BROWN ROYD AVENUE, HD5 9NW House Prices & Local Information

HD5 9NW is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Brown Royd Avenue, 0.2km from Dalton Fold in Huddersfield. Administratively it sits within Dalton ward and the Huddersfield constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, HD5 9NW is a culturally diverse area with a strong community identity. By day, the area transitions to a metro suburban distribution industries character: ethnically mixed workforce in transportation and storage. An average age of 39 puts this squarely in mixed-family territory — professional couples, school-age children households, and established residents all sharing the streets. 33% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 34% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Kirklees. Full-time employment stands at 22% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 35 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £150k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 28.0% 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 9NW are sourced from Output Area E00055892 (shared with 7 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.