# WF16 9JQ: area report for a postcode in Kirklees

WF16 9JQ is a postcode in Kirklees.

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 Kirklees. Open the map at WF16 9JQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees) › [WF16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf16) › [WF16 9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf16-9)

## Around this postcode

- **49 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 6% on July. Kirklees 011F: 131 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.6774,53.7095,WF169JQ
- **Dewsbury, 3.5 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.6774,53.7095,WF169JQ
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 380 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.6774,53.7095,WF169JQ
- **No property in WF16 9JQ 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=-1.6774,53.7095,WF169JQ
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Kirklees 011F. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.6774,53.7095,WF169JQ
- **£208,427 average price**: For the whole of Kirklees, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.6774,53.7095,WF169JQ
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 120 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.6774,53.7095,WF169JQ
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 140 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.6774,53.7095,WF169JQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WF16 9JQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.6774,53.7095,WF169JQ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at WF16 9JQ**: Road 63 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.6774,53.7095,WF169JQ
- **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=-1.6774,53.7095,WF169JQ
- **12.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.6774,53.7095,WF169JQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-spirit-catholic-primary-academy-e148849) | Primary | 380 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2022 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/millbridge-a-share-primary-academy-e141688) | Primary | 450 m (6 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Brian Jackson College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brian-jackson-college-e132732) | Independent | 560 m (7 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Heckmondwike Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heckmondwike-grammar-school-e136283) | Secondary | 560 m (7 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 78.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Heckmondwike Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heckmondwike-primary-academy-e150366) | Primary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Inadequate (overall), January 2023, before the school changed, special measures | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/norristhorpe-junior-and-infant-school-e107685) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2024 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/headlands-church-of-england-voluntary-controlled-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-e107723) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/healey-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-e144963) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2022 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| February 2025 | £130,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| August 2025 | £80,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| June 2026 | £89,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| July 2025 | £180,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| October 2023 | £125,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| April 2026 | £115,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| October 2025 | £133,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 180 m |
| August 2025 | £122,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 220 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: COOK LANE SURGERY (120 m); UNDERCLIFFE SURGERY (260 m); BROOKROYD HOUSE (260 m); LIVERSEDGE MEDICAL CENTRE (950 m)
- Pharmacies: NORTHGATE PHARMACY (150 m); WELL (230 m); PHARMACY WISE HECKMONDWIKE (260 m); SHAH'S PHARMACY (990 m)
- Dental practices: OASIS DENTAL CARE (260 m); MR & MRS ODAI (480 m); 169-171 HIGH STREET (DENTAL SURGERY) (950 m)
- Supermarkets: Lidl White Lee Heckmondwike (140 m, Lidl); Heron Heckmondwike (150 m, Heron); Morrisons White Lee Heckmondwike (370 m, Morrisons); Asda Liversedge Express (750 m, Asda)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £208,427** (August 2026). Kirklees’s average house price was £208,427 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 5.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £35,867** (2025). Full-time workers living in Kirklees earned a median of £35,867 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 90th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.8×** (2025). A home in Kirklees costs 5.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 78th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 25.8** (2025). Kirklees has a deprivation score of 25.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 69th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Kirklees 011F (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 39.4** (2025). Kirklees 011F has a deprivation score of 39.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 4,721st most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £137,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Kirklees 011F was £137,000 in 2025. Joint 1,661st cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,678** (2021). Kirklees 011F had 1,678 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 14,464th 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: 97.8%** (January 2026). In Kirklees 011F, 97.8% 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.

## WF16 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £170,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WF16 was £170,000 in 2025. Joint 194th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 12,728** (2021). WF16 had 12,728 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 890th least 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 WF16 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: 99.0%** (January 2026). In WF16, 99.0% 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: [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)
- Centre: 53.7095, -1.6774

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

## Your MP

- [Spen Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/spen-valley): Kim Leadbeater (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)
- [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), August 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=-1.6774,53.7095,WF169JQ

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