House prices in HD3 (Huddersfield)

Price per square metre data and charts to help you understand the housing market in HD3 - stats were last calculated on 04 March 2026.

Defining 'HD3'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "HD3", this is also called the postcode district. There are no official postcode district names so I've just labelled it HD3, Huddersfield. It is shown in red on the map below.

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in HD3 is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

For example in January 2026, 53, Longwood Gate, Huddersfield, HD3 4UP sold for £330,000. Given the internal area of 98 square metres recorded on the EPC, the price per sqm is £330,000 ÷ 98 sqm = £3,367.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-). You can change your prefered units from square meters to square feet for all the graphs and charts on HD3 and elsewhere. Just visit the My Account page and look for the m2 to ft2 toggle switch. Alternatively just multiply everything by 10, move a decimal place to go from sqm to sqft and you'll be close enough as 1 sqm = 10.76391 sqft.

Distribution of £ per sqm for houses vs flats in HD3

The chart above is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of house price per sqm in HD3 To make this chart we put all the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £2,350 to £2,500, £2,500 to £2,650, £2,650 to £2,800 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The histogram is based on 932 sales that took place in HD3, in the last 24 months.

Generate a custom histogram like the one above but based on your own criteria.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in HD3, Huddersfield. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £2,940 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of HD3 homes.

Box plot of £ per sqm for HD3

Tip: click on the chart to see the values.

The chart above is called a boxplot (or a box-and-whisker plot). Box plots, like histograms, are used to graphically represent the distribution of data, showing the central tendency, spread of the distribution. In the context of £ per square metre property price distributions, box plots represent the variation in property prices within a geographic area e.g. Huddersfield. The chart above shows a boxplot for 'HD3' as well as the 'HD' postcode area.

  • Median: The horizontal line inside the box represents the median (£ per square meter). This is the midpoint of the data, meaning 50% of the prices are below this value, and 50% are above. The middle price per square metre in 'HD3' is £2,450.
  • Interquartile Range (IQR): The box spans from the 25th percentile (Q1) to the 75th percentile (Q3). This is the range where the middle 50% of the data lies, giving a good indication of the typical price spread. Of the 932 transactions in HD3, Huddersfield half were sold for between £1,920 and £2,940 per square metre.
  • Whiskers: In our case, the whiskers extend from the 9th percentile (at the lower end) to the 91st percentile (at the upper end), This provides a slightly broader view of the distribution by including the middle 82% of records. The whiskers capture most of the variation but exclude extreme outliers caused by data errors in recording sold house prices or internal area.
  • 'n=' is the number of property transactions the box plot is based on; 932 for HD3, Huddersfield.

    • Property price map for Huddersfield

    Have a look at the interactive price map I created for myself. Use it to explore 'HD3' house prices all the way down to individual property plots.

    Property price heatmap for Huddersfield
    House price map for Huddersfield

    Will HD3 house prices drop in 2025?

    House prices in HD3 grew 28.4% in the last year, 24.4% after inflation. Whether or not this trend will continue depends on many factors, such as wage growth, net migration, interest rates and the level of house building. No one can predict these things with certainty however we can plot the historic trends in house prices in HD3 (Huddersfield) compared with the wider postcode area 'HD'.You can extrapolate from this based on your own views.

    House price index for HD3

    Tip: click on the legend items to show/hide different lines

    Download house price index as CSV (premium users only).

    The chart above shows changes in 'HD3' property prices over the last 20 years. The index is calculated from the average price paid per sqm for property in HD3 and is set to 100 in 2004. The chart compares trends for HD3, Huddersfield against those of the broader postcode area 'HD'. What is more interesting is to look at the difference between flats and houses, even those in the same area follow a very different trend, to get a robust enough sample size to see this we need to zoom out and look at house price trends for the entire Kirklees local authority.

    The dashed lines show nominal house price changes, the solid lines show the same data adjusted for inflation. Economists call this the 'real' price change. You have to take inflation into account when comparing prices over time. It's calculated using the formula:

    Real Rate of Return = (1 + Nominal Rate) ÷ (1 + Inflation Rate) – 1
    In this formula, the nominal rate is the rate of change before any adjustments, and the inflation rate is taken from the Consumer Price Index. The real rate of return is a more accurate measure of change in value, because £1 today does not have the same buying power as £1 in the past. For example, if a savings account pays an interest rate of 3% per year and the inflation rate is 5% per year, the real rate of return is -2%. This means that the investment's value is shrinking by 2% each year.

    Historic returns for HD3
    HD area HD3 district
    Nominal Real Nominal Real
    20 yr per annum 2.6% -0.2% 3.4% 0.5%
    20 yr total 66.8% -4.3% 93.6% 11.1%
    10 yr per annum 4.2% 0.8% 5.9% 2.4%
    10 yr total 51.6% 8.7% 77.0% 26.8%
    5 yr per annum 4.2% -0.8% 8.3% 3.1%
    5 yr total 22.7% -3.8% 48.8% 16.7%
    1 yr per annum 5.3% 2.0% 28.4% 24.4%
    1 yr total 5.3% 2.0% 28.4% 24.4%

    This table complements the house price index chart above, presenting the data in a more detailed format. It breaks down the information into 20-year, 10-year, 5-year, and 1-year periods, further categorized by property type. For each period, we display both a per annum rate of change and a total rate of change.

    The total rate of change represents the overall change over the entire period. The formula for total return is:

    Total return = (Index at end of period ÷ Index at start of period) - 1

    The per annum rate of change is the annualized rate of change over the period. This is equivalent to the annual bank savings rate you would need to achieve the same total return over the given period. This annualized return is also known as the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR). The formula for CAGR is:

    CAGR = (1 + Total return) ^ (1 ÷ Number of years) - 1

    Some specific examples:

    • Over the past 20 years, HD area have seen a -0.2% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of -4.3% in real terms.
    • Over the past 5 years, HD3 district have seen a 3.1% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of 16.7% in real terms.

    Most recent HD3 sales

    For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

    Tip: hover over dots to see details

    Street level data

    Street Avg size Avg £sqm Recent sales
    St Stephens Fold, , HD3 3S 55 sqm £3,471 25
    Stoney Lane, , HD3 4Z 58 sqm £1,706 24
    Prospect Road, , HD3 4U 95 sqm £1,997 23
    Longwood Road, , HD3 4E 73 sqm £1,584 22
    Blackthorn Drive, , HD3 3R 100 sqm £2,452 21
    Laund Road, , HD3 3T 91 sqm £2,492 21
    New Hey Road, , HD3 3F 103 sqm £2,599 18
    Wellington Street, , HD3 3E 71 sqm £1,582 16

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    Nearby geographies

    The table below shows how 'HD3' compares to the other postcode districts nearby 'HD3'.

    District Lower quartile Median Upper quartile Sales in last 2yr
    HX5 Elland £1,590 sqm £2,090 sqm £2,810 sqm 280
    HX4 Greetland £1,970 sqm £2,540 sqm £3,130 sqm 368
    HD9 Meltham £2,450 sqm £2,990 sqm £3,440 sqm 1,175
    HD8 Skelmanthorpe £2,450 sqm £2,960 sqm £3,370 sqm 1,149
    HD7 Golcar £2,090 sqm £2,600 sqm £3,110 sqm 682
    HD6 Brighouse £1,880 sqm £2,400 sqm £2,980 sqm 830
    HD5 Huddersfield £1,780 sqm £2,230 sqm £2,690 sqm 755
    HD4 Huddersfield £1,720 sqm £2,230 sqm £2,740 sqm 748
    HD3 Huddersfield £1,920 sqm £2,450 sqm £2,940 sqm 932
    HD2 Huddersfield £1,610 sqm £2,150 sqm £2,850 sqm 664

    Raw data

    Our analysis of HD3 is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

    Address Paid sqm £/sqm
    53, Longwood Gate, £330,000
    Jan-2026
    		 98 3,367
    13, Kirkwood Drive, £240,000
    Jan-2026
    		 59 4,067
    123, Goldington Avenue, £245,400
    Jan-2026
    		 76 3,228

    See the entire list of all sales in HD3 here.

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