Property searches in Wakefield

England · figures updated 2026-10-29

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House prices

The average home in Wakefield cost £199,283 in August 2026. Prices have risen 2.9% in the last year.

Type	Average	Last 12 months
All homes	£199,283	+2.9%
Detached	£314,988	+2.3%
Semi-detached	£200,459	+3.4%
Terraced	£159,794	+3.1%
Flat or maisonette	£100,645	-0.2%
First-time buyers	£178,078	+3.1%

UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry.

Council tax 2026-27

A band D home in Wakefield pays £2,297 a year including parish charges (council average). A single adult gets 25% off.

Band	A year	A month (10 payments)
A	£1,531	£153
B	£1,786	£179
C	£2,042	£204
D	£2,297	£230
E	£2,807	£281
F	£3,318	£332
G	£3,828	£383
H	£4,594	£459

Renting

The average private rent is £810 a month (+5.9% in a year). Against the average price, that is a gross yield of about 4.9% a year before costs.

Bedrooms	A month
1	£579
2	£730
3	£874
4 or more	£1,224

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026.

Neighbourhoods

Wakefield is split into 215 small neighbourhoods. 33% of them are among the most deprived 20% in England and 11% among the least deprived 20% (English Indices of Deprivation 2025). On average across them, 63% of homes are owned, 15% privately rented and 22% socially rented; 19% of people are 65 or over and 23% of households have no car (Census 2021). Search an address to see its own neighbourhood.

Mobile signal

100.0% of homes get 4G indoors from at least one network and 95.5% from all four; 100.0% get 5G outdoors (Ofcom, January 2026).

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