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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
165
Population
343
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
114
England❚WF17 9NR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
343
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
305
Single
103
Married
133
Separated
10
Divorced
38
Widowed
21

Health

Population
343
Very good
156
Good
113
Fair
53
Bad
15
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
305
England❚WF17 9NR❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
22
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
72
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
79

Ethnicity

Population
343
White British
331
White Irish
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Black Caribbean
3
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
343
England
327
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
3
South Africa
1
Philippines
5
USA
1

Religion

Population
343
Christian
250
Buddhist
1
No religion
75
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
205
Manufacturing
37
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
22
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
281
England❚WF17 9NR❚
Full-Time employee
122
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
32
Unemployed
9
Retired
49
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
165
Owned outright
55
Owned with mortgage
72
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
30
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
175
Occupied
165
Unoccupied
10
Detached
32
Semi detached
54
Terraced
83
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
165
One person
60
Two people
59
Three people
24
Four people
17
Five people
5

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