WARDS END, HX1 1BX House Prices & Local Information

HX1 1BX is an up-and-coming urban area on Wards End, 0.2km from Blackledge in Halifax. Administratively it sits within Skircoat ward and the Halifax constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, HX1 1BX is a diverse renting area with many ethnic minority families, mostly European-born. Outside of residential hours, urban high streets with mixed ethnicity and businesses. The 46 average age signals a mature family neighbourhood — long-term residents, good local schools, and high levels of owner-occupation. 26% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are high (519 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. Property: With prices averaging £120k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area. 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 HX1 1BX are sourced from Output Area E00178662 (shared with 61 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.