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Locally, houses of this size normally have 3 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 5, Melbourne Villas, Pontefract is £147,382 and its rental estimate is £918 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Melbourne Villas, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9 falls within the WF9 postal district, in the borough of Wakefield.
5, Melbourne Villas, Pontefract has 31 entries in the Land Registry , most recently in January 2011 and a single entry in the EPC database dated September 2010.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 2 out of 5 and is considered of medium accuracy.
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For 5, Melbourne Villas, Pontefract, we estimate a market value of £154,751 and a rental value of £964 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £137,065 and £854 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 5, Melbourne Villas, Pontefract has seen its estimated sale value grow by £5,116 (3.5%) and its estimated rental value climb by £40 per month (4.4%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 7.5%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 5, Melbourne Villas, Pontefract as measuring 210 m2.
That makes it the 5th largest plot in the postcode, where all 6 other houses have recorded plot data.
5, Melbourne Villas, Pontefract has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of C. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 29 Sep 2010.
The property is connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
The most recent sale of 5, Melbourne Villas, Pontefract completed on 28th January 2011 at £86,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 the property has sold 3 times.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 85.2% over the period since January 2011.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 5, Melbourne Villas, Pontefract have sold within a radius of 840 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 13th March 2026, was 6, Close Street, Pontefract, WF9 4QP, a freehold house which sold for £61,000.
Read more about house prices in WF9.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 6 addresses on Melbourne Villas, Hemsworth, Pontefract, WF9, 5, Melbourne Villas, Pontefract comes out as the 5th largest and the 5th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £31k less expensive than the average property across the WF9 district.
From 5, Melbourne Villas, Pontefract, the nearest station is Fitzwilliam, 2.5 kilometres away.
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
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The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around 5, Melbourne Villas, Pontefract, 43.1% of property is privately owned outright and 24.3% is privately owned with a mortgage.
The graph below shows how this compares to Yorkshire and The Humber and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around 5, Melbourne Villas, Pontefract, 19.9% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 17.3% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to Yorkshire and The Humber and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around 5, Melbourne Villas, Pontefract, the average age was 37.9 and the most common age was 27.
The graph below shows how this compares to Yorkshire and The Humber and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around 5, Melbourne Villas, Pontefract, 1.1% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for Yorkshire and The Humber and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around 5, Melbourne Villas, Pontefract, there are an average of 1.3 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to Yorkshire and The Humber and the rest of England & Wales.