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Administrative Areas

Ward
Birstall and Birkenshaw
Local Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Batley and Spen
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
163
Population
346
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
143
England❚WF17 9DZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
46
C2 Skilled manual workers
39
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
43

Age Groups

Population
346
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
279
Single
121
Married
92
Civil partnership
3
Separated
13
Divorced
42
Widowed
8

Health

Population
346
Very good
146
Good
130
Fair
53
Bad
13
Very bad
42

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
279
England❚WF17 9DZ❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
58
Apprenticeship
44
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
346
White British
326
White Irish
2
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
4
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
1
Black African
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
346
England
323
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Portugal
2
Poland
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
China
1
India
2
Pakistan
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
346
Christian
213
Buddhist
1
Hindu
4
Muslim
3
Other
2
No religion
108
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
199
Manufacturing
27
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
21
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
273
England❚WF17 9DZ❚
Full-Time employee
121
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
28
Unemployed
13
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
163
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
69
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
50
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
179
Occupied
163
Unoccupied
16
Detached
16
Semi detached
31
Terraced
96
Flat - purpose built
11
Flat - converted
10
Flat - in commerical building
15

Household Size

All categoies
163
One person
62
Two people
58
Three people
18
Four people
13
Five people
10
Six people
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