Town in Wirral
Birkenhead
From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Birkenhead typically sold for £135,000. Half of the 1,576 sales were between £105k and £185k, against a typical £217,500 across Wirral.
Postcodes CH41, CH42
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 Wirral.
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Detached £317,500 typicalHalf between £210k and £512k · 89 sales · Wirral £380k
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Semi-detached £182,000 typicalHalf between £149k and £226k · 463 sales · Wirral £235k
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Terraced £122,000 typicalHalf between £94k and £152k · 863 sales · Wirral £155k
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Flat £100,000 typicalHalf between £77k and £121k · 161 sales · Wirral £131k
Since 1995
Each year in Birkenhead
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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Terraced55% · Wirral 26%
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Semi-detached29% · Wirral 43%
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Flat10% · Wirral 13%
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Detached6% · Wirral 19%
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 Birkenhead
The 6 neighbourhoods mostly in Birkenhead 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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| Bidston Hill | £137,000 | £110k to £190k | 145 | +26.8% |
| Birkenhead Central | £111,750 | £81k to £134k | 174 | +80.4% |
| Birkenhead South | £113,000 | £90k to £135k | 277 | +41.3% |
| Egerton Park | £177,500 | £147k to £221k | 295 | +29.6% |
| Oxton South | £160,000 | £128k to £225k | 335 | +18.5% |
| Tranmere | £125,000 | £95k to £160k | 222 | +25.1% |
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.