WF4 4DF

Kirkburton · Kirklees · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wakefield
Local authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF4 4DE 64 m
WF4 4DG 72 m
WF4 4TE 89 m
WF4 4TJ 91 m
WF4 4TF 122 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 4DF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 4
Latitude
53.632725
Longitude
-1.630404
British National Grid easting
424,538
British National Grid northing
415,195

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Kirklees · E08000034
Parish or community
E04012086
Westminster constituency
Dewsbury and Batley · E14001196
Output area
E00056404
Lower layer super output area
Kirklees 046C · E01011193
Middle layer super output area
Kirklees 046 · E02002316

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Hawthorne Close, Flockton, Wakefield, WF4 4DF 12 June 2026 £205,000
14, Hawthorne Close, Flockton, Wakefield, WF4 4DF 18 March 2025 £250,000
10, Hawthorne Close, Flockton, Wakefield, WF4 4DF 27 April 2018 £168,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. Flockton CofE (C) First School

    Voluntary controlled school

    546 m
  2. Emley First School

    Community school

    1.9 km
  3. Denby Grange School

    Other independent special school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
211
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 153
  • Public order 15
  • Other crime 9
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Other theft 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

10 female, 7 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.4
WF4 4 residents
8,906

Age bands in WF4 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.7%

1,336 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

818 residents

Age 25 to 44
23%

2,083 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.4%

2,751 residents

Age 65 and over
22.9%

2,073 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF4 4 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+
42.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
42.9%
Gigabit-capable
42.9%
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

5

within 5 km

  • MIDDLESTOWN

    MIDDLESTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, NEW ROAD, MIDDLESTOWN, WAKEFIELD, WF4 4PA

    ODS code B87001

    2.8 km

  • THE PADDOCK SURGERY

    CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH

    ODS code B85038

    3.4 km

  • THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE

    140 SLAITHWAITE ROAD, THORNHILL LEES, DEWSBURY, WF12 9DW

    ODS code B85606

    4.5 km

  • SKELMANTHORPE FAMILY DOCTORS

    COMMERCIAL ROAD, SKELMANTHORPE, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 9DA

    ODS code B85061

    4.8 km

  • DEARNE VALLEY HEALTH CENTRE

    WAKEFIELD ROAD, SCISSETT, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 9JL

    ODS code B85002

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hill Top Road

    BCT · Flockton

    0.1 miles
  • Hill Top Road

    BCT · Flockton

    0.1 miles
  • Park Side

    BCT · Flockton

    0.2 miles
  • Flockton Green

    BCT · Flockton

    0.2 miles
  • Flockton Green

    BCT · Flockton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 046C, 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

22,400 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £227,500 from 2 recorded sales in WF4 4DF. 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.

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Flockton CofE (C) First School is the nearest published school at 546 m.

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

Recorded crime

211 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 153 events.

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