Town in Wakefield
Pontefract
From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Pontefract typically sold for £187,000. Half of the 3,700 sales were between £143k and £250k, against a typical £200,000 across Wakefield.
Postcodes WF7, WF8, WF9
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.
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Detached £295,000 typicalHalf between £247k and £356k · 934 sales · Wakefield £320k
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Semi-detached £185,000 typicalHalf between £156k and £225k · 1,661 sales · Wakefield £199k
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Terraced £140,000 typicalHalf between £115k and £176k · 974 sales · Wakefield £150k
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Flat £90,000 typicalHalf between £75k and £107k · 131 sales · Wakefield £107k
Since 1995
Each year in Pontefract
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
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Semi-detached45% · Wakefield 42%
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Terraced26% · Wakefield 27%
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Detached25% · Wakefield 26%
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Flat4% · Wakefield 5%
New builds and leaseholds
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.
Neighbourhoods
Where in Pontefract
The 12 neighbourhoods mostly in Pontefract and what homes sold for in each from July 2023 to June 2026. The range is the middle half of sales.
| Neighbourhood | Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. | Middle half Middle halfHalf the homes sold within this range. A quarter sold for less and a quarter for more. | Sales SalesHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. | Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. |
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| Ackworth & Darrington | £250,000 | £186k to £350k | 462 | +15.2% |
| Featherstone | £187,000 | £148k to £227k | 345 | +26.8% |
| Hemsworth Town | £175,000 | £130k to £227k | 317 | +37.3% |
| Kinsley & Fitzwilliam | £160,000 | £130k to £192k | 211 | +16.8% |
| Moorthorpe | £145,000 | £95k to £195k | 164 | +54.3% |
| Pontefract North East | £198,250 | £165k to £260k | 456 | +13.3% |
| Pontefract North West | £205,000 | £131k to £267k | 429 | +8.8% |
| Pontefract South East | £175,000 | £145k to £209k | 131 | +34.6% |
| Pontefract South West | £240,000 | £185k to £315k | 295 | +33.3% |
| South Elmsall | £170,000 | £130k to £220k | 209 | +25.9% |
| South Kirkby | £170,000 | £140k to £220k | 258 | +30.8% |
| Upton | £165,000 | £138k to £225k | 228 | +27.9% |
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
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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.