Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Birkenhead (CH42 7)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Birkenhead (CH42 7).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Birkenhead 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. 101, Elmswood Road, Birkenhead, sold for £76,000 on Aug-2023. Given the internal area of 62 square metres, the price per sqm is £1,225.

England & Wales have been officially metric for many decades. However house price per square foot is sometimes prefered by those of sufficiently advanced age. They may want to convert metres 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. £1,900-£2,000, £2,000-£2,100, £2,100-£2,200 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 101 sales in Birkenhead (CH42 7) that took place in the last two years.

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.

That said, the spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Birkenhead (CH42 7). Of the 101 transactions, half were sold for between £1,070 and £1,530 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £1,530m². For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

For the average, we calculate the 'median' or middle price. The median price per square metre in 'CH42 7' is £1,260. The table below shows how 'CH42 7' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
CH42 5 Birkenhead	£1,060m2	£1,200m2	£1,390m2
CH42 8 Birkenhead	£1,880m2	£2,240m2	£2,570m2
CH42 1 Birkenhead	£1,040m2	£1,160m2	£1,500m2
CH42 0 Birkenhead	£890m2	£1,170m2	£1,440m2
CH42 3 Birkenhead	£990m2	£1,250m2	£1,550m2
CH42 6 Tranmere	£1,400m2	£1,730m2	£2,130m2
CH42 4 Birkenhead	£1,200m2	£1,590m2	£1,950m2
CH42 2 Ludlow Road	£1,070m2	£1,270m2	£1,720m2
CH42 7 Birkenhead	£1,070m2	£1,260m2	£1,530m2
CH42 9 Birkenhead	£1,230m2	£1,490m2	£1,750m2

Will Birkenhead 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 scatter plot below for CH42 7 (Birkenhead). From this one could infer a range of reasonable possible future price falls or rises. In the chart below, the red dashed line is the house price trend for CH42 7 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Birkenhead 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. Furthermore, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. This information is based on sold prices and internal area data provided by Land Registry and other third parties - I do not verify the accuracy of the Birkenhead data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Birkenhead

I've just finished coding the map I link to below. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Birkenhead. 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. I will explain more about the methodology and create a key next week.

House price heatmap for Birkenhead

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Harrowby Road, Birkenhead, CH42 7H	57m2	£1,005	44
Elmswood Road, Birkenhead, CH42 7H	65m2	£1,166	35
Maybank Road, Birkenhead, CH42 7H	68m2	£1,051	17
Fountain Street, Birkenhead, CH42 7J	97m2	£1,445	15
North Road, Birkenhead, CH42 7J	149m2	£1,421	14
Westbank Road, Birkenhead, CH42 7J	143m2	£1,292	13
Whitford Road, Birkenhead, CH42 7J	82m2	£1,108	11
Derby Road, Birkenhead, CH42 7H	80m2	£777	11

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Birkenhead 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	m2	£/m2
101, Elmswood Rd, Birkenhead	£76,000 Aug-2023	62	1,225
98, Prenton Rd East, Birkenhead	£221,000 Aug-2023	198	1,116
20, North Rd, Birkenhead	£350,000 Jul-2023	255	1,372

See the entire list of all sales in Birkenhead (CH42 7) here.