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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
123
Population
261
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚WF17 9LU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
261
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
33%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
228
Single
57
Married
116
Separated
6
Divorced
34
Widowed
15

Health

Population
261
Very good
110
Good
91
Fair
44
Bad
15
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
228
England❚WF17 9LU❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
46
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
64

Ethnicity

Population
261
White British
248
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Indian
5
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
261
England
241
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
5
Germany
1
Poland
2
China
1
India
4
USA
2

Religion

Population
261
Christian
194
Hindu
2
Sikh
3
No religion
51
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
153
Manufacturing
28
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
18
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
213
England❚WF17 9LU❚
Full-Time employee
107
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
14
Unemployed
9
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
28
Owned with mortgage
54
Rented - council
27
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
4
Detached
27
Semi detached
53
Terraced
34
Flat - purpose built
11
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
39
Two people
48
Three people
23
Four people
11
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

WF17 9BY WF17 9DG WF17 9DD WF17 9DE WF17 9DB WF17 9BX WF17 9BZ WF17 9DL WF17 9DA

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