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HX2 8DD

Ovenden · Calderdale · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Ovenden
Local authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax
Postcode district
HX2
Postcode sector
HX2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HX2 8AN 26 m
HX2 8BJ 44 m
HX2 8AT 60 m
HX2 8AX 69 m
HX2 8AU 74 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HX2 8DD
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2006
Postcode area
HX
Postcode district
HX2
Postcode sector
HX2 8
Latitude
53.743667
Longitude
-1.885142
British National Grid easting
407,673
British National Grid northing
427,481

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Calderdale · E08000033
Electoral ward
Ovenden · E05016492
Parish or community
E43000293
Westminster constituency
Halifax · E14001262
Output area
E00055170
Lower layer super output area
Calderdale 005D · E01010942
Middle layer super output area
Calderdale 005 · E02002248

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
58
Primary
40
Secondary
5

  1. Moorside Community Primary School

    Community school

    172 m

  2. Dean Field Community Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    555 m

  3. St Malachy's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    583 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,087
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,454
  • Criminal damage and arson 249
  • Anti social behaviour 241
  • Public order 228
  • Other theft 210

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
HX2 8 residents
8,276

Age bands in HX2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
24%

1,835 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.2%

931 residents

Age 25 to 44
26%

1,984 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.9%

1,902 residents

Age 65 and over
12.9%

986 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.

GP practices

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    60A KEIGHLEY ROAD, OVENDEN, HALIFAX, HX2 8AL

    ODS code B84613

    266 m

  • KEIGHLEY ROAD SURGERY

    KEIGHLEY ROAD, ILLINGWORTH, HALIFAX, HX2 9LL

    ODS code B84010

    1.3 km

  • PLANE TREES GROUP PRACTICE

    51 SANDBEDS ROAD, HALIFAX, HX2 0QL

    ODS code B84013

    1.6 km

  • CARITAS GROUP PRACTICE

    WOODSIDE SURGERY, WOODSIDE ROAD, BOOTHTOWN, HALIFAX, HX3 6EL

    ODS code B84618

    1.9 km

  • SPRING HALL GROUP PRACTICE

    173C SPRING HALL LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 4JG

    ODS code B84012

    2.6 km

  • LISTER LANE SURGERY

    30 LISTER LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 5AX

    ODS code B84612

    2.7 km

  • THE BOULEVARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    116 SAVILE PARK ROAD, HALIFAX, HX1 2ES

    ODS code B84019

    3.1 km

  • KING CROSS PRACTICE

    KING CROSS SURGERY, 199 KING CROSS ROAD, KING CROSS, HALIFAX, HX1 3LW

    ODS code B84021

    3.2 km

  • STATION ROAD SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, SOWERBY BRIDGE, HX6 3AB

    ODS code B84001

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Moorside School

    BCT · Ovenden

    0.1 miles

  • Moorside School

    BCT · Ovenden

    0.1 miles

  • Moorside Club

    BCT · Illingworth

    0.1 miles

  • Beechwood Medical Centre

    BCT · Ovenden

    0.1 miles

  • Beechwood Road

    BCT · Illingworth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Calderdale 005D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,342 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

58 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 5 secondary schools. Moorside Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 172 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,087 published events cover 12 months, averaging 257.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,454 events.

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