k to £267k

Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 429 July 2023 to June 2026

Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +8.8% typical price, against 5 years before

New builds 18% of sales · 20% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Wakefield.

Detached £330,000 typical
Half between £265k and £390k · 95 sales · Wakefield £320k
Semi-detached £220,000 typical
Half between £179k and £263k · 184 sales · Wakefield £199k
Terraced £145,000 typical
Half between £122k and £194k · 90 sales · Wakefield £150k
Flat £86,500 typical
Half between £80k and £93k · 60 sales · Wakefield £107k

Since 1995

Each year in Pontefract North West

This neighbourhood Wakefield Homes sold

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

Semi-detached43% · Wakefield 42%
Detached22% · Wakefield 26%
Terraced21% · Wakefield 27%
Flat14% · Wakefield 5%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales18% · Wakefield 8%

Leaseholds, share of sales20% · Wakefield 7%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

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Neighbourhoods around Pontefract North West

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.