Property market
The five-year median is £260,000 from 3,163 recorded sales in HD8. 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.
HD8
UK postcode district
Part of Huddersfield
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,252
- Current units
- 944
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 308
Postcode sectors in HD8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
19,083 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 12, Riley Park, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, HD8 0SA | 24 July 2026 | £320,000 |
| 10, New Lane, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, HD8 9EH | 24 July 2026 | £700,000 |
| 6, Albert Road, Clayton West, Huddersfield, HD8 9NL | 21 July 2026 | £240,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 20
- Primary
- 15
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,509
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 672
- Anti social behaviour 165
- Public order 137
- Burglary 131
- Other theft 115
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- HD8 usual residents
- 33,667
- Age-profile population
- 33,628
Age bands in HD8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.8%
- 5,316 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.2%
- 3,751 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.2%
- 6,801 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.3%
- 9,856 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 23.5%
- 7,904 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 908 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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
- 80%
In this district, 854 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 774 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
in this district
DEARNE VALLEY HEALTH CENTRE
WAKEFIELD ROAD, SCISSETT, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 9JL
ODS code B85002
KIRKBURTON HEALTH CENTRE
5A SHELLEY LANE, KIRKBURTON, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 0SJ
ODS code B85026
LEPTON AND KIRKHEATON SURGERIES
HIGHGATE LANE, LEPTON, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 0HH
ODS code B85031
SHEPLEY PRIMARY CARE LIMITED
25 JOS LANE, SHEPLEY, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 8DJ
ODS code B85005
SKELMANTHORPE FAMILY DOCTORS
COMMERCIAL ROAD, SKELMANTHORPE, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 9DA
ODS code B85061
Evidence in context
Schools
20 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,509 published events cover 12 months, averaging 126 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 672 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.