HX3 6SG

Ovenden · Calderdale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HX2 9DB 56 m
HX2 9BG 79 m
HX2 9AR 103 m
HX2 9DD 113 m
HX2 9AA 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HX3 6SG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HX
Postcode district
HX3
Postcode sector
HX3 6
Latitude
53.748335
Longitude
-1.879154
British National Grid easting
408,067
British National Grid northing
428,001

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
E00055165
Lower layer super output area
Calderdale 006B · E01010940
Middle layer super output area
Calderdale 006 · E02002249

Postcode source versions

Explore HX3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
56
Primary
39
Secondary
5
  1. Moorside Community Primary School

    Community school

    484 m
  2. Trinity Academy Halifax

    Academy sponsor led

    576 m
  3. The Whitley AP Academy

    Academy alternative provision converter

    845 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,826
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,283
  • Criminal damage and arson 236
  • Anti social behaviour 221
  • Public order 214
  • Other theft 209

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.

GP practices

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B84613

    580 m

  • KEIGHLEY ROAD SURGERY

    KEIGHLEY ROAD, ILLINGWORTH, HALIFAX, HX2 9LL

    ODS code B84010

    1.2 km

  • CARITAS GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B84618

    2.2 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

    3.0 km

  • SPRING HALL GROUP PRACTICE

    173C SPRING HALL LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 4JG

    ODS code B84012

    3.2 km

  • THE BOULEVARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    116 SAVILE PARK ROAD, HALIFAX, HX1 2ES

    ODS code B84019

    3.5 km

  • KING CROSS PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B84021

    3.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Beechwood Rd Beechwood Dr

    BCT · Holmfield

    0.1 miles
  • Beechwood Rd Beechwood Dr

    BCT · Holmfield

    0.1 miles
  • St Andrews Church

    BCT · Holmfield

    0.1 miles
  • St Andrews Church

    BCT · Holmfield

    0.1 miles
  • Shay Lane Blackmires

    BCT · Holmfield

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Calderdale 006B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

6,977 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
1 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

56 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 5 secondary schools. Moorside Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 484 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,826 published events cover 12 months, averaging 235.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,283 events.

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