That is the middle of 2,428 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 4.7 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.
2,428 homes sold in three years: 422 detached houses, 972 semi-detached houses, 862 terraced houses and 172 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£275K
median sale · 422 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£220K–£340K
Last 12 months
£280K109 sold
New build
£324K
Semi-detached houses£170K
median sale · 972 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£143K–£203K
Last 12 months
£175K274 sold
New build
£210K
Terraced houses£125K
median sale · 862 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£95K–£160K
Last 12 months
£135K226 sold
New build
£165K
Flats and maisonettes£90K
median sale · 172 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£76K–£110K
Last 12 months
£100K51 sold
New build
£192K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
Detached houses17%
Semi-detached houses40%
Terraced houses36%
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 Barnsley’s homes sold for between £120K and £210K
One sale in ten was under £85K and one in ten over £280K. 85% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £160,000, sits in the £150–200K band
2,428 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.7 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £34,950 in 1995 to £165,000 in the last 12 months (£117,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
660 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,584 in 2006, the busiest year, and 662 in 2009. Sales fell by 58% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 50% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Barnsley costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Barnsley, 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
£60K
£74K
£170K
£159K
£173K
£210K
£280K
Semi-detached houses
£40K
£44K
£103K
£93K
£105K
£130K
£175K
Terraced houses
£29K
£30K
£75K
£80K
£75K
£90K
£135K
Flats and maisonettes
£31K
£33K
£90K
£91K
£66K
£75K
£100K
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: 0.3% of sales in the last 12 months
4,223 new homes have been sold in Barnsley since 1995; the share peaked at 28% in 2011.
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 £219,995
against £158,000 for a home sold on, 39% 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.
8% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.5% sold leasehold in Barnsley. 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
Murray Drive is Barnsley’s busiest street, with 31 sales in three years
175 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 32 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
Murray Drive
S70
31
£261,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Wakefield Road
S71
23
£124,000
Mixed
3
Huddersfield Road (S75)
S75
22
£116,250
Mostly flats
4
Park Grove
S70
21
£257,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Pontefract Road
S71
20
£190,750
Mostly flats · new builds
6
Park Road
S70
20
£178,500
Mostly terraced houses
7
Burton Road
S71
18
£196,250
Mixed
8
Paddock View
S71
18
£175,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
9
Barnsbridge Grove
S70
17
£180,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Rotherham Road
S71
16
£205,000
Mixed
11
Greenfoot Lane
S75
15
£225,000
Mixed
12
Blenheim Road
S70
15
£160,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Gawber Road
S75
15
£155,000
Mixed
14
Mill Rise
S70
14
£292,495
Mixed · new builds
15
Dodworth Road
S70
13
£157,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Dark Lane: £497,500
Barnsley median£160K
Dark Lane£498K
Kensington Road£498K
Mickledon Way£350K
Folly Way£350K
Melvinia Crescent£342K
Cheapest streets
Regent Street: £39,000
Barnsley median£160K
Regent Street£39K
Barberry Court£77K
Valley Grove£80K
South Street£80K
Princess Street£80K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 12.8 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 South Yorkshire
Barnsley is the 46th most expensive of 63 towns in South Yorkshire
Barnsley is in the middle of South Yorkshire’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 Barnsley
What is the average house price in Barnsley?
The median home in Barnsley sold for £160,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,428 standard sales (£165,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £275,000, semi-detached houses £170,000, terraced houses £125,000 and flats and maisonettes £90,000.
Are house prices going up in Barnsley?
The median was £165,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£158,000), 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 Barnsley each year?
660 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 992 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Barnsley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Dark Lane (S70, £497,500), Kensington Road (S75, £497,500) and Mickledon Way (S75, £350,050).
How much does a new build cost in Barnsley?
New homes sold for a median £219,995 over three years, against £158,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.6% of sales.
Is Barnsley expensive for South Yorkshire?
Barnsley is the 46th most expensive of 63 towns of 2,500 or more in South Yorkshire 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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