Living in Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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Sold prices, price trends, local rents and house prices against earnings for Wakefield - compiled from official sources into one report. Enter your email and we will send you your copy.
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Homes in Wakefield cost 5.58 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
- Wakefield a year earlier: 5.74 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in Wakefield over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in Wakefield, wherever they live. That is what "workplace-based" means - it is about jobs in the area, not the earnings of people who live there. Earnings come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025). A higher ratio means homes are less affordable for people working locally. The latest year uses provisional earnings, which ONS revises the following year. This is a council-area figure, not a valuation of any home.
Source: Office for National Statistics, House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.
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Local administration around Wakefield
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Recent sold prices near Wakefield (postcode sector WF1 1)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 138, THE PINNACLE, INGS ROAD | £77,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| 130, THE PINNACLE, INGS ROAD | £64,450 | Flat | Jul 2026 |
| 9, THE SPRINGS | £120,000 | Terraced | Feb 2026 |
| 4, WESTGATE CENTRAL, 117, WESTGATE | £48,000 | Flat | Dec 2025 |
| FLAT 31, GEORGE HOUSE, GEORGE STREET | £105,000 | Flat | Dec 2025 |
| APARTMENT 9, LANGTON LODGE, 5, SOUTH PARADE | £110,000 | Flat | Oct 2025 |
| APARTMENT 24, BAYHEATH HOUSE, 20, MARKET STREET | £49,000 | Flat | Oct 2025 |
| 15, FIRTH HOUSE, GEORGE STREET | £115,000 | Flat | Sep 2025 |
| APARTMENT 11, THE OLD CHAPEL, GROVE ROAD | £68,000 | Flat | Aug 2025 |
| FLAT 14, PEARL ASSURANCE HOUSE, 32, QUEEN STREET | £40,000 | Flat | Jul 2025 |
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