House prices in BL5 3 (Westhoughton)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'BL5 3' (Westhoughton) - statistics were last calculated on 30 August 2024.

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Defining 'BL5 3'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "BL5 3", this is also called the postcode sector. It is shown in red on the map above. There are no official names for postcode sectors so I've just labelled it Westhoughton.

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FYI, a postcode sector is the full postcode without the last two letters.

Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Westhoughton 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

E.g. 1, Captain Lees Gardens, Westhoughton, sold for £375,000 on Jul-2024. Given the internal area of 126 square metres, the price per sqm is £2,976.

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 ;-) They may want to convert square meters on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £2,800-£3,000, £3,000-£3,200, £3,200-£3,400 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 294 sales in Westhoughton (BL5 3) that took place in the last two years.

Generate a custom chart 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 Westhoughton (BL5 3). Of the 294 transactions, half were sold for between £2,020 and £3,030 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'BL5 3' is £2,370. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £3,030 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

Price map for Westhoughton

Do have a look at the interactive price map I created. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Westhoughton. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values.

House price heatmap for Westhoughton

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'BL5 3' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BL5 1 Bolton	£2,350 sqm	£2,780 sqm	£3,160 sqm
BL5 2 Westhoughton	£2,090 sqm	£2,590 sqm	£3,090 sqm
BL5 3 Westhoughton	£2,020 sqm	£2,370 sqm	£3,030 sqm

Will Westhoughton house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the chart below for BL5 3 (Westhoughton) compared with both the wider area BL5 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

Download time series data as CSV (paying users only).

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.

Data from Land Registry comes in gradually over time. I update it every month but it takes about 5 months for the majority of sales for Westhoughton to be recorded. Disclaimer: I do not verify and cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. Outliers exist in the data, typically these are where the EPC registry records the internal area incorrectly, sometimes although very rarely the Land Registry price paid data can be wrong. The data provided throughout this website about Westhoughton and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information.

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqm	Recent sales
Chorley Road, Westhoughton, BL5 3N	88 sqm	£1,931	32
Park Road, Westhoughton, BL5 3H	87 sqm	£2,408	30
Cravenwood Rise, Westhoughton, BL5 3Z	55 sqm	£1,923	22
Church Street, Westhoughton, BL5 3S	95 sqm	£1,657	19
Collingwood Way, Westhoughton, BL5 3T	66 sqm	£2,963	18
Abbeylea Drive, Westhoughton, BL5 3Z	102 sqm	£2,257	18
Manchester Road, Westhoughton, BL5 3J	88 sqm	£1,944	17
Bolton Road, Westhoughton, BL5 3D	81 sqm	£1,654	17

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Raw data

Our analysis of Westhoughton 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
1, Captain Lees Gardens, Westhoughton	£375,000 Jul-2024	126	2,976
3, Glebe St, Westhoughton	£75,000 Jul-2024	63	1,190
124, Church St, Westhoughton	£89,000 Jul-2024	53	1,679

See the entire list of all sales in Westhoughton (BL5 3) here.