HX3 6RS

Ovenden · Calderdale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Halifax
Ward
Ovenden
Local authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax
Postcode district
HX3
Postcode sector
HX3 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HX3 6SF 59 m
HX3 6RR 81 m
HX3 6RA 92 m
HX3 6RU 125 m
HX3 6RT 129 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HX3 6RS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2001
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HX
Postcode district
HX3
Postcode sector
HX3 6
Latitude
53.746948
Longitude
-1.876474
British National Grid easting
408,244
British National Grid northing
427,847

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
E00055282
Lower layer super output area
Calderdale 008D · E01010967
Middle layer super output area
Calderdale 008 · E02002251

Postcode source versions

Explore HX3

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Holmfield Works, Unit 4, Shay Lane, Ovenden, Halifax, HX3 6RS 29 October 2024 £413,250

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
55
Primary
38
Secondary
5
  1. Moorside Community Primary School

    Community school

    536 m
  2. Trinity Academy Halifax

    Academy sponsor led

    698 m
  3. The North Halifax Grammar School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,842
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,349
  • Criminal damage and arson 235
  • Public order 210
  • Anti social behaviour 205
  • Other theft 195

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
HX3 6 residents
6,192

Age bands in HX3 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

942 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

563 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.5%

1,611 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

1,694 residents

Age 65 and over
18%

1,056 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

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
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

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B84613

    514 m

  • KEIGHLEY ROAD SURGERY

    KEIGHLEY ROAD, ILLINGWORTH, HALIFAX, HX2 9LL

    ODS code B84010

    1.4 km

  • CARITAS GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B84618

    2.0 km

  • PLANE TREES GROUP PRACTICE

    51 SANDBEDS ROAD, HALIFAX, HX2 0QL

    ODS code B84013

    2.2 km

  • LISTER LANE SURGERY

    30 LISTER LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 5AX

    ODS code B84612

    2.8 km

  • SPRING HALL GROUP PRACTICE

    173C SPRING HALL LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 4JG

    ODS code B84012

    3.1 km

  • THE BOULEVARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    116 SAVILE PARK ROAD, HALIFAX, HX1 2ES

    ODS code B84019

    3.3 km

  • KING CROSS PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B84021

    3.5 km

  • STATION ROAD SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, SOWERBY BRIDGE, HX6 3AB

    ODS code B84001

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Shay Lane Blackmires

    BCT · Holmfield

    0.0 miles
  • Shay Lane Blackmires

    BCT · Holmfield

    0.1 miles
  • Shay Lane Churn Milk Ln

    BCT · Ovenden

    0.1 miles
  • Shay Lane Churn Milk Ln

    BCT · Ovenden

    0.1 miles
  • Shay Lane Beechwood Rd

    BCT · Holmfield

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Calderdale 008D, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

1,915 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
3 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
3
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 £413,250 from 1 recorded sale in HX3 6RS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Calderdale is £191,540 in June 2026, up 9.4% year on year.

Schools

55 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 5 secondary schools. Moorside Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 536 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,842 published events cover 12 months, averaging 236.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,349 events.

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