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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
159
Population
434
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
147
England❚WF17 9NZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
77

Age Groups

Population
434
Under 16
32%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
14%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
30%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
296
Single
173
Married
73
Separated
10
Divorced
29
Widowed
11

Health

Population
434
Very good
211
Good
138
Fair
65
Bad
17
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
296
England❚WF17 9NZ❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
56
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
33
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
118

Ethnicity

Population
434
White British
407
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
6
Asian Pakistani
3
Asian Other
4
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
434
England
407
Scotland
4
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Spain
2
Poland
9
Middle East
5
India
3
Pakistan
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
434
Christian
189
Hindu
5
Muslim
6
Other
2
No religion
206
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
171
Mining
1
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
41
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
8
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
285
England❚WF17 9NZ❚
Full-Time employee
107
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
14
Unemployed
35
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
34
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
7
Unemployed - Long term
19

Housing Tenure

All categoies
159
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
53
Rented - council
73
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
173
Occupied
159
Unoccupied
14
Detached
12
Semi detached
51
Terraced
107
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
159
One person
33
Two people
49
Three people
33
Four people
26
Five people
13
Six people
3
Eight or over
2

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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