Property market
The five-year median is £158,250 from 786 recorded sales in WF16. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Kirklees is £205,773 in June 2026, up 5.4% year on year.
WF16
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 457
- Current units
- 359
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 98
Postcode sectors in WF16
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
6,224 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 96, Greenfields, Heckmondwike, WF16 9HD | 13 July 2026 | £172,500 |
| 27, Church Street, Heckmondwike, WF16 0AX | 3 July 2026 | £725,000 |
| 4, Oliver Road, Heckmondwike, WF16 9QA | 29 June 2026 | £148,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 5
- Primary
- 3
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,464
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 626
- Public order 131
- Anti social behaviour 128
- Other theft 116
- Criminal damage and arson 109
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WF16 usual residents
- 12,851
- Age-profile population
- 12,462
Age bands in WF16
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 21.9%
- 2,733 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.9%
- 1,481 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.1%
- 3,498 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.2%
- 2,897 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 14.9%
- 1,853 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 354 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 348 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 328 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
BROOKROYD HOUSE
BROOKROYD SURGERY, HECKMONDWIKE HEALTH CENTRE, 16 UNION STREET, HECKMONDWIKE, WF16 0HH
ODS code B85014
COOK LANE SURGERY
COOK LANE, HECKMONDWIKE, WF16 9JG
ODS code B85619
UNDERCLIFFE SURGERY
16 UNION STREET, HECKMONDWIKE, WF16 0HH
ODS code B85012
Evidence in context
Schools
5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,464 published events cover 12 months, averaging 122 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 626 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.