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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
147
Population
294
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
101
England❚WF17 9LF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
294
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
248
Single
79
Married
112
Separated
5
Divorced
26
Widowed
26

Health

Population
294
Very good
139
Good
93
Fair
48
Bad
12
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
248
England❚WF17 9LF❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
76

Ethnicity

Population
294
White British
286
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Black Caribbean
2
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
294
England
279
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Germany
2
Poland
2
Middle East
2
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
294
Christian
205
Muslim
2
No religion
73
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
147
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
10
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
218
England❚WF17 9LF❚
Full-Time employee
95
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
18
Unemployed
4
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
147
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
58
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
22
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
152
Occupied
147
Unoccupied
5
Detached
21
Semi detached
31
Terraced
68
Flat - purpose built
27
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
147
One person
61
Two people
51
Three people
18
Four people
9
Five people
7
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

BD19 4LL WF17 9JA WF17 9HY WF17 9HZ WF17 9JB WF17 9JZ WF17 9JT

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