HD5 8DB

Dalton · Kirklees · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Huddersfield
Ward
Dalton
Local authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Huddersfield
Postcode district
HD5
Postcode sector
HD5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HD5 9HH 88 m
HD5 9JA 116 m
HD5 9HL 129 m
HD5 9HJ 139 m
HD5 8DJ 142 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HD5 8DB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HD
Postcode district
HD5
Postcode sector
HD5 8
Latitude
53.645680
Longitude
-1.754059
British National Grid easting
416,356
British National Grid northing
416,601

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Kirklees · E08000034
Electoral ward
Dalton · E05016510
Parish or community
E43000188
Westminster constituency
Huddersfield · E14001297
Output area
E00055910
Lower layer super output area
Kirklees 037C · E01011097
Middle layer super output area
Kirklees 037 · E02002307

Postcode source versions

Explore HD5

44 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
405, Wakefield Road, Huddersfield, HD5 8DB 11 August 2025 £200,000
381, Wakefield Road, Dalton, Huddersfield, HD5 8DB 4 July 2025 £240,000
435, Wakefield Road, Dalton, Huddersfield, HD5 8DB 10 November 2023 £247,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
57
Primary
36
Secondary
8
  1. St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    423 m
  2. Dalton School

    Community school

    578 m
  3. Moldgreen Community Primary School

    Community school

    631 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,983
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,299
  • Shoplifting 320
  • Public order 255
  • Anti social behaviour 246
  • Criminal damage and arson 195

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
96

47 female, 49 male

Postcode households
35
Residents per household
2.7
HD5 8 residents
13,793

Age bands in HD5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

2,328 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.6%

1,559 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.2%

3,385 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.8%

3,471 residents

Age 65 and over
20.2%

2,715 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HD5 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
18.9%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

23

within 5 km

  • DALTON SURGERY

    364A WAKEFIELD ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 8DY

    ODS code B85010

    232 m

  • THE JUNCTION SURGERY

    BIRKHOUSE LANE, MOLDGREEN, HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 8BE

    ODS code B85660

    410 m

  • THE WATERLOO PRACTICE

    WATERLOO HEALTH CENTRE, WAKEFIELD ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 9XP

    ODS code B85024

    1.1 km

  • UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE

    SAND STREET, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 3AL

    ODS code B85062

    1.4 km

  • THE ALMONDBURY SURGERY

    ALMONDBURY SURGERY, LONGCROFT, HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 8XW

    ODS code B85023

    1.5 km

  • THE WHITEHOUSE CENTRE

    PRINCESS ROYAL HEALTH CENTRE, GREENHEAD ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 4EW

    ODS code B85659

    2.4 km

  • DR HANDA & PARTNER

    34 FARTOWN GREEN ROAD, FARTOWN, HUDDERSFIELD, HD2 1AE

    ODS code B85611

    2.5 km

  • GREENHEAD FAMILY DOCTORS

    15 WENTWORTH STREET, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 5PX

    ODS code B85060

    2.5 km

  • ROSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    140 FITZWILLIAM STREET, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 5PU

    ODS code B85058

    2.5 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FARTOWN GRANGE, SPAINES ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD2 2QA

    ODS code B85028

    2.6 km

  • WOODHOUSE HILL SURGERY

    71A WOODHOUSE HILL, FARTOWN, HUDDERSFIELD, HD2 1DH

    ODS code B85048

    2.6 km

  • CROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

    5 COBCROFT ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD2 2RU

    ODS code B85614

    2.6 km

  • NEWSOME SURGERY LIMITED

    1 CHURCH LANE, NEWSOME, HUDDERSFIELD, HD4 6JE

    ODS code B85037

    2.7 km

  • THORNTON LODGE SURGERY

    60 THORNTON LODGE ROAD, THORNTON LODGE, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 3SB

    ODS code B85044

    2.9 km

  • LOCKWOOD SURGERY

    3 MELTHAM ROAD, LOCKWOOD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 3XH

    ODS code B85641

    3.1 km

  • LEPTON AND KIRKHEATON SURGERIES

    HIGHGATE LANE, LEPTON, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 0HH

    ODS code B85031

    3.2 km

  • MELTHAM ROAD SURGERY

    9 MELTHAM ROAD, LOCKWOOD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 3UP

    ODS code B85016

    3.3 km

  • MARSH SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, 42 WESTBOURNE ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 4LE

    ODS code B85623

    3.4 km

  • PADDOCK AND LONGWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE

    SPEEDWELL SURGERY, 1 SPEEDWELL STREET, PADDOCK, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 4TS

    ODS code B85042

    3.4 km

  • WESTBOURNE SURGERY

    11A ST. JAMES ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 4QR

    ODS code B85636

    3.5 km

Showing 20 of 23 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Mayfield Avenue

    BCT · Dalton

    0.1 miles
  • Ravensknowle Park

    BCT · Dalton

    0.1 miles
  • Kingston Avenue

    BCT · Dalton

    0.1 miles
  • Kingston Avenue

    BCT · Dalton

    0.1 miles
  • Mayfield Avenue

    BCT · Dalton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 037C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,512 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £247,500 from 10 recorded sales in HD5 8DB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Kirklees is £205,773 in June 2026, up 5.4% year on year.

Schools

57 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 8 secondary schools. St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 423 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,983 published events cover 12 months, averaging 248.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,299 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.