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HD8 0QU

Kirkburton · Kirklees · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Huddersfield
Ward
Kirkburton
Local authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale
Postcode district
HD8
Postcode sector
HD8 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HD8 0QX 64 m
HD8 0UL 114 m
HD8 0QW 118 m
HD8 0QD 142 m
HD8 0QN 170 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HD8 0QU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HD
Postcode district
HD8
Postcode sector
HD8 0
Latitude
53.618392
Longitude
-1.713930
British National Grid easting
419,021
British National Grid northing
413,575

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Kirklees · E08000034
Electoral ward
Kirkburton · E05016519
Parish or community
E04012086
Westminster constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale · E14001418
Output area
E00056412
Lower layer super output area
Kirklees 051A · E01011190
Middle layer super output area
Kirklees 051 · E02002321

Postcode source versions

Explore HD8

Property

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22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
34, Far Dene, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, HD8 0QU 24 November 2023 £540,000
40, Far Dene, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, HD8 0QU 1 November 2023 £145,000
33, Far Dene, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, HD8 0QU 18 November 2022 £190,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
19
Secondary
5

  1. Highburton CofE First Academy

    Academy converter

    348 m

  2. Kirkburton Middle School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

  3. Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
236
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 90
  • Anti social behaviour 39
  • Burglary 26
  • Other theft 22
  • Other crime 13

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

14 female, 22 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.4
HD8 0 residents
11,147

Age bands in HD8 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

1,657 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.9%

1,648 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.4%

2,140 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

3,113 residents

Age 65 and over
22.4%

2,472 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HD8 0 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
20%

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

9

within 5 km

  • KIRKBURTON HEALTH CENTRE

    5A SHELLEY LANE, KIRKBURTON, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 0SJ

    ODS code B85026

    1.4 km

  • LEPTON AND KIRKHEATON SURGERIES

    HIGHGATE LANE, LEPTON, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 0HH

    ODS code B85031

    1.7 km

  • THE ALMONDBURY SURGERY

    ALMONDBURY SURGERY, LONGCROFT, HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 8XW

    ODS code B85023

    2.9 km

  • THE WATERLOO PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B85024

    3.4 km

  • SHEPLEY PRIMARY CARE LIMITED

    25 JOS LANE, SHEPLEY, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 8DJ

    ODS code B85005

    3.6 km

  • DALTON SURGERY

    364A WAKEFIELD ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 8DY

    ODS code B85010

    3.8 km

  • THE JUNCTION SURGERY

    BIRKHOUSE LANE, MOLDGREEN, HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 8BE

    ODS code B85660

    4.1 km

  • NEWSOME SURGERY LIMITED

    1 CHURCH LANE, NEWSOME, HUDDERSFIELD, HD4 6JE

    ODS code B85037

    4.8 km

  • UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE

    SAND STREET, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 3AL

    ODS code B85062

    5.0 km

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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Primrose Lane

    BCT · Highburton

    0.0 miles

  • Primrose Lane

    BCT · Highburton

    0.1 miles

  • Hall Lane

    BCT · Highburton

    0.1 miles

  • Dean Fold

    BCT · Highburton

    0.1 miles

  • Spring Grove

    BCT · Kirkburton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 051A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,108 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
4 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 £190,000 from 3 recorded sales in HD8 0QU. 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

28 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 5 secondary schools. Highburton CofE First Academy is the nearest published school at 348 m.

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

Recorded crime

236 published events cover 12 months, averaging 19.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 90 events.

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