House prices in CH49 (Wirral)

Price per square metre data and charts to help you understand the housing market in CH49 - stats were last calculated on 01 June 2026.

Defining 'CH49'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "CH49", this is also called the postcode district. There are no official postcode district names so I've just labelled it CH49, Wirral. It is shown in red on the map below.

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in CH49 is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

For example in April 2026, 12, Mount Road, Wirral, CH49 6JB sold for £478,000. Given the internal area of 149 square metres recorded on the EPC, the price per sqm is £478,000 ÷ 149 sqm = £3,208.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-). You can change your prefered units from square meters to square feet for all the graphs and charts on CH49 and elsewhere. Just visit the My Account page and look for the m2 to ft2 toggle switch. Alternatively just multiply everything by 10, move a decimal place to go from sqm to sqft and you'll be close enough as 1 sqm = 10.76391 sqft.

Distribution of £ per sqm for houses vs flats in CH49

The chart above is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of house price per sqm in CH49 To make this chart we put all the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £2,648 to £2,797, £2,797 to £2,945, £2,945 to £3,094 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The histogram is based on 836 sales that took place in CH49, in the last 24 months.

Generate a custom histogram like the one above but based on your own criteria.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in CH49, Wirral. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £3,180 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of CH49 homes.

Box plot of £ per sqm for CH49

Tip: click on the chart to see the values.

The chart above is called a boxplot (or a box-and-whisker plot). Box plots, like histograms, are used to graphically represent the distribution of data, showing the central tendency, spread of the distribution. In the context of £ per square metre property price distributions, box plots represent the variation in property prices within a geographic area e.g. Wirral. The chart above shows a boxplot for 'CH49' as well as the 'CH' postcode area.

  • Median: The horizontal line inside the box represents the median (£ per square meter). This is the midpoint of the data, meaning 50% of the prices are below this value, and 50% are above. The middle price per square metre in 'CH49' is £2,740.
  • Interquartile Range (IQR): The box spans from the 25th percentile (Q1) to the 75th percentile (Q3). This is the range where the middle 50% of the data lies, giving a good indication of the typical price spread. Of the 836 transactions in CH49, Wirral half were sold for between £2,060 and £3,180 per square metre.
  • Whiskers: In our case, the whiskers extend from the 9th percentile (at the lower end) to the 91st percentile (at the upper end), This provides a slightly broader view of the distribution by including the middle 82% of records. The whiskers capture most of the variation but exclude extreme outliers caused by data errors in recording sold house prices or internal area.
  • 'n=' is the number of property transactions the box plot is based on; 836 for CH49, Wirral.

    • Property price map for Wirral

    Have a look at the interactive price map I created for myself. Use it to explore house prices in 'Wirral' all the way down to individual property plots.

    House price heatmap showing property values across Wirral 🔍 Explore map ›

    Will CH49 house prices drop in 2025?

    House prices in CH49 fell -0.3% in the last year, -3.4% after inflation. Whether or not this trend will continue depends on many factors, such as wage growth, net migration, interest rates and the level of house building. No one can predict these things with certainty however we can plot the historic trends in house prices in CH49 (Wirral) compared with the wider postcode area 'CH'.You can extrapolate from this based on your own views.

    House price index for CH49

    Tip: click on the legend items to show/hide different lines

    Download house price index as CSV (premium users only).

    The chart above shows changes in 'CH49' property prices over the last 20 years. The index is calculated from the average price paid per sqm for property in CH49 and is set to 100 in 2004. The chart compares trends for CH49, Wirral against those of the broader postcode area 'CH'. What is more interesting is to look at the difference between flats and houses, even those in the same area follow a very different trend, to get a robust enough sample size to see this we need to zoom out and look at house price trends for the entire Wirral local authority.

    The dashed lines show nominal house price changes, the solid lines show the same data adjusted for inflation. Economists call this the 'real' price change. You have to take inflation into account when comparing prices over time. It's calculated using the formula:

    Real Rate of Return = (1 + Nominal Rate) ÷ (1 + Inflation Rate) – 1
    In this formula, the nominal rate is the rate of change before any adjustments, and the inflation rate is taken from the Consumer Price Index. The real rate of return is a more accurate measure of change in value, because £1 today does not have the same buying power as £1 in the past. For example, if a savings account pays an interest rate of 3% per year and the inflation rate is 5% per year, the real rate of return is -2%. This means that the investment's value is shrinking by 2% each year.

    Historic returns for CH49
    CH area CH49 district
    Nominal Real Nominal Real
    20 yr per annum 2.3% -0.5% 2.1% -0.7%
    20 yr total 58.5% -9.1% 50.6% -13.6%
    10 yr per annum 3.7% 0.3% 3.7% 0.3%
    10 yr total 43.8% 3.1% 43.3% 2.7%
    5 yr per annum 3.1% -1.8% 2.7% -2.2%
    5 yr total 16.3% -8.8% 14.1% -10.6%
    1 yr per annum 2.9% -0.3% -0.3% -3.4%
    1 yr total 2.9% -0.3% -0.3% -3.4%

    This table complements the house price index chart above, presenting the data in a more detailed format. It breaks down the information into 20-year, 10-year, 5-year, and 1-year periods, further categorized by property type. For each period, we display both a per annum rate of change and a total rate of change.

    The total rate of change represents the overall change over the entire period. The formula for total return is:

    Total return = (Index at end of period ÷ Index at start of period) - 1

    The per annum rate of change is the annualized rate of change over the period. This is equivalent to the annual bank savings rate you would need to achieve the same total return over the given period. This annualized return is also known as the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR). The formula for CAGR is:

    CAGR = (1 + Total return) ^ (1 ÷ Number of years) - 1

    Some specific examples:

    • Over the past 20 years, CH49 district have seen a -0.7% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of -13.6% in real terms.
    • Over the past 5 years, CH49 district have seen a -2.2% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of -10.6% in real terms.

    Most recent CH49 sales

    For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

    Tip: hover over dots to see details

    Snakes & Ladders

    See the recent winners & losers in the CH49 property market. This is not deep analysis - it is a nosy, tabloid-style peek at the local property market.

    Explore CH49 winners & losers
    Listing photo for 1 Pemberton Road
    Snake
    1 Pemberton Road
    CH49 7LJ
    -5.7%
    annualised change
    Listing photo for 13 Brookside Crescent
    Ladder
    13 Brookside Crescent
    CH49 4LE
    +13.5%
    annualised change

    Street level data

    Street Avg size Avg £sqm Recent sales
    Atholl Duncan Drive, , CH49 0W 97 sqm £2,754 21
    Norwich Drive, , CH49 4G 59 sqm £2,544 19
    Redcroft, , CH49 3G 48 sqm £1,714 19
    Slingsby Drive, , CH49 0T 88 sqm £2,708 14
    Ashdale Park, , CH49 3G 84 sqm £3,900 14
    Eastway, , CH49 2N 108 sqm £2,654 14
    Frankby Road, , CH49 3P 78 sqm £2,981 14
    Caulfield Drive, , CH49 1S 120 sqm £3,177 13

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    CH49's constituents

    The analysis on this page encompasses the entirety of CH49. If you want more granular analysis on different parts of CH49, use these links.

    Postcode sector Lower quartile Median Upper quartile Sales in last 2yr
    CH49 0 Wirral £2,090 sqm £2,720 sqm £3,010 sqm 78
    CH49 1 Greasby £2,860 sqm £3,110 sqm £3,370 sqm 82
    CH49 2 Greasby £2,640 sqm £2,950 sqm £3,440 sqm 92
    CH49 3 Greasby £2,690 sqm £3,240 sqm £3,880 sqm 122
    CH49 4 Wirral £2,300 sqm £2,840 sqm £3,150 sqm 170
    CH49 5 Wirral £1,600 sqm £2,040 sqm £2,350 sqm 49
    CH49 6 Upton £2,460 sqm £2,810 sqm £3,140 sqm 110
    CH49 7 Wirral £1,560 sqm £1,810 sqm £2,070 sqm 55
    CH49 8 Wirral £1,540 sqm £1,720 sqm £1,980 sqm 37
    CH49 9 Wirral £1,520 sqm £1,740 sqm £2,030 sqm 41

    Nearby geographies

    The table below shows how 'CH49' compares to the other postcode districts nearby 'CH49'.

    District Lower quartile Median Upper quartile Sales in last 2yr
    CH8 Greenfield £1,750 sqm £2,190 sqm £2,690 sqm 491
    CH7 Buckley £2,220 sqm £2,640 sqm £3,020 sqm 1,413
    CH66 Great Sutton £2,210 sqm £2,640 sqm £3,060 sqm 1,023
    CH65 Ellesmere Port £1,590 sqm £1,960 sqm £2,560 sqm 765
    CH64 Little Neston £2,570 sqm £3,160 sqm £3,750 sqm 595
    CH63 Wirral £2,360 sqm £2,790 sqm £3,200 sqm 751
    CH62 Wirral £1,940 sqm £2,470 sqm £2,910 sqm 897
    CH61 Wirral £2,650 sqm £3,060 sqm £3,430 sqm 487
    CH60 Heswall £3,040 sqm £3,600 sqm £4,320 sqm 423
    CH6 Flint £1,790 sqm £2,170 sqm £2,590 sqm 410

    Raw data

    Our analysis of CH49 is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

    Address Paid sqm £/sqm
    12, Mount Rd, £478,000
    Apr-2026
    		 149 3,208
    35, Royden Rd, £154,700
    Apr-2026
    		 101 1,531
    59, Royden Rd, £167,000
    Apr-2026
    		 65 2,569

    See the entire list of all sales in CH49 here.

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