SHARP ROYD, HD5 8SW House Prices & Local Information

HD5 8SW is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Sharp Royd, 0.3km from Greenside in Huddersfield. Administratively it sits within Almondbury ward and the Huddersfield constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, HD5 8SW is a striving suburban area — non-UK born households working to get ahead. During the day, white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. The community skews young professional (average age 34) — expect a mix of renters, sharers, and first-time buyers. 37% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 48 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £118k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, up 21.4% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for HD5 8SW are sourced from Output Area E00055484 (shared with 5 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.