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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
120
Population
280
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚WF17 9JA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
280
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
238
Single
55
Married
138
Separated
6
Divorced
16
Widowed
23

Health

Population
280
Very good
126
Good
100
Fair
41
Bad
10
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
238
England❚WF17 9JA❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
21
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
63
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
280
White British
274
White Irish
2
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
280
England
273
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Spain
1
Hong Kong
1

Religion

Population
280
Christian
218
Buddhist
1
No religion
48
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
150
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
16
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
219
England❚WF17 9JA❚
Full-Time employee
82
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
29
Unemployed
4
Retired
50
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
11
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
55
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
122
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
2
Detached
80
Semi detached
19
Terraced
22
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
26
Two people
51
Three people
24
Four people
15
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

WF17 9HY WF17 9JB WF17 9JZ WF17 9JT WF17 9LF

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