HD2 2AA Kirklees
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Greenhead. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Blacker Road, Huddersfield: 12 addresses
- Unnamed street near Blacker Road, Birkby: 2 addresses
- Cemetery Road, Huddersfield: 1 address
- Edgerton Grove Road, Huddersfield: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Kirklees in 2026-27: Band D £2,441 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,627 | £1,899 | £2,170 | £2,441 | £2,984 | £3,526 | £4,068 | £4,882 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (34% of about 800 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 8.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 2 AND 4, EDGERTON ROAD, grade II
- 8, EDGERTON ROAD, grade II
- CRANNUM LODGE, grade II
- GATE PIERS AND WALL TO NUMBERS 96 AND 98, grade II
- GATEPIERS OF NUMBER 200 AT BLACKER ROAD ENTRANCE, grade II
- GATEPIERS TO NUMBER 8, grade II
- GATEPIERS TO NUMBERS 6 AND 6A, grade II
- LODGE TO ELLERSLIE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 35, St John's Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5DX: up to 21 homes, pending decision (700 m)
- Land south of Cambridge Road, Huddersfield: up to 44 homes, not permissioned (740 m)
- Land north of Trinity Street, Huddersfield: up to 229 homes, permissioned (800 m)
- 21, St John's Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5BW: up to 8 homes, permissioned (850 m)
Flood risk
No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Huddersfield 3.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.0 km |
| Lockwood 48,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km | |
| Deighton 63,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m, 45 within 800 m; nearest Edgerton Grove Road | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Huddersfield Bus Station Huddersfield Town Centre | 1.1 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Cambridge Road Car Park | 780 m |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km; nearest Bath Street Car Park GeniePoint | 880 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 25.3 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 13% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 42% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 22% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 57% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 15% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 10% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 77% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 47% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 83% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 4 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Blacker Road.