Greater Manchester’s cheapest and most expensive areas to buy a house revealed

The average house price is £177k in the region’s cheapest areaPhoebe Jobling Property Writer, David Dubas-Fisher-MEN and Cullen Willis

18:06, 30 Sep 2025

Here are the most and least affordable places to buy a home across the region(Image: Getty Images)

The cheapest and most expensive areas to buy a house in Greater Manchester have now been revealed.

The latest house price data from the Land Registry shows the average cost to buy a property in every postcode area across the region, revealing the spots where you can bag a bargain home.

Farnworth in Bolton id the cheapest places to purchase a home in Greater Manchester. Homes in the BL4 postcode area sold for an average of £177,637 each in the last 12 months.

The next cheapest place to buy a property in our region is Clayton in Manchester, where houses sold for £182,612 each on average in the M11 postcode area.

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On the other end of the scale, Altrincham is the most expensive area to buy a home with an average house price of £562,886.

The WA15 postcode area has the highest average sale price of any postcode in Greater Manchester to have had at least 50 sales over the last 12 months.

The WA14 area was the second most expensive place to buy a home in our region. The average property in this part of Altrincham sold for an average of £526,139 last year.

Farnworth is the cheapest area to buy a home in Greater Manchester (Image: Adam Vaughan)The 10 cheapest postcode areas to buy a home in Greater Manchester:

BL4 (Farnworth): £177,637

M11 (Clayton): £182,612

M18 (Abbey Hey): £190,000

WN7 (Hope Carr): £191,351

M12 (Ardwick): £191,875

M6 (Claremont): £194,305

WN3 (Goose Green): £194,568

SK1 (Stockport): £196,014

BL3 (Bolton): £196,130

M5 (Ordsall): £196,204

Altrincham has the most expensive house prices across the region(Image: Jake Lindley / Manchester Evening News)The 10 most expensive postcode areas to buy a home in Greater Manchester:

WA15 (Altrincham): £562,886

WA14 (Altrincham): £526,139

SK7 (Bramhall): £458,100

M33 (Sale): £408,540

M21 (Chorlton-cum-Hardy): £407,020

M20 (Didsbury): £395,598

SK8 (Cheadle): £375,459

SK4 (Stockport): £370,200

M41 (Urmston): £350,580

SK6 (Bredbury): £340,208

You can find the average house price for your postcode area using our interactive map here:

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