That is the middle of 1,177 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 4.2 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.
1,177 homes sold in three years: 223 detached houses, 521 semi-detached houses, 396 terraced houses and 37 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£265K
median sale · 223 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£226K–£300K
Last 12 months
£278K60 sold
New build
£362K
Semi-detached houses£167K
median sale · 521 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£142K–£199K
Last 12 months
£176K138 sold
New build
£250K
Terraced houses£130K
median sale · 396 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£116K–£155K
Last 12 months
£135K100 sold
New build
£225K
Flats and maisonettes£67K
median sale · 37 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£56K–£100K
Last 12 months
£76K9 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 44% of sales
Detached houses19%
Semi-detached houses44%
Terraced houses34%
Flats and maisonettes3%
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 Kirkby’s homes sold for between £130K and £211K
One sale in ten was under £110K and one in ten over £270K. 86% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £162,500, sits in the £150–200K band
1,177 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.2 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £39,000 in 1995 to £165,000 in the last 12 months (£130,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
307 sales in the last 12 months, against 994 in 2004, the busiest year, and 221 in 2012. Sales fell by 72% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Kirkby costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Kirkby, 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
£64K
£80K
£179K
£160K
£163K
£200K
£278K
Semi-detached houses
£41K
£49K
£114K
£105K
£106K
£129K
£176K
Terraced houses
£30K
£34K
£82K
£75K
£75K
£90K
£135K
Flats and maisonettes
£20K
£46K
£109K
£64K
£58K
£52K
£76K
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% of sales in the last 12 months
3,619 new homes have been sold in Kirkby since 1995; the share peaked at 44% in 2000.
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 £324,995
against £160,000 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.
21% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 18% sold leasehold in Kirkby. 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
Elizabeth Road is Kirkby’s busiest street, with 19 sales in three years
63 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 9 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
Elizabeth Road
L10
19
£134,999
Mixed
2
Bearwood Road
L33
17
£232,000
Mixed
3
St Kevins Drive
L32
16
£242,500
Mostly detached houses
4
Riesling Drive
L33
15
£158,000
Mixed
5
Yoxall Drive
L33
14
£195,250
Mixed
6
Lundy Close
L31
13
£224,995
Mixed · new builds
7
Saxon Way
L33
12
£210,000
Mixed
8
Waddicar Lane
L31
11
£190,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Bewley Drive
L32
10
£115,400
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Chapel Lane
L31
9
£364,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
11
Satinwood Crescent
L31
9
£204,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Rowan Drive
L32
9
£185,000
Mixed
13
Penda Drive
L33
9
£150,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Appleton Road
L32
8
£235,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Andrew Avenue
L31
8
£200,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Pye Bridge Close: £389,000
Kirkby median£163K
Pye Bridge Close£389K
Chapel Lane£365K
Chestnut Walk£302K
Elliott Drive£300K
Shakespeare Avenue£290K
Cheapest streets
South Park Court: £54,000
Kirkby median£163K
South Park Court£54K
Mintor Road£115K
James Holt Avenue£115K
Bewley Drive£115K
Brook Hey Drive£123K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.2 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
Kirkby is the 24th most expensive of 25 towns in Merseyside
Kirkby is one of Merseyside’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 Kirkby
What is the average house price in Kirkby?
The median home in Kirkby sold for £162,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,177 standard sales (£165,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £265,000, semi-detached houses £167,000, terraced houses £130,000 and flats and maisonettes £67,000.
Are house prices going up in Kirkby?
The median was £165,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£160,000), and £165,000 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 Kirkby each year?
307 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 456 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Kirkby?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Pye Bridge Close (L31, £389,000), Chapel Lane (L31, £364,995) and Chestnut Walk (L31, £302,475).
How much does a new build cost in Kirkby?
New homes sold for a median £324,995 over three years, against £160,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.8% of sales.
Is Kirkby expensive for Merseyside?
Kirkby is the 24th 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.