HX3 6XX

Northowram & Shelf · Calderdale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HX3 6XW 107 m
HX3 7AB 128 m
HX3 6XP 187 m
HX3 7AY 242 m
HX3 7AX 278 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HX3 6XX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2010
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HX
Postcode district
HX3
Postcode sector
HX3 6
Latitude
53.734325
Longitude
-1.842480
British National Grid easting
410,489
British National Grid northing
426,447

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Calderdale · E08000033
Parish or community
E43000293
Westminster constituency
Halifax · E14001262
Output area
E00055110
Lower layer super output area
Calderdale 003F · E01010937
Middle layer super output area
Calderdale 003 · E02002246

Postcode source versions

Explore HX3

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Field House, Staups Lane, Halifax, HX3 6XX 21 August 2015 £700,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
71
Primary
48
Secondary
9
  1. Salterlee Primary School

    Academy converter

    446 m
  2. Northowram Primary School

    Community school

    980 m
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,220
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 449
  • Shoplifting 114
  • Anti social behaviour 107
  • Other theft 101
  • Public order 101

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

3 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
5.0
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

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HX3 6 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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

  • CARITAS GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B84618

    1.7 km

  • LISTER LANE SURGERY

    30 LISTER LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 5AX

    ODS code B84612

    2.0 km

  • THE NORTHOLME PRACTICE

    KOS CLINIC, 4 ROYDLANDS STREET, HIPPERHOLME, HALIFAX, HX3 8AF

    ODS code B84008

    2.4 km

  • THE BOULEVARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    116 SAVILE PARK ROAD, HALIFAX, HX1 2ES

    ODS code B84019

    2.6 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B84613

    2.7 km

  • KING CROSS PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B84021

    3.3 km

  • PLANE TREES GROUP PRACTICE

    51 SANDBEDS ROAD, HALIFAX, HX2 0QL

    ODS code B84013

    3.5 km

  • SPRING HALL GROUP PRACTICE

    173C SPRING HALL LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 4JG

    ODS code B84012

    3.6 km

  • KEIGHLEY ROAD SURGERY

    KEIGHLEY ROAD, ILLINGWORTH, HALIFAX, HX2 9LL

    ODS code B84010

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Kingswood Green

    BCT · Stump Cross

    0.2 miles
  • Stump Cross

    BCT · Stump Cross

    0.2 miles
  • Kingswood Green

    BCT · Stump Cross

    0.2 miles
  • Stump Cross

    BCT · Stump Cross

    0.2 miles
  • Kell Lane

    BCT · Stump Cross

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Calderdale 003F, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,478 of 33,755

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

71 open schools are in scope, including 48 primary and 9 secondary schools. Salterlee Primary School is the nearest published school at 446 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,220 published events cover 12 months, averaging 101.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 449 events.

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