BATES AVENUE, HX6 1DH House Prices & Local Information

HX6 1DH is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Bates Avenue, 0.4km from Beechwood in Sowerby Bridge. Administratively it sits within Ryburn ward and the Calder Valley constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, HX6 1DH is a family-oriented neighbourhood with a mix of housing types. During the day, white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. This is a settled, family-oriented neighbourhood (average age 48) — stable, lower-turnover, predominantly owner-occupied. 39% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 67 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: With prices averaging £129k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, up 29.8% 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 HX6 1DH are sourced from Output Area E00055217 (shared with 10 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.