Property market | £199,888 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Leeds Bradford (16.4 miles) | |
Broadband | 96.1mbps average broadband speeds (very fast broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 73.6% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 26.3% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 463 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 81 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Huddersfield level) | |
Community | Median age is 39.7 | Happiness is Below Average for West Yorkshire, Average for UK | |
Crime | 5.0 burglaries per 1k people (Kirklees) | |
Commute (approx) | - Leeds (20 mins) - Manchester Piccadilly (43 mins) - York (46 mins) | |
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£199,888 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Leeds Bradford (16.4 miles) | |
96.1mbps average broadband speeds (very fast broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 39.7 | Happiness is Below Average for West Yorkshire, Average for UK | |
Ranked 463 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 81 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Huddersfield level) | |
5.0 burglaries per 1k people (Kirklees) | |
- Leeds (20 mins) - Manchester Piccadilly (43 mins) - York (46 mins) | |
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Lepton has a few stores nearby for groceries, including: Aldi Dalton Huddersfield, M&S Wakefield Rd Huddersfield SF, Morrisons Dalton Huddersfield. There are a few pubs and bars nearby, including: Fenay Bridge, Harveys Bar Kitchen, Smiths Arms, The Sun, White Swan Inn. We found one nearby restaurant: Cardamon Green. We found one nearby cafe: Antiques Farm And Coffee Shop. Lepton has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Lepton has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £329,846, which is up 3.2% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £199,888 (up 1.5% on last year) , a terraced house £153,496 (up 0.2% on last year) and a flat £114,039. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £515 per month. Property prices in Lepton are similar to the average property prices across West Yorkshire and are slightly lower compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Lepton, prices have risen slightly slower than the annual average price change seen across the West Yorkshire region.
Property data is based on Kirklees level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Lepton, or click here to browse the longer list of Lepton property transactions from 2023.
Lepton has a few schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including Kirkburton Middle School (Academy) which is both a primary and secondary school and is based in Turnshaws Avenue, Huddersfield. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (4/1/2015) | Ofsted Report Link | Huddersfield | |
Highburton Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School Save school | Primary Voluntary controlled school - Mixed | 2: Good (2/20/2014) | Ofsted Report Link | Huddersfield | |
Kirkburton Church of England Voluntary Aided First School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (1/6/2012) | 39 submissions 88.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Kirkburton |
Kirkburton Middle School Save school | Primary & Secondary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (11/17/2021) | Ofsted Report Link | Huddersfield | |
Lepton CofE Primary Academy Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (12/4/2015) | Ofsted Report Link | Huddersfield |
School | Type |
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Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (4/1/2015) |
Highburton Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (2/20/2014) |
Kirkburton Church of England Voluntary Aided First School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (1/6/2012) 39 submissions 88.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Kirkburton Middle School Ofsted report Save school | Primary & Secondary Latest rating - 2: Good (11/17/2021) |
Lepton CofE Primary Academy Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (12/4/2015) |
Station | Distance from Lepton | Commute options |
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Stocksmoor A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +7% from the previous year. | 3 miles |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 54 mins - TransPennine Express - £134 monthly fare) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 77 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - York (1 change(s) - 80 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 149 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
Deighton A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year. | 4 miles |
- Leeds (34 mins - TransPennine Express - £119 monthly fare) View details - York (60 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 62 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 163 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
Huddersfield A relatively busy station. Station footfall changed -2% from the previous year. | 4 miles |
- Leeds (27 mins - TransPennine Express - £134 monthly fare) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (47 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - York (52 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 149 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 177 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details |
Shepley A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +4% from the previous year. | 4 miles |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 58 mins - TransPennine Express - £134 monthly fare) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 81 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - York (1 change(s) - 84 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 146 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
Denby Dale A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed -6% from the previous year. | 6 miles |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 64 mins - TransPennine Express - £134 monthly fare) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 87 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - York (1 change(s) - 90 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 138 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
Brighouse A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +2% from the previous year. | 7 miles |
- Leeds (45 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 64 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 70 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 164 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (179 mins - Grand Central) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Kirklees) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Kirklees residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 73.6% | 81.7% |
Asian | 19.4% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 3.1% | 2.9% |
Black | 2.3% | 4.0% |
Other | 1.5% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Huddersfield consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 10.0% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 8.5% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 9.2% | 463 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 17.0% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 5.4% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 11.9% | |
Routine occupations | 14.2% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 11.8% | 81 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 11.9% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in West Yorkshire is average (69mbps). Lepton is faster than this, with average download speeds of 96.1mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Huddersfield level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 96.1 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 99.1% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.0% |
Crime stats were found at the Kirklees level:
Type | Kirklees | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 108 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 5 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 16 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 0 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 48 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Lepton.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Yorkshire | River Colne, Fenay Beck | Land around the River Colne and Fenay Beck and its tributaries including Crowhill, Slaithwaite and Wessenden |
Yorkshire | River Calder | River Calder from Brighouse to Castleford including Chickenley Beck, Spring Mill Beck and Waindike |
Yorkshire | Woodsome Beck | Highburton including the confluence of Dean Bottom Dike and Woodsome Beck to Woodsome Bridge |
Yorkshire | Fenay Beck | Spa Bottom including the area from Fenay Lane to Penny Lane. Including Penistone Road, Fenay Lea Drive, Beckside Gardens and Mereside |
Yorkshire | Fenay Beck | Fenay Bridge including the area from Fenay Bridge to Woodsome Bridge |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Lepton, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £199,888 Detached: £329,846 | 108 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 | 9.2% residents in higher managerial positions 11.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Boston Spa, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 7Secondary: 4 | 17.1% residents in higher managerial positions 6.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Chapel Allerton, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 32Secondary: 9 | 20.2% residents in higher managerial positions 9.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Otley, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 | 15.9% residents in higher managerial positions 5.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Roundhay, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 24Secondary: 6 | 20.2% residents in higher managerial positions 9.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Todmorden, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £207,935 Detached: £344,627 | 124 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 | 14.7% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £199,888 Detached: £329,846 | 108 | Primary: 18Secondary: 10 | 11.0% residents in higher managerial positions 11.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Lepton, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £199,888 Detached: £329,846 | 108 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 |
Boston Spa, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 7Secondary: 4 |
Chapel Allerton, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 32Secondary: 9 |
Otley, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 |
Roundhay, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £265,847 Detached: £463,414 | 142 | Primary: 24Secondary: 6 |
Todmorden, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £207,935 Detached: £344,627 | 124 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 |
Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £199,888 Detached: £329,846 | 108 | Primary: 18Secondary: 10 |
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