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HD8 9SZ

Denby Dale · Kirklees · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Huddersfield
Ward
Denby Dale
Local authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale
Postcode district
HD8
Postcode sector
HD8 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HD8 9TB 316 m
HD8 9TA 401 m
HD8 9SY 413 m
HD8 9TD 641 m
HD8 9TQ 646 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HD8 9SZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HD
Postcode district
HD8
Postcode sector
HD8 9
Latitude
53.616159
Longitude
-1.657531
British National Grid easting
422,753
British National Grid northing
413,343

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Kirklees · E08000034
Electoral ward
Denby Dale · E05016511
Parish or community
E04000181
Westminster constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale · E14001418
Output area
E00056003
Lower layer super output area
Kirklees 054A · E01011109
Middle layer super output area
Kirklees 054 · E02002324

Postcode source versions

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Property

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6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
27, Westfield Lane, Emley, Huddersfield, HD8 9SZ 14 July 2017 £206,000
9, Westfield Lane, Emley, Huddersfield, HD8 9SZ 28 September 2012 £395,000
7, Westfield Lane, Emley, Huddersfield, HD8 9SZ 17 February 2012 £250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
15
Secondary
3

  1. Emley First School

    Community school

    1.9 km

  2. Flockton CofE (C) First School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.1 km

  3. Shelley College, A Share Academy

    Academy converter

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
35
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 12
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Other crime 4
  • Public order 4
  • Vehicle crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

3 female, 8 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.6
HD8 9 residents
11,038

Age bands in HD8 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.3%

1,832 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

1,052 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.2%

2,381 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

3,215 residents

Age 65 and over
24.3%

2,725 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HD8 9 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+
85.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
71.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
71.4%
Gigabit-capable
71.4%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • SKELMANTHORPE FAMILY DOCTORS

    COMMERCIAL ROAD, SKELMANTHORPE, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 9DA

    ODS code B85061

    2.8 km

  • KIRKBURTON HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85026

    3.0 km

  • DEARNE VALLEY HEALTH CENTRE

    WAKEFIELD ROAD, SCISSETT, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 9JL

    ODS code B85002

    3.7 km

  • LEPTON AND KIRKHEATON SURGERIES

    HIGHGATE LANE, LEPTON, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 0HH

    ODS code B85031

    4.0 km

  • SHEPLEY PRIMARY CARE LIMITED

    25 JOS LANE, SHEPLEY, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 8DJ

    ODS code B85005

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Thorncliffe Farm

    BCT · Emley Moor

    0.1 miles

  • Thorncliffe Farm

    BCT · Emley Moor

    0.1 miles

  • Emley Moor Cross Roads

    BCT · Emley Moor

    0.2 miles

  • Emley Moor Cross Roads

    BCT · Emley Moor

    0.2 miles

  • Jagger Lane Common Ln

    BCT · Emley Moor

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 054A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,991 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 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

Schools

21 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools. Emley First School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

35 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 12 events.

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