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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
98
Population
621
Males
65%
Females
35%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
76
England❚WF12 9LU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
621
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
43%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
490
Single
241
Married
226
Civil partnership
1
Separated
6
Divorced
7
Widowed
9

Health

Population
621
Very good
289
Good
217
Fair
82
Bad
29
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
490
England❚WF12 9LU❚
Degree or above
44
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
95
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
90
Apprenticeship
61
Other qualifications
45
No qualifications
151

Ethnicity

Population
621
White British
3
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
360
Asian Pakistani
129
Asian Bangladeshi
102
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
3
Black African
3
Arab
8
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
621
England
376
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Germany
2
Spain
2
Middle East
2
China
1
Bangladesh
16
India
132
Pakistan
51
North America - Other
2
Central America
4

Religion

Population
621
Christian
2
Hindu
3
Muslim
574
No religion
3
Not stated
39

Industry

Population
138
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
47
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
7
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
20
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
475
England❚WF12 9LU❚
Full-Time employee
52
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
37
Unemployed
18
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
39
Long-term sick/disabled
22
Student
192
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
7
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
98
Owned outright
76
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
100
Occupied
98
Unoccupied
2
Detached
6
Semi detached
15
Terraced
77
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
98
One person
7
Two people
20
Three people
7
Four people
14
Five people
13
Six people
22
Seven people
7
Eight or over
8

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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