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WA1 vs WA5: house prices per square metre compared

WA5 (Great Sankey) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £2,934 per against £2,719 in WA1 (Woolston)WA1 is 7% cheaper per . The figures come from 318 and 246 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

WA1

Woolston, Warrington

High confidence

£2,719median per m²

Median sale price
£237,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£2,064 – £3,424
Sales (last 12 months)
277
With a matched floor area
246
Mean floor area (matched sales)
87 m²
Change over 10 years
+57.1%
All WA1 sold prices

WA5

Great Sankey, Warrington

Medium confidence

£2,934median per m²

Median sale price
£260,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£2,216 – £3,529
Sales (last 12 months)
664
With a matched floor area
318
Mean floor area (matched sales)
91 m²
Change over 10 years
+64.3%
All WA5 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.

WA1 compared with WA5
MeasureWA1WA5Difference
Median price per m²£2,719£2,934+8%
Median sale price£237,000£260,000+10%
Sales (last 12 months)277664+387
Change over 10 years+57.1%+64.3%+7.2 pts

By property type

Median price per m² 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.

Median price per m² by property type
Property typeWA1WA5
Detached£3,443n = 46£3,299n = 89
Semi-detached£2,973n = 103£3,077n = 134
Terraced£2,162n = 72£2,292n = 72
Flat£1,923n = 25£2,269n = 23

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