That is the middle of 853 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 6.3 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.
853 homes sold in three years: 85 detached houses, 449 semi-detached houses, 269 terraced houses and 50 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£425K
median sale · 85 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£310K–£550K
Last 12 months
£435K27 sold
Semi-detached houses£270K
median sale · 449 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£230K–£330K
Last 12 months
£283K137 sold
New build
£375K
Terraced houses£206K
median sale · 269 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£184K–£250K
Last 12 months
£211K92 sold
Flats and maisonettes£161K
median sale · 50 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£115K–£195K
Last 12 months
£185K11 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 53% of sales
Detached houses10%
Semi-detached houses53%
Terraced houses32%
Flats and maisonettes6%
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 Swinton’s homes sold for between £200K and £320K
One sale in ten was under £172K and one in ten over £415K. 49% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £250,000, sits in the £250–300K band
853 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.3 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £41,000 in 1995 to £260,000 in the last 12 months (£180,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
267 sales in the last 12 months, against 556 in 2004, the busiest year, and 173 in 2010. Sales fell by 55% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 41% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Swinton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Swinton, 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
£66K
£88K
£190K
£250K
£210K
£318K
£435K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£56K
£130K
£128K
£147K
£218K
£283K
Terraced houses
£33K
£38K
£92K
£92K
£105K
£147K
£211K
Flats and maisonettes
£36K
£47K
£160K
£77K
£82K
£102K
£185K
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 16% in 2022
616 new homes have been sold in Swinton since 1995; the share peaked at 16% in 2022.
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 £381,495
against £248,000 for a home sold on, 54% 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.
40% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 37% sold leasehold in Swinton. 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
Worsley Road (M27) is Swinton’s busiest street, with 32 sales in three years
58 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
Worsley Road (M27)
M27
32
£275,000
Mixed
2
Moorside Road
M27
32
£196,500
Mostly terraced houses
3
Ringlow Park Road
M27
19
£310,000
Mixed
4
Folly Lane
M27
19
£299,679
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Denim Close
M27
15
£385,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
6
Campbell Road
M27
15
£380,000
Mixed
7
Manchester Road
M27
14
£328,750
Mixed
8
Pendlebury Road
M27
14
£190,750
Mostly terraced houses
9
Charles Street
M27
13
£200,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Victoria Lane
M27
12
£252,500
Mixed
11
Dorchester Road
M27
11
£202,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Mossfield Road
M27
10
£206,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Park Street
M27
10
£204,500
Mostly terraced houses
14
Rolag Crescent
M27
9
£323,500
Mixed
15
Eccles Road
M27
9
£265,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Beatrice Road: £580,000
Swinton median£250K
Beatrice Road£580K
Anson Road£435K
Lambton Road£403K
Ashley Drive£395K
Welbeck Road£395K
Cheapest streets
Stafford Road: £158,000
Swinton median£250K
Stafford Road£158K
Bingham Street£160K
Chorley Road£163K
Mulgrave Street£178K
Beatrice Street£180K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.7 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
Swinton is the 28th most expensive of 81 towns in Greater Manchester
Swinton 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 Swinton
What is the average house price in Swinton?
The median home in Swinton sold for £250,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 853 standard sales (£260,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £425,000, semi-detached houses £270,000, terraced houses £206,000 and flats and maisonettes £160,500.
Are house prices going up in Swinton?
The median was £249,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£245,500), and £260,000 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 Swinton each year?
267 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 350 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Swinton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Beatrice Road (M28, £580,000), Anson Road (M27, £435,000) and Lambton Road (M28, £403,000).
How much does a new build cost in Swinton?
New homes sold for a median £381,495 over three years, against £248,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.6% of sales.
Is Swinton expensive for Greater Manchester?
Swinton is the 26th 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.