Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0The median home in Birdwell sells for £219,997
That is the middle of 200 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 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.
43% of Birdwell’s sales are semi-detached houses
200 homes sold in three years: 49 detached houses, 86 semi-detached houses, 62 terraced houses and 3 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 49 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £290K–£365K
- Last 12 months
- £326K6 sold
- New build
- £327K
median sale · 86 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £175K–£250K
- Last 12 months
- £222K17 sold
- New build
- £247K
median sale · 62 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £125K–£180K
- Last 12 months
- £145K17 sold
- New build
- £202K
Flats and maisonettes: 3 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 43% of sales
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.
Half of Birdwell’s homes sold for between £150K and £265K
One sale in ten was under £122K and one in ten over £350K. 68% sold for under £250K.
The median, £219,997, sits in the £200–250K band
200 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £35,725 in 1995 to £180,000 in the last 12 months (£127,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
40 sales in the last 12 months, against 108 in 2001, the busiest year, and 18 in 2009. Sales fell by 78% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 24% more sales than 2020.
Birdwell costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Birdwell, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | — | £89K | £190K | £208K | £200K | £245K | £326K |
| Semi-detached houses | £36K | £44K | £94K | £123K | £104K | £118K | £222K |
| Terraced houses | £34K | £36K | £85K | £85K | £85K | £103K | £145K |
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.
13% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
247 new homes have been sold in Birdwell since 1995; the share peaked at 40% in 2025.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £259,995
against £168,000 for a home sold on, 55% 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.
16% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 14% sold leasehold in Birdwell. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Nightingale is Birdwell’s busiest street, with 51 sales in three years
11 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 4 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 | Nightingale | S70 | 51 | £264,995 | Mixed · new builds |
| 2 | Sheffield Road | S70 | 29 | £145,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 3 | The Walk | S70 | 14 | £150,000 | Mixed |
| 4 | Worsbrough Road | S70 | 10 | £175,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 5 | Skylark Close | S70 | 9 | £235,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds |
| 6 | Woodpecker Walk | S70 | 8 | £271,995 | Mixed · new builds |
| 7 | Green Spring Avenue | S70 | 8 | £239,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 8 | Chapel Street | S70 | 8 | £141,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 9 | Wentworth Street | S70 | 7 | £147,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 10 | Locksley Gardens | S70 | 5 | £350,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 11 | Rockley Avenue | S70 | 5 | £199,950 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
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.
Birdwell is the 15th most expensive of 63 towns in South Yorkshire
Birdwell is in the middle of South Yorkshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in South Yorkshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Birdwell’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Hoyland, Worsbrough and Dodworth.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birdwell | — | £220K | 40 | +106% |
| Hoyland | 1.8 | £163K | 130 | +61% |
| Worsbrough | 1.8 | £170K | 65 | +36% |
| Jump | 2.2 | £148K | 15 | +18% |
| Dodworth | 2.8 | £184K | 73 | +53% |
| Hemingfield | 2.9 | £220K | 20 | +65% |
| Chapeltown and High Green | 3.1 | £210K | 252 | +47% |
| Barnsley | 3.3 | £160K | 660 | +55% |
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 Birdwell
What is the average house price in Birdwell?
The median home in Birdwell sold for £219,997 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 200 standard sales (£180,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £339,995, semi-detached houses £233,995 and terraced houses £144,000.
Are house prices going up in Birdwell?
The median was £227,497 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£220,000), and £180,000 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 Birdwell each year?
40 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 65 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Birdwell?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Locksley Gardens (S70, £350,000), Woodpecker Walk (S70, £271,995) and Nightingale (S70, £264,995).
How much does a new build cost in Birdwell?
New homes sold for a median £259,995 over three years, against £168,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 35% of sales.
Is Birdwell expensive for South Yorkshire?
Birdwell is the 15th 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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