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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
134
Population
327
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
99
England❚WF17 9JB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
327
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
259
Single
77
Married
134
Separated
7
Divorced
25
Widowed
16

Health

Population
327
Very good
169
Good
99
Fair
44
Bad
12
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
259
England❚WF17 9JB❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
67

Ethnicity

Population
327
White British
308
White Irish
2
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Chinese
2
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
327
England
304
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Poland
3
Turkey
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
2
Pakistan
4

Religion

Population
327
Christian
232
Muslim
7
No religion
73
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
166
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
18
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
12
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
245
England❚WF17 9JB❚
Full-Time employee
102
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
27
Unemployed
5
Retired
43
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
52
Owned with mortgage
53
Rented - council
3
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
11
Detached
37
Semi detached
54
Terraced
53
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
31
Two people
51
Three people
24
Four people
19
Five people
8
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

BD19 4LL WF17 9JA WF17 9HY WF17 9HZ 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