Homes in Stainforth sell for a median £125,000
That is the middle of 168 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 4.4 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.
54% of Stainforth’s sales are semi-detached houses
168 homes sold in three years: 19 detached houses, 91 semi-detached houses and 58 terraced houses.
median sale · 19 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £157K–£210K
median sale · 91 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £115K–£145K
- Last 12 months
- £129K28 sold
median sale · 58 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £87K–£125K
- Last 12 months
- £101K16 sold
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 54% 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 Stainforth’s homes sold for between £105K and £145K
One sale in ten was under £85K and one in ten over £165K. 100% sold for under £250K.
The median, £125,000, sits in the £100–150K band
168 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.4 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £27,250 in 1995 to £120,000 in the last 12 months (£90,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
46 sales in the last 12 months, against 136 in 2005, the busiest year, and 22 in 2011. Sales fell by 74% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 79% more sales than 2020.
Stainforth costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Stainforth, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | £32K | £27K | £78K | £83K | £80K | £98K | £129K |
| Terraced houses | £21K | £24K | £70K | £74K | £73K | £84K | £101K |
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 have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 47% in 2018
273 new homes have been sold in Stainforth since 1995; the share peaked at 47% in 2018.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
0% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Stainforth. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Measham Drive is Stainforth’s busiest street, with 12 sales in three years
12 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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 | Measham Drive | DN7 | 12 | £130,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 2 | High Hazel Grove | DN7 | 9 | £145,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 3 | Thorncliffe Drive | DN7 | 8 | £154,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 4 | Haigh Crescent | DN7 | 8 | £108,343 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 5 | East Lane | DN7 | 8 | £88,500 | Mixed |
| 6 | Turnberry Mews | DN7 | 6 | £147,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 7 | Finkle Street | DN7 | 6 | £131,250 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 8 | Coronation Road | DN7 | 6 | £112,500 | Mixed |
| 9 | Lord Porter Avenue | DN7 | 5 | £200,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 10 | Kingsway | DN7 | 5 | £130,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 11 | Beech Crescent | DN7 | 5 | £112,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 12 | Dr Anderson Avenue | DN7 | 5 | £90,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
Lord Porter Avenue: £200,000
East Lane: £88,500
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.3 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.
Stainforth is the 61st most expensive of 63 towns in South Yorkshire
Stainforth is one of South Yorkshire’s cheapest 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.
Stainforth’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stainforth | — | £125K | 46 | +56% |
| Dunscroft and Hatfield | 1.5 | £195K | 182 | +53% |
| Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe | 2.8 | £197K | 183 | +43% |
| Thorne | 3.1 | £155K | 132 | +35% |
| Moorends | 4 | £126K | 52 | +59% |
| Armthorpe | 4.2 | £187K | 166 | +55% |
| Hatfield Woodhouse | 4.2 | £115K | 3 | — |
| Arksey | 5 | £172K | 6 | +29% |
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 Stainforth
What is the average house price in Stainforth?
The median home in Stainforth sold for £125,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 168 standard sales (£120,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £169,000, semi-detached houses £130,000 and terraced houses £110,000.
Are house prices going up in Stainforth?
The median was £125,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£125,000), and £120,000 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 Stainforth each year?
46 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 69 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Stainforth?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Lord Porter Avenue (DN7, £200,000), Thorncliffe Drive (DN7, £154,500) and Turnberry Mews (DN7, £147,500).
Is Stainforth expensive for South Yorkshire?
Stainforth is the 61st 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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