# HX2 7JN: area report for a postcode in Calderdale

HX2 7JN is a postcode in Calderdale.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Calderdale. Open the map at HX2 7JN for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Calderdale](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale) › [HX2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hx2) › [HX2 7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hx2-7)

## Around this postcode

- **12 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 48% on July. Calderdale 017A: 35 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.8949,53.7160,HX27JN
- **Sowerby Bridge, 1.2 km**: About 15 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.8949,53.7160,HX27JN
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 300 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.8949,53.7160,HX27JN
- **No property in HX2 7JN listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.8949,53.7160,HX27JN
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Calderdale 017A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.8949,53.7160,HX27JN
- **£191,385 average price**: For the whole of Calderdale, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.8949,53.7160,HX27JN
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 580 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.8949,53.7160,HX27JN
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 190 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.8949,53.7160,HX27JN
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at HX2 7JN**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.8949,53.7160,HX27JN
- **Low road and rail noise at HX2 7JN**: Road 49 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.8949,53.7160,HX27JN
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 3 of 6**: 3% to 5% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-1.8949,53.7160,HX27JN
- **11.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.8949,53.7160,HX27JN

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Warley Road Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/warley-road-primary-academy-e146677) | Primary | 300 m (4 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bolton Brow Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bolton-brow-primary-academy-e137392) | Primary | 580 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2022 | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Compass Community School Willow Park](https://openindex.co.uk/school/compass-community-school-willow-park-e148059) | Special | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/christ-church-sowerby-bridge-cofe-va-primary-school-e107554) | Primary | 690 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2023 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Halifax Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-halifax-academy-e140326) | All-through | 920 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Trinity Academy Grammar](https://openindex.co.uk/school/trinity-academy-grammar-e144946) | Secondary | 940 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | Attainment 8 of 45.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Parkinson Lane Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parkinson-lane-community-primary-school-e107487) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), September 2023 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Crossley Heath School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-crossley-heath-school-e139182) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2023 | Attainment 8 of 73.2 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2025 | £242,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| November 2023 | £80,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| November 2025 | £300,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| June 2026 | £155,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| June 2026 | £295,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| January 2025 | £220,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| September 2025 | £230,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| May 2025 | £137,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: SPRING HALL GROUP PRACTICE (580 m); KING CROSS PRACTICE (970 m)
- Pharmacies: SPRING HALL PHARMACY (580 m); KING CROSS PHARMACY (890 m); ASDA PHARMACY (980 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (830 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Halifax Rochdale Road Local (190 m, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £191,385** (July 2026). Calderdale’s average house price was £191,385 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 4.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £35,989** (2025). Full-time workers living in Calderdale earned a median of £35,989 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). Joint 93rd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.3×** (2025). A home in Calderdale costs 5.3 times local full-time pay. Joint 54th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 27.6** (2025). Calderdale has a deprivation score of 27.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 55th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Calderdale 017A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 14.8** (2025). Calderdale 017A has a deprivation score of 14.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 14,155th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £242,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Calderdale 017A was £242,000 in 2025. Joint 10,738th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,468** (2021). Calderdale 017A had 1,468 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 21,488th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.3%** (January 2026). In Calderdale 017A, 89.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## HX2 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £180,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in HX2 was £180,000 in 2025. Joint 239th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 37,638** (2021). HX2 had 37,638 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 534th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in HX2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.8%** (January 2026). In HX2, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Calderdale](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale)
- Centre: 53.7160, -1.8949

Council: [Calderdale](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Halifax](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/halifax): Kate Dearden (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.8949,53.7160,HX27JN

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hx2-7jn.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hx2-7jn