WA12 vs WN4: house prices per square metre compared

WA12 (Golborne Dale) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £2,754 per against £1,995 in WN4 (Ashton in Makerfield)WN4 is 28% cheaper per . The figures come from 279 and 32 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

WA12

Golborne Dale, Newton-Le-Willows

High confidence

£2,754median per

Median sale price
£210,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£1,932 – £3,355
Sales (last 12 months)
280
With a matched floor area
279
Mean floor area (matched sales)
87 m²
Change over 10 years
+78.3%
All WA12 sold prices

WN4

Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan

Low confidence

£1,995median per

Median sale price
£195,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£1,400 – £3,207
Sales (last 24 months)
668
With a matched floor area
32
Mean floor area (matched sales)
109 m²
Change over 10 years
All WN4 sold prices

Side by side

Every figure covers sales in the last 12 months, on the same dataset and the same method for both areas.

WA12 compared with WN4
MeasureWA12WN4Difference
Median price per m²£2,754£1,995−28%
Median sale price£210,000£195,000−7%
Sales (last 12 months)280668+388
Change over 10 years+78.3%

By property type

Median price per for each property type sold in the last 12 months. Only types with matched sales are listed, and a dash means too few sales to publish.

Property typeWA12WN4
Detached£3,407n = 57£2,893n = 10
Semi-detached£2,883n = 108£2,686n = 12
Terraced£2,068n = 103£1,408n = 10
Flat£2,193n = 11

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