That is the middle of 703 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 5.3 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.
703 homes sold in three years: 88 detached houses, 371 semi-detached houses, 194 terraced houses and 50 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£320K
median sale · 88 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£275K–£383K
Last 12 months
£350K25 sold
Semi-detached houses£233K
median sale · 371 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£210K–£265K
Last 12 months
£250K88 sold
Terraced houses£200K
median sale · 194 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£169K–£230K
Last 12 months
£215K60 sold
Flats and maisonettes£124K
median sale · 50 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£138K
Last 12 months
£120K19 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 53% of sales
Detached houses13%
Semi-detached houses53%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes7%
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 Irlam’s homes sold for between £188K and £262K
One sale in ten was under £142K and one in ten over £315K. 66% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £225,000, sits in the £200–250K band
703 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £43,997 in 1995 to £232,250 in the last 12 months (£159,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
192 sales in the last 12 months, against 472 in 2006, the busiest year, and 148 in 2009. Sales fell by 64% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 57% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Irlam costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Irlam, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£76K
£82K
£165K
£202K
£205K
£230K
£350K
Semi-detached houses
£45K
£52K
£114K
£120K
£125K
£178K
£250K
Terraced houses
£34K
£35K
£86K
£89K
£105K
£145K
£215K
Flats and maisonettes
—
—
£112K
—
£76K
£114K
£120K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0.5% of sales in the last 12 months
1,002 new homes have been sold in Irlam since 1995; the share peaked at 38% in 2012.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
27% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 22% sold leasehold in Irlam. 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
Liverpool Road is Irlam’s busiest street, with 31 sales in three years
43 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 13 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
Liverpool Road
M44
31
£205,000
Mixed
2
Roseway Avenue
M44
29
£250,000
Mixed
3
Dean Road
M44
17
£158,500
Mixed
4
Rixtonleys Drive
M44
16
£254,997
Mixed
5
Lords Street
M44
16
£202,000
Mixed
6
Fir Street
M44
15
£194,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Eldon Road
M44
14
£218,750
Mostly terraced houses
8
The Crescent
M44
13
£210,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Lyndhurst Avenue
M44
12
£212,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Rose Avenue
M44
11
£306,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Pasturegreen Way
M44
11
£242,000
Mixed
12
New Moss Road
M44
10
£210,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Baines Avenue
M44
10
£202,497
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Sandywarps
M44
9
£300,000
Mixed
15
Victory Road
M44
9
£245,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Mona Way: £380,000
Irlam median£225K
Mona Way£380K
Hampton Road£310K
Rose Avenue£306K
Daneshill Lane£305K
Sandywarps£300K
Cheapest streets
Forebay Drive: £116,750
Irlam median£225K
Forebay Drive£117K
Glenmuir Close£147K
Caroline Street£152K
Dean Road£159K
Warwick Road£159K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.3 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
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 Greater Manchester
Irlam is the 43rd most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Irlam is in the middle of Greater Manchester’s 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 Irlam
What is the average house price in Irlam?
The median home in Irlam sold for £225,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 703 standard sales (£232,250 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £320,000, semi-detached houses £233,000, terraced houses £200,000 and flats and maisonettes £123,500.
Are house prices going up in Irlam?
The median was £230,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£225,000), and £232,250 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 Irlam each year?
192 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 265 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Irlam?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Mona Way (M44, £380,000), Hampton Road (M44, £310,000) and Rose Avenue (M44, £306,000).
Is Irlam expensive for Greater Manchester?
Irlam is the 39th most expensive of 81 towns of 2,500 or more in Greater Manchester 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.