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Ashton-in-Makerfield market report WN4 0, Wigan

The WN4 0 (Ashton-in-Makerfield) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Underneath every chart here sit 3,622 registered sales in WN4 0 (Wigan) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

In short: the 2026 median for WN4 0 (Wigan) is £202,500, from 50 registered sales, up 13% on five years earlier; the mean is £231,600, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,310 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 3,622 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.

A postcode sector like WN4 0 is a single group of streets within WN4 (Wigan), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.

The going rate for a home in WN4 0

The 2026 median for WN4 0 is £202,500, taken from 50 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £231,600, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.

WN4 0 prices by floor area

Measured by floor area, the last five years of WN4 0 sales average about £2,310 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.

England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving WN4 0 29% below the national figure.

In cash terms the typical WN4 0 home went from £45,000 in 1995 to £202,500 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 107%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2021. The market now sits about 11% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.

The strongest year on record here is 2004 (+28.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2011 (−16.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Growth per year, over one to twenty years

The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.

Transaction volumes

Over the last twelve months of data, 50 sales completed in WN4 0. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 146 sales a year before the financial crisis and 99 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.

The rental side of WN4 0

For renting purposes WN4 0 sits in Wigan. The ONS average private rent there is £741 a month (May 2026). The spread runs from £538 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,137 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.

£741 a month is £8,892 a year, which against the £202,500 median sold price makes a gross yield of 4.4%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.

Reading the WN4 0 market

This is a thin market: 50 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing.

Common questions on WN4 0 (Ashton-in-Makerfield)

Where do WN4 0 prices go next?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 13% over five years in cash but down 11% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

What you could buy in WN4 now

Bedroom by bedroom: WN prices by size

The risers and the fallers

The spread across the WN area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Other sectors in WN4

Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of WN4, one report each:

Zoom out to the full WN4 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how WN4 compares with its neighbours.

Selling in WN4 0? Start from the sold record

Take it further

The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to WN4 0. Free after a one click sign in.

Two maps carry on from here: every WN4 0 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.

About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.