That is the middle of 907 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.
907 homes sold in three years: 253 detached houses, 371 semi-detached houses, 201 terraced houses and 82 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£373K
median sale · 253 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£300K–£434K
Last 12 months
£360K59 sold
New build
£387K
Semi-detached houses£237K
median sale · 371 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£195K–£270K
Last 12 months
£248K91 sold
New build
£246K
Terraced houses£170K
median sale · 201 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£135K–£215K
Last 12 months
£176K64 sold
New build
£240K
Flats and maisonettes£119K
median sale · 82 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£80K–£148K
Last 12 months
£112K28 sold
New build
£145K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 41% of sales
Detached houses28%
Semi-detached houses41%
Terraced houses22%
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 Mirfield’s homes sold for between £175K and £309K
One sale in ten was under £125K and one in ten over £415K. 56% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £239,995, sits in the £200–250K band
907 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 £51,500 in 1995 to £240,000 in the last 12 months (£170,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
242 sales in the last 12 months, against 504 in 2007, the busiest year, and 194 in 2008. Sales fell by 58% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 43% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Mirfield costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Mirfield, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£80K
£110K
£225K
£250K
£240K
£285K
£360K
Semi-detached houses
£53K
£63K
£139K
£156K
£150K
£185K
£248K
Terraced houses
£39K
£45K
£100K
£125K
£121K
£135K
£176K
Flats and maisonettes
£41K
£34K
£132K
£109K
£135K
£140K
£112K
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: 0.4% of sales in the last 12 months
1,337 new homes have been sold in Mirfield since 1995; the share peaked at 25% in 2007.
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 £296,995
against £230,000 for a home sold on, 29% 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.
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.4% sold leasehold in Mirfield. 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
Riverside Close is Mirfield’s busiest street, with 60 sales in three years
59 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 19 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
Riverside Close
WF14
60
£319,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Huddersfield Road
WF14
22
£155,000
Mixed
3
Stocks Bank Road
WF14
17
£250,000
Mixed
4
Kitson Hill Road
WF14
17
£152,000
Mixed
5
West Royd Avenue
WF14
16
£248,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Wellhouse Lane
WF14
16
£206,250
Mixed
7
St Pauls Road
WF14
12
£270,000
Mixed
8
Sunnybank Road
WF14
12
£235,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Water Royd Lane
WF14
12
£182,500
Mixed
10
The Maltings
WF14
12
£154,975
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Calder Close
WF14
11
£195,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Lavender Court
WF14
10
£280,000
Mixed
13
Spring Place Court
WF14
10
£247,500
Mostly terraced houses
14
Quarryfields
WF14
10
£247,000
Mixed
15
Fields Way
WF14
10
£239,995
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
Dearest streets
Park Drive: £433,500
Mirfield median£240K
Park Drive£434K
Overhall Park£424K
Hopton Lane£325K
Jackroyd Lane£322K
Jubilee Gardens£320K
Cheapest streets
Ledgard Wharf: £64,000
Mirfield median£240K
Ledgard Wharf£64K
Kiln Avenue£105K
North Street£113K
The Knowl£115K
Shillbank Lane£130K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.8 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 West Yorkshire
Mirfield is the 33rd most expensive of 91 towns in West Yorkshire
Mirfield is in the middle of West 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 Mirfield
What is the average house price in Mirfield?
The median home in Mirfield sold for £239,995 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 907 standard sales (£240,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £372,500, semi-detached houses £237,000, terraced houses £170,000 and flats and maisonettes £119,000.
Are house prices going up in Mirfield?
The median was £245,000 in 2025, up 6% on 2024 (£230,100), and £240,000 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 Mirfield each year?
242 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 351 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Mirfield?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Park Drive (WF14, £433,500), Overhall Park (WF14, £423,750) and Hopton Lane (WF14, £325,000).
How much does a new build cost in Mirfield?
New homes sold for a median £296,995 over three years, against £230,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 9.8% of sales.
Is Mirfield expensive for West Yorkshire?
Mirfield is the 33rd most expensive of 91 towns of 2,500 or more in West 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.