Moldgreen & Ravensknowle Park
Kirklees 040 · 4 sub-areas · 6,121 residents
Kirklees 040, in the Kirklees district of Yorkshire and The Humber, is home to around 6,100 people and one of the more affordable corners of the region. A typical two-bedroom lets for about £690 a month — well under the UK median for a 2-bed — and you can save a deposit in around two and a half years, which is genuinely quick by national standards.
Moldgreen & Ravensknowle Park is a commuter neighbourhood within Kirklees — train into Leeds runs in around 51 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it.
Overview
What's it like to live in Moldgreen & Ravensknowle Park?
Day-to-day life sits close to greenery — a park or playing field is within easy walking distance of most addresses; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £759 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Figures are aggregated across 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Moldgreen & Ravensknowle Park in Kirklees
Living in Moldgreen & Ravensknowle Park
This part of Kirklees has a settled, residential feel — mostly owner-occupied streets where nearly six in ten households own their home. It's not a commuter hub in the conventional sense: public transport use is low (fewer than one in ten residents travels that way to work), and the majority drive. That reflects the area's character — spread-out, practical, the kind of place where people put down roots rather than pass through.
The cost picture is one of the clearest draws. A median rent of around £760 a month across all property sizes puts this area firmly in the affordable bracket, well below the Yorkshire and The Humber average for larger towns and cities. For buyers, a median sale price of roughly £145,000 means the property ladder here is genuinely reachable — a deposit-to-savings ratio of about 2.4 years is rare anywhere in England.
The population skews slightly younger than you might expect for an owner-occupied area: nearly a quarter of residents are aged 18 to 34, while around one in five is under 18. Single-person households account for just over a third of all households, which is on the high side. Degree-level qualifications are held by about a quarter of residents — broadly in line with the wider region.
Practically speaking, the nearest mainline rail station is roughly 2.6 km away — about a 32-minute walk or a short drive. The nearest major employment centre is around 53 minutes away. Working from home is notably common here: around one in five residents works remotely, which may partly explain why car dependency isn't a barrier. Greenspace is close — over four in five residents are within easy walking distance of green space, with the nearest just 180 metres away on average. See the streets and sub-areas below for more detail.
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Frequently asked
- Is Kirklees 040 a nice place to live?
- It depends what you're after. It's affordable, has good greenspace access — over 80% of residents are within easy walking distance of green space — and feels settled and residential. The trade-off is that public transport is limited, schools are mixed, and crime is above the national average. It suits people who drive, work from home, and want low housing costs without moving too far from West Yorkshire's larger towns.
- What is the rent in Kirklees 040?
- A one-bedroom property runs around £565 a month, a two-bedroom about £690, and a three-bedroom roughly £840. These are estimates based on scaling from council-level data using local sale prices. Rents rose about 10.5% over the past year, so check current listings — but the area remains well below the UK median 2-bed rent of around £1,200 a month.
- Is Kirklees 040 safe?
- Crime runs at around 105 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, which is above the UK national rate of roughly 80. The area sits in the third deprivation decile nationally, which typically correlates with higher crime. It's not extreme, but it's above average — checking street-level crime data for your specific street or sub-area is worth doing before committing.
- What's the commute from Kirklees 040 to Manchester?
- By public transport it's around 61 minutes to Manchester. Most residents here commute by car (around 58%), so public transport journey times aren't always representative of how people actually get around. The nearest mainline rail station is roughly 2.6 km away — a short drive or about a 32-minute walk.
- Who lives in Kirklees 040?
- A mix of younger renters and settled homeowners — nearly 60% own their home, but around 24% of residents are aged 18 to 34. Single-person households make up over a third of all households. Around 90% of residents were born in the UK, and degree-level qualifications are held by about a quarter of the population.
- What schools are near Kirklees 040?
- There are 48 schools within typical catchment distance, so choice isn't the issue. Quality is more mixed — around half are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted, compared with roughly 89% nationally. The nearest Outstanding school is about 4.5 km away. Families should check individual Ofsted reports rather than relying on the aggregate figure.
- How affordable is buying a home in Kirklees 040?
- Very affordable by UK standards. The median sale price is around £145,000, and the deposit-to-savings ratio is roughly 2.4 years — meaning a typical resident can save a deposit in just over two years. That's unusually fast and makes homeownership genuinely reachable here.