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Hope: house prices and how the area is changing

Official figures for the Hope neighbourhood of Flintshire, Wales (ONS area Flintshire 020). Headline figures assembled 3 October 2026. Additional local information checked 13 October 2026. Postcodes CH4, CH7, LL11, LL12. Figures that read a point use the neighbourhood's centre, near LL12 9LB.

A middle-income neighbourhood, changing little against Flintshire

Hope is a middle-income neighbourhood; it is changing little against Flintshire (signals are mixed: 3 rising and 2 falling of 18). Houses here typically resell for £215,000 (median resale price, 2023-2025). Recorded crime is lower than across Flintshire (0.6 times the borough's rate) and the nearest station, Caergwrle, is about a 10-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre.

The neighbourhood in brief, from the figures on this page. Summary updated 13 October 2026; source dates are shown below.

Typical house price

£215,000

Median resale price of houses in the neighbourhood, 2023-2025; +36% against 2017-2019.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data

Affluence today

Middle income

How well off the neighbourhood is now, from household income, home prices and deprivation.

Source: ONS, HM Land Registry, MHCLG Indices of Deprivation

Signs of gentrification

Mixed signs

Weighted balance +0.02; 3 of 18 signals up, 2 down, against the borough.

Source: Official statistics on prices, incomes, benefits, businesses, schools and more (a full report shows every signal)

Average household income

£44,500

ONS estimate for the neighbourhood (modelled, with a margin of error).

Source: Office for National Statistics

Recorded crime

0.6 times the borough's rate

Crimes recorded by the police over 12 months (not anti-social behaviour) per resident, against the borough. Crime per resident can overstate the risk in busy centres where many people work or visit.

Source: Police.uk

Where Hope sits in Flintshire

Typical house price: 9th highest of 20 neighbourhoods in Flintshire
Average household income: 7th lowest of 20 neighbourhoods in Flintshire

Ranked among the council's neighbourhoods by the figures on each one's own page, checked 13 October 2026: typical prices are HM Land Registry resale medians over the latest three-year window, household income the ONS's modelled estimate, with a margin of error, so neighbourhoods a place or two apart may not really differ.

Prices over time in Hope

Median resale price of houses each year here and across Flintshire, 1995 to 2026 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: standard sales, new builds left out). Years with fewer than 10 sales here are left out. 2026 is the year so far (dashed).

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, held locally and checked 13 October 2026. Medians each year, not a valuation of any home.

How the area is changing, signal by signal

3 of 18 counted signals point towards rising affluence against Flintshire, 2 the other way and 13 in line. A reading of official statistics against the borough, not a prediction; a full report shows every signal's figures and weight. Where this reading sits among every neighbourhood in England and Wales: the gentrification league table.

Rising against the borough

Recent price momentum
Recorded crime
Homes selling

Falling behind the borough

Air quality
Borough against the region

Stations nearby

Nearest station

Caergwrle Railway station, about a 10-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre (790 m in a straight line). About 2.7 trains an hour leave between 07:00 and 19:00 on a weekday: Transport for Wales to Bidston (about 50 min) and Wrexham Central (about 19 min).

Station locations: NaPTAN (Department for Transport). Trains: Network Rail's timetable for Tuesday 6 October 2026, with the timetabled minutes of direct trains; timetabled, not live running. Distances from the neighbourhood's centre in a straight line, walked at 4.8 km/h; the real route is longer.

Questions about Hope

What is the typical house price in Hope?

£215,000. Median resale price of houses in the neighbourhood, 2023-2025; +36% against 2017-2019.

How does Hope compare with the rest of Flintshire?

Typical house price: 9th highest of 20 neighbourhoods in Flintshire. Average household income: 7th lowest of 20 neighbourhoods in Flintshire.

Is Hope an affluent area?

Middle income. How well off the neighbourhood is now, from household income, home prices and deprivation.

Is Hope gentrifying?

Mixed signs. Weighted balance +0.02; 3 of 18 signals up, 2 down, against the borough.

What is the nearest station to Hope?

Caergwrle. Railway station, about a 10-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre (790 m in a straight line). About 2.7 trains an hour leave between 07:00 and 19:00 on a weekday: Transport for Wales to Bidston (about 50 min) and Wrexham Central (about 19 min).

Each answer repeats a figure shown above, with its source there.

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Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library, MSOA Names, Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains public sector information (MHCLG, Police.uk, Ofsted, Department for Education) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Station locations from NaPTAN (Department for Transport), Open Government Licence v3.0. Trains: contains information of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures describe the area, not any home, and are not a valuation or a prediction.