Postcode District:
HD9
Postcode District Name:
Meltham
Location:
The HD9 postcode district lies within or includes part of the following towns, counties, localities, electoral wards and stations: Brockholes, Hade Edge, Hepworth, Holmbridge, Holme, Holme Valley North, Holme Valley South, Holmfirth, Honley, Jackson Bridge, Meltham, Netherthong, New Mill, Newsome, Penistone West, Scholes, Thongsbridge, Totties, Upperthong.
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Notes:
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Old area guide:
The commentary below was written for the mouseprice.com website in 2006, please be aware that the comments below might be out of date. We recommend disregarding these comments in favour of the data that can be found either above or in the other sections of this website.
Market trends:
 The size of the property market in HD9 is 14164 homes.
When compared against a national average compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the last 5 years of 12.5%, the growth in this postcode district has been 14.5%. This could well be because this is a dynamic local economy and housing market. Property price growth in this area has significantly exceeded growth in earnings and the national average house price growth, and so the likelihood of it continuing will be dependent upon price earnings ratio, as well as investment by developers and local authorities in continually upgrading local infrastructure, schools, in addition to the continued strength of the local and national economies and any other economies upon which the area depends.
The average property in this postcode district was valued at £182549 over the last 3 months.
Since most banks lend money to buy property using their customers’ salary as a indicator of affordability, the price earnings ratio is a useful guide as to whether property in an area is expensive or not. Price Earnings Ratio in this postcode district is 8.3.
New transactions as a percentage of overall sales are 10.5%.
Housing stock:
Terraced Houses make up the most significant portion of the housing stock, representing 34.1% of the total.
Flats account for the lowest percentage of the housing stock in this district, at only 5.7%.
This is an area with a high proportion of property suitable for families with children.
Socially rented accommodation represents 9.4% of the total rented accommodation in the area.
The majority of property in this area is owner occupied.
The average price of a two bed property in this area is less that the national average of £187894 at £145579.
Who lives here:
There are 16082 men and 16842 women in this postcode district.
The average age in this area is 39.
This area has a high percentage of married people at 23.9%.
Average working hours in this area for men are 43 and for women are 31.
This area has 3.5 people per square kilometre.
The largest source of work in this area is Health & Social Work (22.1% of workers), followed by Wholesale & Retail (15.5%).
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