That is the middle of 972 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 4.9 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.
972 homes sold in three years: 201 detached houses, 386 semi-detached houses, 336 terraced houses and 49 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£370K
median sale · 201 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£295K–£450K
Last 12 months
£365K55 sold
New build
£455K
Semi-detached houses£240K
median sale · 386 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£207K–£280K
Last 12 months
£245K109 sold
New build
£285K
Terraced houses£175K
median sale · 336 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£150K–£209K
Last 12 months
£183K86 sold
New build
£285K
Flats and maisonettes£130K
median sale · 49 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£109K–£145K
Last 12 months
£155K8 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
Detached houses21%
Semi-detached houses40%
Terraced houses35%
Flats and maisonettes5%
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 Royton’s homes sold for between £173K and £286K
One sale in ten was under £139K and one in ten over £395K. 62% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £225,000, sits in the £200–250K band
972 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £48,000 in 1995 to £237,000 in the last 12 months (£154,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
258 sales in the last 12 months, against 492 in 2006, the busiest year, and 191 in 2012. Sales fell by 59% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 39% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Royton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Royton, 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
£75K
£96K
£200K
£210K
£200K
£260K
£365K
Semi-detached houses
£52K
£64K
£135K
£134K
£140K
£178K
£245K
Terraced houses
£35K
£41K
£92K
£100K
£107K
£128K
£183K
Flats and maisonettes
£37K
£40K
£108K
£90K
£78K
£102K
£155K
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: 2.7% of sales in the last 12 months
846 new homes have been sold in Royton since 1995; the share peaked at 21% in 1995.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £442,000
against £217,750 for a home sold on, 103% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
74% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 73% sold leasehold in Royton. 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
Rochdale Road is Royton’s busiest street, with 29 sales in three years
61 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 20 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
Rochdale Road
OL2
29
£179,950
Mostly terraced houses
2
Shaw Road (OL2)
OL2
25
£145,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
Dunning Drive
OL2
23
£458,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Bennett Way
OL2
15
£495,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Holden Fold Lane
OL2
14
£249,950
Mostly terraced houses
6
Grasmere Road
OL2
13
£270,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Denbydale Way
OL2
13
£245,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Broadway
OL2
12
£284,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Turf Lane
OL2
12
£154,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Oldham Road (OL2)
OL2
12
£154,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Cocker Mill Lane
OL2
11
£520,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
12
Penman Close
OL2
11
£285,000
Mixed · new builds
13
Middleton Road
OL2
11
£185,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Alpine Drive
OL2
10
£256,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Cornish Way
OL2
10
£233,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Cocker Mill Lane: £520,000
Royton median£225K
Cocker Mill Lane£520K
Bennett Way£495K
Diamond Drive£491K
Dunning Drive£458K
Powell Close£430K
Cheapest streets
Radcliffe Street: £105,000
Royton median£225K
Radcliffe Street£105K
Church Street£131K
The Fairways£137K
Shaw Road (OL2)£145K
High Barn Street£145K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5 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
Royton is the 40th most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Royton 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 Royton
What is the average house price in Royton?
The median home in Royton sold for £225,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 972 standard sales (£237,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £370,000, semi-detached houses £240,000, terraced houses £175,000 and flats and maisonettes £130,000.
Are house prices going up in Royton?
The median was £230,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£225,000), and £237,000 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 Royton each year?
258 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 351 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Royton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Cocker Mill Lane (OL2, £520,000), Bennett Way (OL2, £495,000) and Diamond Drive (OL2, £490,997).
How much does a new build cost in Royton?
New homes sold for a median £442,000 over three years, against £217,750 for homes sold on. New builds were 8.1% of sales.
Is Royton expensive for Greater Manchester?
Royton 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.