Buying a home in WF6, Normanton. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£185kmost £155k–£236k

Houses per m²£2,461flats £1,778

Sold last year1791,192 in five years

Prices in Wakefield+4.1%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in WF6 sold for £184,687 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £154,547 and £236,000, for about 85 m² of space.

179 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £95k for two bedrooms. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in WF6 1 (£2,292) and the most in WF6 2 (£2,609).

Across Wakefield, prices are up 4.1% on a year ago and up 20% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £869 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £842 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £37,000 for that mortgage: what £40,000 buys.

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House prices in WF6 by bedrooms

Bedrooms	Typical price	Most sell for	Size	Sold, 5 years
2	£165,000	£138k–£200k	67 m²	432
3	£184,687	£155k–£236k	85 m²	513
4	£284,408	£236k–£339k	109 m²	137
5+	£352,269	£319k–£408k	127 m²	80

Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Houses	—	£165k	£185k	£284k	£352k
Detached	—	£249k	£284k	£332k	£359k
Semi-detached	—	£186k	£200k	£247k	£328k
Terraced	—	£139k	£159k	£212k	£215k
Flats	—	£95k	—	—	—

Typical sale price over the last five years, adjusted to today's prices with the UK House Price Index.

Price per m² across WF6

Postcode sector	Houses	Flats
WF6 1	£2,292	£1,848
WF6 2	£2,609	£1,596

Schools near WF6

Best state primary within 2 kmNormanton Junior Academy83% met the expected standard at 11 · England 64%8 state primaries within 2 km

Best state secondary within 5 kmOutwood Academy City Fields52.1% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%5 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

WF10 Castleford · 5 km3-bed house £183k WF1 Wakefield · 5 km3-bed house £206k WF7 Pontefract · 6 km3-bed house £195k LS26 Leeds · 6 km3-bed house £260k WF2 Wakefield · 7 km3-bed house £235k WF3 Wakefield · 8 km3-bed house £241k WF8 Pontefract · 8 km3-bed house £202k WF4 Wakefield · 9 km3-bed house £231k

Questions about WF6

Is WF6 a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: prices in Wakefield are up 4.1% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (83% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (52.1% against 43.8%); 179 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.

How much is a 3-bedroom house in WF6?

A typical 3-bedroom house in WF6 sold for £184,687 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £154,547 and £236,000.

How many homes sell in WF6 each year?

179 homes sold in the last year and 1,192 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.

What are the schools like near WF6?

The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Normanton Junior Academy, where 83% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).

Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.