# HX3 8QW: area report for a postcode in Calderdale

HX3 8QW 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 HX3 8QW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Calderdale](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale) › [HX3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hx3) › [HX3 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hx3-8)

## Around this postcode

- **0 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 100% on July. Calderdale 015C: 67 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.7929,53.7390,HX38QW
- **No schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 1.5 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.7929,53.7390,HX38QW
- **No property in HX3 8QW 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=-1.7929,53.7390,HX38QW
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Calderdale 015C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.7929,53.7390,HX38QW
- **£191,385 average price**: For the whole of Calderdale, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.7929,53.7390,HX38QW
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.8 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.7929,53.7390,HX38QW
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.7 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.7929,53.7390,HX38QW
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at HX3 8QW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.7929,53.7390,HX38QW
- **Low road and rail noise at HX3 8QW**: Road under 40 dB or not modelled, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.7929,53.7390,HX38QW
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% 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=-1.7929,53.7390,HX38QW
- **10.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.7929,53.7390,HX38QW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Appleton Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/appleton-academy-e145173) | All-through | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lightcliffe C of E Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lightcliffe-c-of-e-primary-school-e144865) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Shirley Manor Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shirley-manor-primary-school-e140639) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hipperholme Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hipperholme-grammar-school-e107585) | Independent | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Woodside Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/woodside-academy-e144492) | Primary | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lightcliffe Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lightcliffe-academy-e137036) | Secondary | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 37.3 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2023 | £275,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| August 2025 | £275,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 40 m |
| October 2023 | £300,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 40 m |
| November 2025 | £925,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| February 2024 | £183,750 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| May 2025 | £500,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| September 2025 | £427,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| March 2026 | £292,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 160 m |

## Within 1 km

## 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 015C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 6.1** (2025). Calderdale 015C has a deprivation score of 6.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 4,068th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £285,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Calderdale 015C was £285,000 in 2025. Joint 14,790th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,951** (2021). Calderdale 015C had 1,951 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 6,162nd most 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: 96.2%** (January 2026). In Calderdale 015C, 96.2% 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.

## HX3 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £200,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in HX3 was £200,000 in 2025. Joint 372nd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 46,150** (2021). HX3 had 46,150 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 283rd 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: 97%** (2022). About 97% of people in HX3 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: 92.6%** (January 2026). In HX3, 92.6% 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: 53.7390, -1.7929

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

## Your MP

- [Calder Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/calder-valley): Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour), 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)
- [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=-1.7929,53.7390,HX38QW

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