That is the middle of 1,806 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 4.8 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.
Half of Rotherham’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,806 homes sold in three years: 234 detached houses, 965 semi-detached houses, 450 terraced houses and 157 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£290K
median sale · 234 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£220K–£360K
Last 12 months
£325K73 sold
New build
£310K
Semi-detached houses£180K
median sale · 965 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£143K–£225K
Last 12 months
£190K293 sold
New build
£289K
Terraced houses£115K
median sale · 450 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£80K–£140K
Last 12 months
£113K121 sold
New build
£275K
Flats and maisonettes£90K
median sale · 157 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£73K–£125K
Last 12 months
£90K38 sold
New build
£87K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 53% of sales
Detached houses13%
Semi-detached houses53%
Terraced houses25%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 Rotherham’s homes sold for between £120K and £220K
One sale in ten was under £80K and one in ten over £294K. 82% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £165,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,806 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.8 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £36,000 in 1995 to £171,000 in the last 12 months (£110,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
525 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,121 in 2002, the busiest year, and 472 in 2012. Sales fell by 52% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 30% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Rotherham costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Rotherham, 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
£67K
£84K
£187K
£221K
£214K
£260K
£325K
Semi-detached houses
£42K
£48K
£106K
£115K
£123K
£136K
£190K
Terraced houses
£26K
£28K
£67K
£73K
£68K
£79K
£113K
Flats and maisonettes
£28K
£35K
£127K
£95K
£68K
£68K
£90K
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: 2.3% of sales in the last 12 months
1,024 new homes have been sold in Rotherham since 1995; the share peaked at 15% in 2009.
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 £279,995
against £160,000 for a home sold on, 75% 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.
25% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 18% sold leasehold in Rotherham. 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
East Bawtry Road is Rotherham’s busiest street, with 41 sales in three years
132 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 27 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
East Bawtry Road
S60
41
£260,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Coach House Lane
S60
20
£309,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
3
Broom Lane
S60
20
£223,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Wickersley Road
S60
16
£266,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Moorgate Road
S60
16
£231,500
Mixed
6
Benton Way
S61
16
£167,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
West Hill
S61
15
£210,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Kimberworth Road
S61
15
£170,000
Mixed
9
Roughwood Road
S61
15
£156,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Gilberthorpe Street
S65
15
£132,000
Mixed
11
Doncaster Road
S65
15
£90,000
Mixed
12
Upper Wortley Road
S61
14
£205,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Grange Road
S60
13
£240,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Wortley Road
S61
13
£184,620
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Newman Road
S60
12
£247,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Hallam Road: £535,000
Rotherham median£165K
Hallam Road£535K
Queensway£498K
Shoreham Drive£435K
Old Wortley Road£349K
Spinneyfield£348K
Cheapest streets
Dovercourt Road: £51,875
Rotherham median£165K
Dovercourt Road£52K
Rosebery Street£54K
Cavendish Road£55K
Russell Street£60K
Grosvenor Road£60K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 10.3 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
Rotherham is the 42nd most expensive of 63 towns in South Yorkshire
Rotherham 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 Rotherham
What is the average house price in Rotherham?
The median home in Rotherham sold for £165,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,806 standard sales (£171,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £290,000, semi-detached houses £180,000, terraced houses £115,000 and flats and maisonettes £90,000.
Are house prices going up in Rotherham?
The median was £172,875 in 2025, up 12% on 2024 (£155,000), and £171,000 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 Rotherham each year?
525 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 696 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Rotherham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Hallam Road (S60, £535,000), Queensway (S60, £497,500) and Shoreham Drive (S60, £435,000).
How much does a new build cost in Rotherham?
New homes sold for a median £279,995 over three years, against £160,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.5% of sales.
Is Rotherham expensive for South Yorkshire?
Rotherham is the 41st 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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