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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
141
Population
337
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
122
England❚WF17 9QR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
64

Age Groups

Population
337
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
241
Single
107
Married
91
Separated
12
Divorced
27
Widowed
4

Health

Population
337
Very good
157
Good
103
Fair
49
Bad
21
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
241
England❚WF17 9QR❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
24
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
108

Ethnicity

Population
337
White British
312
White Irish
2
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Asian
7
Mixed Other
6
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
337
England
325
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
337
Christian
151
Buddhist
1
Muslim
7
No religion
159
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
112
Manufacturing
27
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
7
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
231
England❚WF17 9QR❚
Full-Time employee
66
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
7
Unemployed
28
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
19
Long-term sick/disabled
23
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
11
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
16

Housing Tenure

All categoies
141
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
31
Rented - council
85
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
146
Occupied
141
Unoccupied
5
Detached
18
Semi detached
65
Terraced
45
Flat - purpose built
18

Household Size

All categoies
141
One person
42
Two people
47
Three people
26
Four people
13
Five people
8
Six people
4
Seven people
1

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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