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Housing in Birkenhead · HM Land Registry

The median home in Birkenhead sells for £175,000

That is the middle of 3,672 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 5.1 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.

21stmost expensive of 25 in Merseyside+53%since 2016
Median sale
£175K
3,672 sales in 3 years
Middle half: £125K to £249K
Sold in 12 months
1,093
Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Median £185,000
New builds
2.2%
of sales in 3 years
Median new home £363K
In 10 years
+53%
median, 2016 to the last 12 months
£121K → £185K
What sells · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

38% of Birkenhead’s sales are semi-detached houses

3,672 homes sold in three years: 510 detached houses, 1,381 semi-detached houses, 1,231 terraced houses and 550 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.

Detached houses£370K

median sale · 510 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£270K–£470K
Last 12 months
£393K139 sold
New build
£390K
Semi-detached houses£215K

median sale · 1,381 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£173K–£265K
Last 12 months
£220K430 sold
New build
£250K
Terraced houses£133K

median sale · 1,231 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£108K–£166K
Last 12 months
£140K363 sold
New build
£368K
Flats and maisonettes£120K

median sale · 550 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£88K–£150K
Last 12 months
£127K161 sold
The mix

A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales

Detached houses14%
Semi-detached houses38%
Terraced houses34%
Flats and maisonettes15%

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 Birkenhead’s homes sold for between £125K and £249K

One sale in ten was under £90K and one in ten over £368K. 75% sold for under £250K.

Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

The median, £175,000, sits in the £150–200K band

0297594891Under £100K: 456 sold<£100K£100–150K: 891 sold£100–150K£150–200K: 822 sold£150–200K£200–250K: 592 sold£200–250K£250–300K: 336 sold£250–300K£300–400K: 297 sold£300–400K£400–500K: 133 sold£400–500K£500–750K: 120 sold£500–750K£750K–1M: 22 sold£750K–1M£1M+: 3 sold£1M+

3,672 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.

Since 1995

The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England

Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £36,000 in 1995 to £185,000 in the last 12 months (£135,000 in 2019).

31 years of sales

Fewer homes sell than in most years

1,093 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,719 in 2003, the busiest year, and 756 in 2009. Sales fell by 69% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 31% more sales than 2020.

Homes soldMedian sale price
0687137520622750£50K£100K£150K£200K1996: 1454 sold, typical £38K’961997: 1790 sold, typical £38K1998: 1973 sold, typical £37K’981999: 2030 sold, typical £40K2000: 1949 sold, typical £43K’002001: 2062 sold, typical £50K2002: 2461 sold, typical £55K’022003: 2719 sold, typical £70K2004: 2547 sold, typical £90K’042005: 1845 sold, typical £100K2006: 2459 sold, typical £113K’062007: 2436 sold, typical £120K2008: 1129 sold, typical £117K’082009: 756 sold, typical £115K2010: 851 sold, typical £110K’102011: 906 sold, typical £112K2012: 837 sold, typical £110K’122013: 1141 sold, typical £114K2014: 1420 sold, typical £118K’142015: 1382 sold, typical £120K2016: 1451 sold, typical £121K’162017: 1570 sold, typical £128K2018: 1508 sold, typical £130K’182019: 1387 sold, typical £135K2020: 1340 sold, typical £130K’202021: 1750 sold, typical £154K2022: 1626 sold, typical £163K’222023: 1203 sold, typical £168K2024: 1281 sold, typical £169K’242025: 1374 sold, typical £175KLast 12 months: 1093 sold, typical £185KNow
Against England

Birkenhead costs less than England as a whole

Median sale price each calendar year: Birkenhead, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).

£100K£200K£300K£400K1995200020052010201520202025Birkenhead 1995: £36,000Birkenhead 1996: £38,000Birkenhead 1997: £38,000Birkenhead 1998: £37,000Birkenhead 1999: £40,000Birkenhead 2000: £42,500Birkenhead 2001: £49,725Birkenhead 2002: £55,000Birkenhead 2003: £69,950Birkenhead 2004: £89,950Birkenhead 2005: £100,000Birkenhead 2006: £112,500Birkenhead 2007: £120,000Birkenhead 2008: £116,500Birkenhead 2009: £115,000Birkenhead 2010: £110,000Birkenhead 2011: £112,250Birkenhead 2012: £109,500Birkenhead 2013: £114,000Birkenhead 2014: £118,000Birkenhead 2015: £120,000Birkenhead 2016: £121,000Birkenhead 2017: £127,997Birkenhead 2018: £130,000Birkenhead 2019: £135,000Birkenhead 2020: £130,000Birkenhead 2021: £154,125Birkenhead 2022: £162,997Birkenhead 2023: £167,500Birkenhead 2024: £169,000Birkenhead 2025: £175,000England 1995: £55,000England 1996: £57,500England 1997: £60,000England 1998: £66,000England 1999: £74,000England 2000: £82,000England 2001: £92,000England 2002: £114,000England 2003: £132,000England 2004: £152,000England 2005: £159,950England 2006: £168,000England 2007: £178,000England 2008: £174,000England 2009: £170,000England 2010: £185,000England 2011: £180,000England 2012: £183,250England 2013: £188,000England 2014: £198,000England 2015: £212,995England 2016: £224,950England 2017: £235,000England 2018: £240,000England 2019: £245,000England 2020: £263,000England 2021: £281,500England 2022: £295,000England 2023: £292,500England 2024: £299,000England 2025: £300,000Typical UK town 1995: £52,000Typical UK town 1996: £53,142Typical UK town 1997: £56,973Typical UK town 1998: £59,973Typical UK town 1999: £65,500Typical UK town 2000: £74,375Typical UK town 2001: £83,995Typical UK town 2002: £104,750Typical UK town 2003: £128,250Typical UK town 2004: £148,000Typical UK town 2005: £155,000Typical UK town 2006: £161,000Typical UK town 2007: £171,500Typical UK town 2008: £166,000Typical UK town 2009: £156,725Typical UK town 2010: £166,500Typical UK town 2011: £160,500Typical UK town 2012: £164,575Typical UK town 2013: £167,000Typical UK town 2014: £176,000Typical UK town 2015: £187,000Typical UK town 2016: £200,000Typical UK town 2017: £212,500Typical UK town 2018: £224,250Typical UK town 2019: £229,950Typical UK town 2020: £240,000Typical UK town 2021: £255,000Typical UK town 2022: £275,000Typical UK town 2023: £274,500Typical UK town 2024: £275,000Typical UK town 2025: £280,000England £300KTypical UK town £280KBirkenhead £175K
By type

Terraced houses rose the most since 1995

£100K£200K£300K£400K1995200020052010201520202025Detached houses 1995: £78,000Detached houses 1996: £79,975Detached houses 1997: £82,250Detached houses 1998: £84,997Detached houses 1999: £87,000Detached houses 2000: £105,000Detached houses 2001: £102,950Detached houses 2002: £139,000Detached houses 2003: £180,000Detached houses 2004: £191,250Detached houses 2005: £210,000Detached houses 2006: £215,000Detached houses 2007: £229,950Detached houses 2008: £247,750Detached houses 2009: £204,950Detached houses 2010: £197,000Detached houses 2011: £211,000Detached houses 2012: £217,500Detached houses 2013: £199,000Detached houses 2014: £210,000Detached houses 2015: £240,000Detached houses 2016: £237,500Detached houses 2017: £230,000Detached houses 2018: £249,950Detached houses 2019: £272,500Detached houses 2020: £347,500Detached houses 2021: £325,000Detached houses 2022: £330,000Detached houses 2023: £356,495Detached houses 2024: £353,250Detached houses 2025: £379,999Semi-detached houses 1995: £44,975Semi-detached houses 1996: £44,512Semi-detached houses 1997: £46,800Semi-detached houses 1998: £48,000Semi-detached houses 1999: £50,000Semi-detached houses 2000: £54,950Semi-detached houses 2001: £60,000Semi-detached houses 2002: £71,000Semi-detached houses 2003: £90,000Semi-detached houses 2004: £121,000Semi-detached houses 2005: £128,500Semi-detached houses 2006: £139,000Semi-detached houses 2007: £144,115Semi-detached houses 2008: £136,000Semi-detached houses 2009: £128,750Semi-detached houses 2010: £128,000Semi-detached houses 2011: £129,950Semi-detached houses 2012: £125,000Semi-detached houses 2013: £128,000Semi-detached houses 2014: £134,375Semi-detached houses 2015: £142,505Semi-detached houses 2016: £143,500Semi-detached houses 2017: £147,000Semi-detached houses 2018: £146,500Semi-detached houses 2019: £160,000Semi-detached houses 2020: £163,000Semi-detached houses 2021: £180,000Semi-detached houses 2022: £200,000Semi-detached houses 2023: £203,997Semi-detached houses 2024: £210,000Semi-detached houses 2025: £215,000Terraced houses 1995: £25,850Terraced houses 1996: £25,000Terraced houses 1997: £25,000Terraced houses 1998: £25,000Terraced houses 1999: £26,500Terraced houses 2000: £27,950Terraced houses 2001: £31,000Terraced houses 2002: £33,500Terraced houses 2003: £40,000Terraced houses 2004: £59,990Terraced houses 2005: £72,950Terraced houses 2006: £85,000Terraced houses 2007: £94,725Terraced houses 2008: £87,000Terraced houses 2009: £82,500Terraced houses 2010: £78,750Terraced houses 2011: £75,000Terraced houses 2012: £77,000Terraced houses 2013: £80,000Terraced houses 2014: £82,500Terraced houses 2015: £85,000Terraced houses 2016: £85,000Terraced houses 2017: £91,714Terraced houses 2018: £98,000Terraced houses 2019: £98,000Terraced houses 2020: £101,250Terraced houses 2021: £115,000Terraced houses 2022: £124,000Terraced houses 2023: £126,500Terraced houses 2024: £128,000Terraced houses 2025: £134,000Flats and maisonettes 1995: £32,750Flats and maisonettes 1996: £31,450Flats and maisonettes 1997: £30,000Flats and maisonettes 1998: £30,000Flats and maisonettes 1999: £33,750Flats and maisonettes 2000: £36,000Flats and maisonettes 2001: £42,000Flats and maisonettes 2002: £49,950Flats and maisonettes 2003: £66,500Flats and maisonettes 2004: £85,250Flats and maisonettes 2005: £98,000Flats and maisonettes 2006: £107,250Flats and maisonettes 2007: £115,000Flats and maisonettes 2008: £105,000Flats and maisonettes 2009: £95,000Flats and maisonettes 2010: £90,000Flats and maisonettes 2011: £84,000Flats and maisonettes 2012: £77,950Flats and maisonettes 2013: £75,000Flats and maisonettes 2014: £81,000Flats and maisonettes 2015: £83,000Flats and maisonettes 2016: £84,000Flats and maisonettes 2017: £88,625Flats and maisonettes 2018: £92,000Flats and maisonettes 2019: £98,500Flats and maisonettes 2020: £65,875Flats and maisonettes 2021: £102,500Flats and maisonettes 2022: £113,266Flats and maisonettes 2023: £114,500Flats and maisonettes 2024: £115,501Flats and maisonettes 2025: £121,500Detached houses £380KSemi-detached houses £215KTerraced houses £134KFlats and maisonettes £122K
199520002005201020152020Last 12 months
Detached houses£78K£105K£210K£197K£240K£348K£393K
Semi-detached houses£45K£55K£129K£128K£143K£163K£220K
Terraced houses£26K£28K£73K£79K£85K£101K£140K
Flats and maisonettes£33K£36K£98K£90K£83K£66K£127K

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

2,974 new homes have been sold in Birkenhead since 1995; the share peaked at 11% in 2020.

New-build share of sales1996: 8.5%’961997: 8%1998: 5.1%1999: 4.1%’992000: 1.6%2001: 5.3%2002: 7.7%’022003: 8.8%2004: 8.4%2005: 3.8%’052006: 7.3%2007: 6.7%2008: 6.1%’082009: 2.2%2010: 2.7%2011: 4.9%’112012: 4.1%2013: 3.5%2014: 5.1%’142015: 3.3%2016: 4.8%2017: 7.5%’172018: 8.8%2019: 5.6%2020: 11%’202021: 4.4%2022: 7.3%2023: 6.7%’232024: 3%2025: 1.3%Last 12 months: 0.5%Now

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 £363,090

against £172,500 for a home sold on, 110% 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.

18% of sales were leasehold

Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 4.1% sold leasehold in Birkenhead. 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

Hamilton Square is Birkenhead’s busiest street, with 41 sales in three years

273 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 64 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.

#StreetPostcode areaSalesMedianHomes
1Hamilton SquareCH4141£117,500Mostly flats
2Bidston RoadCH4334£137,500Mostly flats
3Shrewsbury RoadCH4333£160,000Mostly flats
4Mount Road (CH42)CH4224£196,500Mixed
5Upton Road (CH43)CH4323£100,000Mostly flats
6Holm LaneCH4322£162,250Mixed
7Prenton Dell RoadCH4321£193,000Mostly semi-detached houses
8Woodchurch Road (CH43)CH4320£240,000Mostly semi-detached houses
9Norwich DriveCH4920£156,500Mixed
10Long Meadow DriveCH4919£363,090Mostly detached houses · new builds
11Woodchurch Road (CH42)CH4219£150,500Mostly terraced houses
12Park Road NorthCH4119£145,000Mostly terraced houses
13Forest RoadCH4319£122,000Mostly flats
14Bebington RoadCH4218£245,000Mixed
15Durley DriveCH4318£200,000Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets

Vyner Road South: £770,000

Birkenhead median£175K
Vyner Road South£770K
Beryl Road£615K
Prospect Road£563K
Bryanston Road£560K
Osmaston Road£475K
Cheapest streets

Newling Street: £69,000

Birkenhead median£175K
Newling Street£69K
Grange Mount£69K
Harrowby Road£70K
Manorside Close£72K
West Knowe£75K

Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 11.2 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 Merseyside

Birkenhead is the 21st most expensive of 25 towns in Merseyside

Birkenhead is one of Merseyside’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.

Median sale, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
1Meols£400K2West Kirby£330K3Formby£327K
⋯
19Liverpool£179K20Litherland£177K21Birkenhead£175K22St Helens£173K23Haydock£169K24Kirkby£163K25Bootle£145K

Towns of 2,500 or more in Merseyside with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.

Birkenhead’s neighbours

The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.

All towns in Merseyside →
WallaseyGreasbyHeswallBebingtonMeolsCaldyWest KirbyWallaseyGreasbyHeswallBebingtonMeolsCaldyWest KirbyBirkenhead
Prices next door
TownMilesMedianSold, 12 moSince 2016
Birkenhead—£175K1,093+45%
Wallasey2.4£185K970+45%
Greasby2.6£275K121+50%
Heswall3.5£303K410+43%
Bebington3.7£230K700+46%
Meols4.6£400K61+45%
Caldy4.9£1M13+40%
West Kirby5£330K207+40%

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 Birkenhead

What is the average house price in Birkenhead?

The median home in Birkenhead sold for £175,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,672 standard sales (£185,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £370,000, semi-detached houses £215,000, terraced houses £133,000 and flats and maisonettes £119,975.

Are house prices going up in Birkenhead?

The median was £175,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£169,000), and £185,000 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 Birkenhead each year?

1,093 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,443 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.

What are the most expensive streets in Birkenhead?

Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Vyner Road South (CH43, £770,000), Beryl Road (CH43, £615,000) and Prospect Road (CH42, £562,500).

How much does a new build cost in Birkenhead?

New homes sold for a median £363,090 over three years, against £172,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.2% of sales.

Is Birkenhead expensive for Merseyside?

Birkenhead is the 21st most expensive of 25 towns of 2,500 or more in Merseyside 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.

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