BB5 vs BB6: house prices per square metre compared
BB5 (Oswaldtwistle) has a median of £1,630 per m² against £2,750 in BB6 (Great Harwood). BB6 is the more expensive of the two: BB5 is 40.7% cheaper per m². The figures come from 425 and 57 matched sales in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£166,500, the median sale price in BB6, buys about 61 m² there and about 102 m² in BB5, a difference of 41 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, BB5 moved +5.3% a year against BB6 at +4.0% a year, before inflation.
Sales in the last 12 months.
| Measure | BB5Medium confidence Oswaldtwistle, Accrington £1,630median per m² | BB6Medium confidence Great Harwood, Blackburn £2,750median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £1,630 | £2,750 | +68.7% |
| Median sale price | £140,000 | £166,500 | +18.9% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £1,100–£2,550 | £1,850–£3,280 | |
| Sales (last 12 months) | 645 | 216 | −429 |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 425 | 57 | −368 |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 89 m² | 98 m² | +10.1% |
| Annual change over 9.8 years | +5.3% a year | +4.0% a year | −1.3 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. | |||
| Detached | £2,680n = 47 | no sales | n/a |
| Semi-detached | £2,460n = 119 | no sales | n/a |
| Terraced | £1,270n = 251 | no sales | n/a |
| Difference: BB5 minus BB6. | |||
| All BB5 sold prices | All BB6 sold prices |
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Frequently asked questions
Why compare BB5 and BB6 on price per square metre rather than price?
A raw sale price mostly reflects how big homes are; price per square metre corrects for size, so BB5 and BB6 can be compared on what a buyer actually gets for the money. Both figures here are medians of sold price divided by EPC floor area, from HM Land Registry sales, computed the same way for both areas.
Why do BB5 and BB6 show different numbers of sales?
The two districts are different sizes and trade at different rates, and each figure is computed over the matched sales its own area produced in its stated window. The matched-sale count is printed beside each median because it is that median's own denominator.
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 · Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 · Floor areas from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register · how these figures are made