The median home in Wheatley Hill sells for £95,000
That is the middle of 117 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.4 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
42% of Wheatley Hill’s sales are semi-detached houses
117 homes sold in three years: 30 detached houses, 49 semi-detached houses and 38 terraced houses.
Detached houses£172K
median sale · 30 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£140K–£255K
Last 12 months
£187K10 sold
Semi-detached houses£95K
median sale · 49 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£75K–£120K
Last 12 months
£130K17 sold
Terraced houses£66K
median sale · 38 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£53K–£85K
Last 12 months
£71K12 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 42% of sales
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses42%
Terraced houses32%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Wheatley Hill’s homes sold for between £70K and £140K
One sale in ten was under £53K and one in ten over £212K. 93% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £95,000, sits in the Under £100K band
117 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £24,000 in 1995 to £130,000 in the last 12 months (£147,200 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
39 sales in the last 12 months, against 78 in 2006, the busiest year, and 19 in 2012. Sales fell by 67% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wheatley Hill costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wheatley Hill, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£24K
—
£142K
—
£103K
£180K
£187K
Semi-detached houses
£32K
£32K
£67K
£63K
£71K
£78K
£130K
Terraced houses
£20K
£20K
£69K
£53K
£41K
£59K
£71K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 54% in 2016
201 new homes have been sold in Wheatley Hill since 1995; the share peaked at 54% in 2016.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Wheatley Hill. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Marley Fields is Wheatley Hill’s busiest street, with 14 sales in three years
6 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Marley Fields
DH6
14
£212,250
Mostly detached houses
2
Henderson Avenue
DH6
10
£122,125
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Wordsworth Avenue
DH6
8
£66,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
South View
DH6
7
£60,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Luke Terrace
DH6
6
£137,000
Mixed
6
Church Street
DH6
5
£33,000
Mostly terraced houses
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across County Durham
Wheatley Hill is the 46th most expensive of 52 towns in County Durham
Wheatley Hill is one of County Durham’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Wheatley Hill
What is the average house price in Wheatley Hill?
The median home in Wheatley Hill sold for £95,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 117 standard sales (£130,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £171,500, semi-detached houses £95,000 and terraced houses £66,000.
Are house prices going up in Wheatley Hill?
The median was £115,000 in 2025, up 64% on 2024 (£70,000), and £130,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Wheatley Hill each year?
39 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 57 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
Is Wheatley Hill expensive for County Durham?
Wheatley Hill is the 46th most expensive of 52 towns of 2,500 or more in County Durham by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.