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Administrative Areas

Ward
Dewsbury South
Local Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
159
Population
462
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
134
England❚WF12 0RU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
51

Age Groups

Population
462
Under 16
32%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
314
Single
86
Married
179
Civil partnership
2
Separated
8
Divorced
25
Widowed
14

Health

Population
462
Very good
210
Good
156
Fair
68
Bad
22
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
314
England❚WF12 0RU❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
47
Other qualifications
32
No qualifications
89

Ethnicity

Population
462
White British
196
White Other
6
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
97
Asian Pakistani
149
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
8
Asian Other
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
462
England
379
Nortern Ireland
1
Germany
5
Poland
4
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
2
Bangladesh
1
India
16
Pakistan
51
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
462
Christian
134
Buddhist
7
Jewish
1
Muslim
250
Sikh
2
No religion
53
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
172
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
31
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
21
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
303
England❚WF12 0RU❚
Full-Time employee
94
Part-Time employee
57
Self employed
18
Unemployed
12
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
35
Long-term sick/disabled
22
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
159
Owned outright
40
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - council
38
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
25
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
167
Occupied
159
Unoccupied
8
Detached
9
Semi detached
27
Terraced
93
Flat - purpose built
30
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
159
One person
41
Two people
42
Three people
24
Four people
24
Five people
15
Six people
7
Seven people
4
Eight or over
2

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Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019