WN3 vs WN4: house prices per square metre compared
WN3 (Ince) has a median of £2,380 per m² against £1,800 in WN4 (Ashton in Makerfield). WN3 is the more expensive of the two: WN4 is 24.4% cheaper per m². The figures come from 265 matched sales in WN3’s last 12 months and 45 in WN4’s last 36 months of HM Land Registry data.
£190,000, the median sale price in WN3, buys about 80 m² there and about 106 m² in WN4, a difference of 26 m² at each district’s own median.
WN3 over its last 12 months, WN4 over its last 36.
| Measure | WN3High confidence Ince, Wigan £2,380median per m² | WN4Low confidence Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan £1,800median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £2,380 | £1,800 | −24.4% |
| Median sale price | £190,000 | £190,000 | +0.0% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £1,890–£2,860 | Too few matched sales | |
| Sales (each area's own window) | 283 | 990 | n/a |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 265 | 45 | n/a |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 88 m² | 112 m² | +26.3% |
| Annual change over 9.8 years | +4.4% a year | n/a | n/a |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type, over each area's own sales window. | |||
| Detached | £2,850n = 48 | no sales | n/a |
| Semi-detached | £2,410n = 134 | no sales | n/a |
| Terraced | £1,920n = 78 | no sales | n/a |
| Difference: WN3 minus WN4. | |||
| All WN3 sold prices | All WN4 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 WN3 and WN4 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 WN3 and WN4 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 WN3 and WN4 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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